What Megyn Kelly has said about Jimmy Kimmel correspondents' dinner joke controversy

3 quotes · 1 episode · Apr 28, 2026

Megyn Kelly, Conservative broadcaster and podcaster, has been quoted on Jimmy Kimmel correspondents' dinner joke controversy 3 times in 1 episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, most recently on April 28, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Kelly argues Kimmel's joke was about assassination, not the Trumps' age difference.
“Because that clearly was not a joke about age difference. It was an assassination joke”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Kimmel's "Widow" Double Standard, Left Celebrates Political Violence, and Newsom's Hypocrisy, with Stu Burguiere | Ep. 1305 (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 6:04
Kelly argues Leavitt's 'shots fired' remark was an idiom, unlike Kimmel's joke, which she calls a borderline call for violence.
“That's not at all the same as what Jimmy Kimmel did, which was a bad taste, classless, borderline call for violence”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Kimmel's "Widow" Double Standard, Left Celebrates Political Violence, and Newsom's Hypocrisy, with Stu Burguiere | Ep. 1305 (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 12:58
Kelly disputes Gayle King's defense and says she believes Kimmel would welcome Trump's assassination.
“I bet Jimmy Kimmel would love to see Trump assassinated”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Kimmel's "Widow" Double Standard, Left Celebrates Political Violence, and Newsom's Hypocrisy, with Stu Burguiere | Ep. 1305 (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 19:43

Kimmel's "Widow" Double Standard, Left Celebrates Political Violence, and Newsom's Hypocrisy, with Stu Burguiere | Ep. 1305
The Megyn Kelly Show · Apr 28, 2026 · 1 h 41 min
Megyn Kelly and Stu Burguiere criticize Jimmy Kimmel's 'expectant widow' joke, ABC's double standards, left-wing celebration of political violence, and Jennifer Siebel Newsom's misogyny charge against Trump.