CBS’ Gayle King Defends Jimmy Kimmel Boasting About President Trump Dying

‘The joke was made before the Correspondents Dinner’

Apr 28, 2026 3:00 PM

By Grabien Staff

TRANSCRIPT:

KING: "The joke was made before the correspondents’ dinner. Jimmy Kimmel is not some crazy person who would wish the president to be killed. That's — he just would not do that."

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