Jimmy Kimmel has recently made several sharp, mostly joking remarks about Melania Trump, mainly centered on her new documentary Melania and her public appearances as First Lady.

Quick Scoop: What He Said

Here are the key things Jimmy Kimmel has said about Melania Trump in early 2026 and late 2025, across his show and the Oscars.

  • He repeatedly mocked Melania’s Amazon-backed documentary Melania , calling it a “dreadfully dull vanity project” and suggesting it’s more corporate bribe than art.
  • On his show, he joked the film is like the Jeffrey Epstein files: “No one’s ever going to see them,” implying very few people really want to watch it.
  • He ridiculed how little happens in the movie, saying it’s mostly her “going to fittings, riding in a car, trying on clothes, and interviewing people to work for her,” and that “nothing happens.”
  • Kimmel said it set a “record” as the biggest opening for a “non‑musical‑vanity‑project‑slash‑brazen‑corporate‑bribe in ten years,” after reports it cost around 75 million dollars and made about 7 million on opening weekend.
  • He also mocked the huge payout reports that Melania personally received tens of millions for the project, portraying it as a cash‑grab rather than a serious documentary.

Oscars Jokes: Red‑Carpet Level Shade

At the 2026 Academy Awards, Kimmel used his host monologue to take a very public swipe at Melania.

  • While praising serious documentaries, he contrasted them with Melania’s film, joking that some are just about “walking around the White House trying on shoes.”
  • The line clearly referred to Melania and framed it as shallow and image‑obsessed rather than meaningful or risky.
  • Coverage noted the White House (under President Donald Trump) was not pleased and considered the gags vulgar digs at both Trump and Melania’s documentary deal.

On Her Documented “Indifference” to Trump’s Win

Kimmel has also focused on one specific scene from the documentary showing Melania’s reaction to Trump’s 2024 election victory.

  • In the clip, when Trump tells her about his “landslide” win, she says she didn’t watch the coverage and will “see it on the news.”
  • Kimmel called this “one of the funniest conversations I’ve ever heard,” saying it almost made him feel a little bad for Trump because “she does not care at all.”
  • He uses that moment to paint their dynamic as distant and transactional, which has fed online discussion and memes around their relationship.

Style of Jokes About Melania

Beyond the film itself, Kimmel has thrown more general barbs about Melania’s public role and persona.

  • He has mocked her speeches and appearances, including joking about her pronunciation at the UN and quipping about “those poor UN translators.”
  • In earlier bits, he teased her rare public appearances and awkward body language with Trump at rallies, joking about their “chemistry” in a sarcastic way.
  • In his monologues, he often frames her documentary as an extension of that image: glamorous, distant, and more about branding than substance.

Snapshot: Main Lines People Are Quoting

Here’s a quick highlight reel of the most repeated lines from Kimmel about Melania Trump.

  • That her movie is like the “Jeffrey Epstein files — no one’s ever going to see them.”
  • Calling Melania a “dreadfully dull vanity project” and a “non‑musical‑vanity‑project‑slash‑brazen‑corporate‑bribe.”
  • Saying the documentary is basically Melania “going to fittings, riding in a car, trying on clothes, and interviewing people,” with “nothing” really happening.
  • At the Oscars, joking about documentaries where “you just walk around the White House trying on shoes,” aimed squarely at her.
  • Describing her phone call with Trump about his 2024 win as “one of the funniest conversations I’ve ever heard” that shows she “does not care at all.”

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