Jimmy Kimmel knew a big storm was coming after Melania Trump dug up one of his jokes to criticize him on social media. Two days before the White House Correspondents' Dinner in late April, Kimmel joked that Melania had the "glow of an expectant widow." There was an attempt on Donald Trump's life at the dinner that was easily thwarted, but it seemed to spur Melania to accuse Jimmy of spreading "hateful and violent" rhetoric two days later in an X post. Melania Trump started a wave of controversy around Kimmel.