By Mashable | Created at 2026-10-16 10:41:56 | Updated at 2026-10-16 11:15:41
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"I'm not even sure which one pissed them off."
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Sam Haysom is the General Assignment Editor, UK, for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.
on October 16, 2026
Jimmy Kimmel is under fire from the Trump administration this week. First the president went after him at a rally, and now the White House itself has got involved.
"The White House also issued a not-so-fabulous statement today about me, in response to my monologue. To be honest I'm not even sure which one pissed them off. One of the monologues prompted White House spokesboy Davis Dingle to say 'Jimmy Kimmel is a no-talent loser who has beclowned himself with tanking ratings and by spewing disgusting lies to his dwindling audience,' says Kimmel in the clip above, before bringing up a photo of Dingle stood outside the president's plane.
"And by the way, in case you were wondering what a person who uses the word 'beclowned' looks like, this is Davis Dingle — you can see him clicking on his pen, moments before they buckled him into his booster seat on Air Force One."
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Sam Haysom is the General Assignment Editor, UK, for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.
