Jimmy Kimmel has spoken out after US President Donald Trump and his First Lady Melania Trump blasted him over his "glow like an expectant widow" comments days before the White House Correspondents' Dinner incident.

Melania Trump has criticised late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over a controversial joke about her, calling his remarks “hateful and violent” and urging his network ABC to take action.

First Lady Melania Trump publicly condemns Jimmy Kimmel for his offensive jokes about her family, urging ABC to address his divisive rhetoric.

Amid the latest assassination attempt on her husband, Melania Trump has condemned comedian Jimmy Kimmel for claiming she was looking like a “widow”.

Mr Trump criticised the presenter in a post on Monday and echoed comments his wife made earlier calling for ABC to ‘take a stand’ on Kimmel.

In his first show since President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump called for him to be fired over a joke, Jimmy Kimmel claimed a comment he made was being misunderstood in the wake of the Correspondents’ Dinner shooting