George Clooney, one of the higher-profile Trump critics, is coming to Jimmy Kimmel's defense after the comedian once again drew the president's ire.
Clooney, 64, during a speech given at the Film at Lincoln Center's 51st annual Chaplin Award Gala on Monday, April 27, defended Kimmel after the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host said first lady Melania Trump has a "glow like an expectant widow" prior to the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, which came under fire.
Kimmel, in response during his Monday monologue, pointed out that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made comments earlier in the day, telling Fox News that "there will be some shots fired" in a red-carpet interview at the dinner. Clooney referenced the same out-of-context comments.
"Jimmy's a comedian, and I would argue that Karoline Leavitt didn't mean shots should be fired," Clooney said during the gala, where he was honored for his contributions to cinema, according to Variety. "She was making a joke. Fair enough. You look at that side and go, 'Well, jokes are jokes.' But the rhetoric is a little dangerous. And we've seen it a lot lately."
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