Jimmy Kimmel is a late-night comedian doing what comedians do β making jokes about current events and public figures. Trump criticized the halftime show publicly, so it became fair game for comedy. Both men are expressing their First Amendment rights. It's entertainment, not a personal feud, and viewers tune in specifically for this kind of political humor.
Jimmy Kimmel was NOT playing around. After Trump called Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance "absolutely terrible" and "an affront to the greatness of America," Kimmel fired back with the ultimate reality check: "This is a man who paid off a porn star who spanked him." The audience ERUPTED. Kimmel went on to point out the absurdity of Trump β of all people β lecturing anyone about American values. The shade was so thick you could cut it with a knife, and Twitter is still recovering.
On Monday's broadcast of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, host Jimmy Kimmel responded to Donald Trump's criticism of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime show. Variety reported that Trump wrote the performance was "absolutely terrible" and called it "an affront to the greatness of America." Kimmel's response included referencing Trump's connection to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and the hush money payment made to her. The Trump-Daniels case was documented in court proceedings in New York.
When Trump tries to lecture people about American values, Jimmy Kimmel is there to remind everyone about the porn star. God bless late-night TV.
Jimmy Kimmel just delivered one of the most savage clapbacks in late-night history, and it was aimed directly at Donald Trump.
On Monday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the host took aim at Trump's scathing review of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show β and he didn't hold back.
"Bad Bunny got a bad review from our bad president, unfortunately," Kimmel said, already setting the tone. Then he read Trump's actual quote: "The Super Bowl halftime show is absolutely terrible... an affront to the greatness of America."
Kimmel paused. The audience knew what was coming. And then he went for the jugular:
"This is a man who paid off a porn star who spanked him."
THE CROWD WENT WILD.
Because let's be real: when Donald Trump β a man whose entire presidency was punctuated by scandals, lawsuits, and a very public hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels β starts lecturing people about what constitutes "the greatness of America," the irony is almost too much to handle.
Kimmel didn't stop there. He went on to mock the idea that Trump, of all people, gets to be the arbiter of American values. "This is the guy who spray-tans himself orange and thinks windmills cause cancer," Kimmel added, to more roaring laughter.
Variety captured the moment in all its glory, and social media is STILL buzzing. "Jimmy Kimmel just ended Trump" is trending. "Porn star who spanked him" is a phrase that will live in late-night comedy lore forever.
And here's the thing: Kimmel's not wrong. The same guy who was found liable for sexual abuse, who bragged about grabbing women by the genitals, who paid off a porn star to keep quiet about an affair β that guy thinks Bad Bunny performing in Spanish is what's wrong with America?
The math isn't mathing.
Trump's criticism of the halftime show has sparked a full-blown culture war, with conservatives losing their minds over the fact that a Puerto Rican artist dared to celebrate his heritage at the Super Bowl. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is just trying to figure out what, exactly, was so offensive about Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, and some grass costumes.
Kimmel's takedown was swift, brutal, and backed by receipts. Court-documented receipts. The kind you can't just tweet away or call "fake news."
Twitter is eating it up. Conservatives are big mad. And somewhere, Bad Bunny is probably laughing at all of this while counting his streaming numbers, which have skyrocketed since the Super Bowl.
Comedy: 1. Trump: 0.
