{"id":35685,"date":"2025-12-16T20:23:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=35685"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:23:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:23:50","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-fires-back-with-2-scathing-words-to-trump-after-disgusting-remarks-about-rob-reiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=35685","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel fires back with 2 scathing words to Trump after \u2018disgusting\u2019 remarks about Rob Reiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"37\" data-end=\"466\">As Hollywood struggled to process the brutal deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner, a political storm erupted that deepened the nation\u2019s sense of unease. In the midst of mourning, the president posted a message on Truth Social that many found shocking and cruel. Rather than honoring the filmmaker\u2019s legacy or acknowledging the family\u2019s grief, he framed Reiner\u2019s death as a consequence of what he labeled \u201cTrump derangement syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"theads-video\" class=\"bplr bplr-targetvideoskin-main bplr-unsticky-inside-left bplr-long bplr-playing bplr-started bplr-small\">\n<div class=\"bplr-holder bplr-sticky\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bplr-slideinview-timer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"468\" data-end=\"784\">The post landed painfully for those already reeling from the tragedy. Critics said it transformed a moment of collective sorrow into a partisan attack, reducing a devastated family to a political talking point. The reaction was swift, with outrage spreading across social media and within the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"786\" data-end=\"1109\">When reporters later gave the president an opportunity to soften or clarify his remarks, he declined. Instead, he doubled down, referring to Reiner as \u201cderanged\u201d and claiming he had been \u201cvery bad for our country.\u201d The refusal to show restraint intensified backlash and renewed questions about civility in public discourse.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1850529\" data-uid=\"03d87\">\n<div id=\"mgw1850529_03d87\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\" data-template-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"mgline teaser-mgGpt_1850529_1_2 type-w mgline-gpt\" data-i=\"mgGpt_1850529_1_2\" data-backfill-append=\"true\" data-backfill-load=\"true\" data-observing-start=\"1765916260226\" data-observing-time=\"1062\" data-showed=\"1\" data-gpt-place-showed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"98488b40-dabb-11f0-a786-c4cbe1e8e652\" class=\"mgline teaser-25311371 type-w\" data-i=\"EZq2sXhaB9_Zm933CwxM9l8-A4oqXJrmlEeZY8NDXbY0Uhz1N-cwkXykRHeQ72quM_6woLlrtEZNPAUy8n1k9Lbe9CXxFzz9fPTg8kd7mkBsiFhTnPwjX_x7onI6ZbyG\" data-observing-start=\"1765916260226\" data-observing-time=\"1062\" data-showed=\"1\">\n<div class=\"mgline-inner\">\n<div class=\"image-with-text\">\n<div class=\"mcimg mgimg-block\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mgbottom_media\">\n<div class=\"mgmedia__metrics-value\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1408\">Late-night television hosts responded with rare seriousness. Jimmy Kimmel, visibly shaken, used his monologue to distinguish between ordinary political disagreement and what he described as a \u201csick and irresponsible man\u2019s mouth.\u201d His words reflected a broader frustration shared by many Americans.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1633\">Stephen Colbert, typically playful, opened his show in near-eulogy. He reminded viewers that personal tragedy should be treated as \u201csacred ground,\u201d regardless of political differences, and urged compassion over provocation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1635\" data-end=\"1936\">As the debate unfolded, disturbing new details emerged. Reports of a \u201cvery loud argument\u201d between Rob Reiner and his son Nick at Conan O\u2019Brien\u2019s Christmas party, followed by the couple\u2019s stabbing deaths and Nick\u2019s arrest, transformed a national argument about decency into a devastating human tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Hollywood struggled to process the brutal deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner, a political storm erupted that deepened the nation\u2019s sense of unease. In the midst of mourning, the president posted a message on Truth Social that many found shocking and cruel. 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