Jimmy Kimmel asks Trump to let him host White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joked that he should host the upcoming White House Correspondents’ Dinner after learning that President Donald Trump would be attending.

In his opening monologue Tuesday night, Kimmel noted that Trump had accepted an invitation to attend a dinner for the first time in his presidency after withdrawing from the event entirely during his first term. This will also be Trump’s first appearance at the dinner since his celebrity appearance in 2011.

Kimmel pointed out that this year’s dinner will break tradition by bringing famous mentalist Oz Pearlman on stage instead of a comedian.

“The dinner is traditionally hosted by a comedian,” Kimmel said. “Hosted by Al Franken. Ray Romano, Seth Meyers, Jon Stewart, Conan [O’Brien]Wanda Sykes. I googled it this morning – turns out I even hosted it in 2012. This year I guess Trump didn’t want to be made fun of by a comedian, so the host is a mentalist. “We will watch a mentalist and a mental case on stage together.”

Although Kimmel said Pearlman was a “great actor,” he described the decision not to hire a comedian as “dodging the police.” He then jokingly appealed directly to Trump to have him host the event instead of Pearlman.

“Mr. President, please leave the hosting of this dinner to me,” he said. “I didn’t ask for anything from you, but can you imagine if you, me, the FCC commissioner, all sat at a table together? Think of the ratings!”

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Jimmy Kimmel, who previously hosted the dinner in 2012, criticized the WHCA for not hiring a comedian. (Getty Images)

“Nobody in their right mind wants to watch or listen to Jimmy Kimmel, a low-rated, untalented hack,” White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement to Fox News Digital. he said.

Fox News Digital also reached out to the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

Kimmel’s reference to the FCC commissioner likely alludes to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Brendan Carr threatening Disney over Kimmel after the late-night host made controversial comments regarding the September assassination of Charlie Kirk.

The controversy led Disney to briefly suspend Kimmel’s show for about a week, although the FCC was not involved in the decision.

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Jimmy Kimmel joked that President Donald Trump should host the dinner for “ratings.” (JC Olivera/Getty Images via Variety; Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

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Last year, the WHCA broke with tradition after canceling comedian Amber Ruffin in an attempt to move away from “divisive politics.”

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