The two late-night show hosts respond to Donald Trump's ridicule, saying the president should focus on the coronavirus pandemic instead of television ratings.
- May 7, 2020
AceShowbiz - Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert have slammed U.S. President Donald Trump for focusing on their show's ratings when he should be helping Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic.
America's Twitter-loving leader took to the social media platform on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 to praise Fox News host Greg Gutfeld for drawing in more viewers than late night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Kimmel, who he branded a "wacko."
"Wow! Congratulations to Greg Gutfeld, a one time Trump Hater who has come all the way home," he tweeted. "His Ratings easily beat no talent Stephen Colbert, nice guy Jimmy Fallon, and wacko 'last placer' Jimmy Kimmel. Greg built his show from scratch, and did a great job in doing so."
Kimmel responded to the President's tweet with a video slamming the billionaire politician for focusing on TV ratings at a time when tens of thousands of Americans have died of Covid-19
"This is what it feels like when the 'President' of the United States attacks you personally," he captioned the clip, before denouncing America's leader as failing to focus on helping citizens get through the crisis.
"I hope he wasn't talking about me," the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host joked, before continuing, "I think this was another typo situation. I think what he meant to tweet was, 'I am completely devastated by the loss of life caused by this insidious virus. My thoughts are with the families of those who have passed. I pledge to spend every waking moment working to make sure our medical workers have the support they need and every American has access to tests. PS - congrats to Greg Gutfeld.' "
Colbert also shot back by referencing comments from Trump questioning how he got his job by mocking the President's appointment of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a key adviser and saying in his own video, "It's nice to know that Trump is staying laser-focused on the ball during a crisis."
