United Kingdom, April 28 -- Jimmy Kimmel has defended his "very light roast" after joking Melania Trump had a "glow like an expectant widow".

The 58-year-old late night host made the quip on Jimmy Kimmel Live! days before an alleged assassination attempt on her husband Donald Trump, 79, at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday (25.04.26), and the US First Lady, 56, branded his comments "hateful and violent rhetoric".

During Monday's (27.04.26) monologue, Jimmy responded: "[It was] obviously a joke about their age difference and the look of joy we see on her face every time they're together."

He added; "It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he's almost 80 and she's younger than I am.

"It was not by any stretch...