Kimmel imagined that he was hosting the White House Coorespondents Dinner and addressed the First Lady, “Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.” This was Thursday night so not related to the actual event. And of course Donald Trump is much older than his wife, so it’s likely that she will outlive him.
I wasn’t aware that Constantine XI Palaiologos — the last Byzantine Emperor — had renamed the city before it fell to Mehmet II. (Actually, the city’s name was only officially changed by the Turkish postal service in 1930.)
On Melania suddenly (after three days) deciding that Kimmel’s joke was Inciting Violence (gee, Mel, why silent so long?)—Hamill here points out that narcissists can’t stand comedy:
I don’t watch Jimmy Kimmel, but I saw a clip yesterday where he replied to Melania’s call for him to be fired in probably the classiest way he could have (while also keeping in mind he’s a comedian).
Trying to find this clip, or even just the text itself, I see he also made the comment that if his ‘expectant widow’ joke is to be taken seriously, then so should Karoline Leavitt’s ‘shots will be fired’ comment.