Jimmy Kimmel is bashed for bad-taste joke about Melania becoming 'widow' before White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has sparked major controversy after joking about the First Lady of the USA, Melania Trump, who he says had the glow of an expectant widow.

Kimmel made the astonishing comments on Thursday during a parody of the annual journalism event. "Our first lady, Melania, is here. Look at her, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you glow like an expectant widow," he joked while mentioning how her birthday was on Sunday.

He added that the First Lady of the USA was planning to celebrate at home in the same manner that she always does, looking out of a window and whispering, 'What have I done?'

Many critics slammed the late-night talk show host for the remarks, calling him a broken man who has a serious problem finding this funny. The news arose as resurfaced clips of Kimmel doing the blackface re-emerged.