George Clooney Likens Jimmy Kimmel's Melania Crack To Press Secretary's Roast Warning

Actor George Clooney defended Jimmy Kimmel amid accusations that the late-night host was encouraging violence with a joke aimed at first lady Melania Trump during his show last week.

Weighing in on whether Kimmel was in the wrong for quipping that President Donald Trump’s wife had the glow of an “expectant widow” just days before a gunman targeted an event the president was attending, Clooney compared Kimmel’s remark to a comment White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had made before the shooting.

“Jimmy’s a comedian, and I would argue that Karoline Leavitt didn’t mean shots should be fired. Right? She was making a joke. Fair enough. You look at that side and go, ‘Well, jokes are jokes,’” he told Variety during a red carpet interview at the 51st Chaplin Award Gala on Monday.

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