Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty; Presley Ann/GettyJimmy Kimmelmade a joke earlier this week aboutMarjorie Taylor GreeneandWill Smith.Days later and thetalk show host and the congresswomanhave invoked Batman and the cops, respectively.In his opening monologue on Tuesday, Kimmel, 54, called Greene “Klan mom” and then read a recent tweet in which she had attacked as “pro-pedophile” a few fellow Republicans supporting theconfirmationof PresidentJoe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee,Ketanji Brown Jackson.Then came the punchline: “Where’sWill Smithwhen you really need him?“Kimmel’s audience laughed — but Greene, 47, said she was threatened, not amused.Smithshocked manyat the 2022 Academy Awards when he smackedChris Rockin the face on stage during the live telecast after the comedian joked aboutJada Pinkett Smith’s hair.The Best Actor winner later said it was “too much” for him to have to hear a joke about his wife’s medical condition;she has been open about living with alopecia. Smith apologized for the altercation andresigned from the Academy of Motion Pictures.ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyIt was in that context that Greene, a headline-stirring Georgia Republican, responded to Kimmel’s joke about her outlandish label of Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney as “pro-pedophile.“Greene said on social media she considered Kimmel’s punchline a “threat of violence” andreported it to the Capitol Police, who told PEOPLE on Thursday, “We cannot confirm or discuss any potential investigation” in response to a request for comment and to verify whether Greene, who has a history of provocative statements, actually filed a complaint.That’s how the back-and-forth ended up on Twitter, where Kimmel initially responded in apost of his own: “Officer, I’d like to report a joke,” he wrote.On Thursday, Greene replied to Kimmel,saying, “You weren’t joking. You hide your misogyny and your racism behind your ‘jokes’ on @ABC.““This was a dog whistle to the violent left to assault me or worse, and your already inspiring fantasies of violence against me,” she continued. “How many new death threats will I get that are your fans?“Kimmel’s turn: “The only fantasies you inspire are of silence,” hetweeted, also on Thursday. “Maybe you should report this to Animal Control?“Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockThat’s another joke (“dog whistle,” get it?) but Greene pretty much ignored the line when she tweeted back and posted audio of purported voice messages from people calling her crude names and using threatening language."@jimmykimmel your fans called my office today in direct response to you inciting physical violence towards me. It’s not a joke,” shewrote in a tweetthat carried the audio. “You knew exactly what you were doing. @ABC and their parent company @WaltDisneyCo should not allow your misogyny & threats of violence.“Back on television (butalso on Twitter) on Thursday, Kimmel addressed the whole affair in his monologue.“What a night and what a day,” he told his audience. “I have the weirdest life, I really do. Once again I find myself in the middle of a brouhaha as I appear to have run afoul of probably the worst woman in American politics, Marjorie Taylor Greene.“He also called her “Klan mom” again and repeated the punchline from Tuesday (which again got laughs) before going off on Greene, accusing her of voting to defund the Capitol Police, inciting the Jan. 6 pro-Trump riots in 2021 and being both a “snowflake” and a “sociopath” — or, as he put it, a “snow-ciopath.“Jimmy Kimmel LiveKimmel said he did not condone death threats of any other kind.He also showed an image of Greene aiming a weapon he said was from her campaign ad and acted perplexed over her concern about “inspiring fantasies of violence."(Greene did fire a .50-caliber rifle at a car representing socialism in a separate video in September 2021 — and thenraffled off the weapon.)“If she’s going to report me to the police,” Kimmel said Thursday, “I’ll report you right back.“He then did a bit — complete with a writing desk and “writing music” — in which he wrote a letter to Batman to tell him about a “woman who might be a supervillain,” comparing her to the Riddler, the Joker and the Penguin.He signed it, “Love, Jimmy.“As of Friday, neither Greene not Batman have replied.
Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty; Presley Ann/Getty
Jimmy Kimmelmade a joke earlier this week aboutMarjorie Taylor GreeneandWill Smith.Days later and thetalk show host and the congresswomanhave invoked Batman and the cops, respectively.In his opening monologue on Tuesday, Kimmel, 54, called Greene “Klan mom” and then read a recent tweet in which she had attacked as “pro-pedophile” a few fellow Republicans supporting theconfirmationof PresidentJoe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee,Ketanji Brown Jackson.Then came the punchline: “Where’sWill Smithwhen you really need him?“Kimmel’s audience laughed — but Greene, 47, said she was threatened, not amused.Smithshocked manyat the 2022 Academy Awards when he smackedChris Rockin the face on stage during the live telecast after the comedian joked aboutJada Pinkett Smith’s hair.The Best Actor winner later said it was “too much” for him to have to hear a joke about his wife’s medical condition;she has been open about living with alopecia. Smith apologized for the altercation andresigned from the Academy of Motion Pictures.ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyIt was in that context that Greene, a headline-stirring Georgia Republican, responded to Kimmel’s joke about her outlandish label of Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney as “pro-pedophile.“Greene said on social media she considered Kimmel’s punchline a “threat of violence” andreported it to the Capitol Police, who told PEOPLE on Thursday, “We cannot confirm or discuss any potential investigation” in response to a request for comment and to verify whether Greene, who has a history of provocative statements, actually filed a complaint.That’s how the back-and-forth ended up on Twitter, where Kimmel initially responded in apost of his own: “Officer, I’d like to report a joke,” he wrote.On Thursday, Greene replied to Kimmel,saying, “You weren’t joking. You hide your misogyny and your racism behind your ‘jokes’ on @ABC.““This was a dog whistle to the violent left to assault me or worse, and your already inspiring fantasies of violence against me,” she continued. “How many new death threats will I get that are your fans?“Kimmel’s turn: “The only fantasies you inspire are of silence,” hetweeted, also on Thursday. “Maybe you should report this to Animal Control?“Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockThat’s another joke (“dog whistle,” get it?) but Greene pretty much ignored the line when she tweeted back and posted audio of purported voice messages from people calling her crude names and using threatening language."@jimmykimmel your fans called my office today in direct response to you inciting physical violence towards me. It’s not a joke,” shewrote in a tweetthat carried the audio. “You knew exactly what you were doing. @ABC and their parent company @WaltDisneyCo should not allow your misogyny & threats of violence.“Back on television (butalso on Twitter) on Thursday, Kimmel addressed the whole affair in his monologue.“What a night and what a day,” he told his audience. “I have the weirdest life, I really do. Once again I find myself in the middle of a brouhaha as I appear to have run afoul of probably the worst woman in American politics, Marjorie Taylor Greene.“He also called her “Klan mom” again and repeated the punchline from Tuesday (which again got laughs) before going off on Greene, accusing her of voting to defund the Capitol Police, inciting the Jan. 6 pro-Trump riots in 2021 and being both a “snowflake” and a “sociopath” — or, as he put it, a “snow-ciopath.“Jimmy Kimmel LiveKimmel said he did not condone death threats of any other kind.He also showed an image of Greene aiming a weapon he said was from her campaign ad and acted perplexed over her concern about “inspiring fantasies of violence."(Greene did fire a .50-caliber rifle at a car representing socialism in a separate video in September 2021 — and thenraffled off the weapon.)“If she’s going to report me to the police,” Kimmel said Thursday, “I’ll report you right back.“He then did a bit — complete with a writing desk and “writing music” — in which he wrote a letter to Batman to tell him about a “woman who might be a supervillain,” comparing her to the Riddler, the Joker and the Penguin.He signed it, “Love, Jimmy.“As of Friday, neither Greene not Batman have replied.
Jimmy Kimmelmade a joke earlier this week aboutMarjorie Taylor GreeneandWill Smith.
Days later and thetalk show host and the congresswomanhave invoked Batman and the cops, respectively.
In his opening monologue on Tuesday, Kimmel, 54, called Greene “Klan mom” and then read a recent tweet in which she had attacked as “pro-pedophile” a few fellow Republicans supporting theconfirmationof PresidentJoe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee,Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Then came the punchline: “Where’sWill Smithwhen you really need him?”
Kimmel’s audience laughed — but Greene, 47, said she was threatened, not amused.
Smithshocked manyat the 2022 Academy Awards when he smackedChris Rockin the face on stage during the live telecast after the comedian joked aboutJada Pinkett Smith’s hair.
The Best Actor winner later said it was “too much” for him to have to hear a joke about his wife’s medical condition;she has been open about living with alopecia. Smith apologized for the altercation andresigned from the Academy of Motion Pictures.
ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty
It was in that context that Greene, a headline-stirring Georgia Republican, responded to Kimmel’s joke about her outlandish label of Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney as “pro-pedophile.”
Greene said on social media she considered Kimmel’s punchline a “threat of violence” andreported it to the Capitol Police, who told PEOPLE on Thursday, “We cannot confirm or discuss any potential investigation” in response to a request for comment and to verify whether Greene, who has a history of provocative statements, actually filed a complaint.
That’s how the back-and-forth ended up on Twitter, where Kimmel initially responded in apost of his own: “Officer, I’d like to report a joke,” he wrote.
On Thursday, Greene replied to Kimmel,saying, “You weren’t joking. You hide your misogyny and your racism behind your ‘jokes’ on @ABC.”
“This was a dog whistle to the violent left to assault me or worse, and your already inspiring fantasies of violence against me,” she continued. “How many new death threats will I get that are your fans?”
Kimmel’s turn: “The only fantasies you inspire are of silence,” hetweeted, also on Thursday. “Maybe you should report this to Animal Control?”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
That’s another joke (“dog whistle,” get it?) but Greene pretty much ignored the line when she tweeted back and posted audio of purported voice messages from people calling her crude names and using threatening language.
“@jimmykimmel your fans called my office today in direct response to you inciting physical violence towards me. It’s not a joke,” shewrote in a tweetthat carried the audio. “You knew exactly what you were doing. @ABC and their parent company @WaltDisneyCo should not allow your misogyny & threats of violence.”
Back on television (butalso on Twitter) on Thursday, Kimmel addressed the whole affair in his monologue.
“What a night and what a day,” he told his audience. “I have the weirdest life, I really do. Once again I find myself in the middle of a brouhaha as I appear to have run afoul of probably the worst woman in American politics, Marjorie Taylor Greene.”
He also called her “Klan mom” again and repeated the punchline from Tuesday (which again got laughs) before going off on Greene, accusing her of voting to defund the Capitol Police, inciting the Jan. 6 pro-Trump riots in 2021 and being both a “snowflake” and a “sociopath” — or, as he put it, a “snow-ciopath.”
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Kimmel said he did not condone death threats of any other kind.
He also showed an image of Greene aiming a weapon he said was from her campaign ad and acted perplexed over her concern about “inspiring fantasies of violence.”
(Greene did fire a .50-caliber rifle at a car representing socialism in a separate video in September 2021 — and thenraffled off the weapon.)
“If she’s going to report me to the police,” Kimmel said Thursday, “I’ll report you right back.”
He then did a bit — complete with a writing desk and “writing music” — in which he wrote a letter to Batman to tell him about a “woman who might be a supervillain,” comparing her to the Riddler, the Joker and the Penguin.
He signed it, “Love, Jimmy.”
As of Friday, neither Greene not Batman have replied.
source: people.com
