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Clooney defends Kimmel: ‘Jokes are jokes’

Clooney defends Kimmel: ‘Jokes are jokes’

Summary

George Clooney defended comedian Jimmy Kimmel after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump criticized a joke Kimmel made about Mrs. Trump before the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Clooney said that jokes are just jokes and that Kimmel is a comedian.

Key Facts

  • Jimmy Kimmel made a joke about First Lady Melania Trump looking like an "expectant widow" before the WHCA dinner.
  • President Donald Trump and Melania Trump asked for Kimmel to be fired over this joke.
  • George Clooney spoke to Variety and defended Kimmel, emphasizing that he is a comedian.
  • Clooney said jokes should be seen as jokes and not taken too seriously.
  • The controversy happened around the time of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
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