{
  "id": 16852292,
  "title": "Jimmy Kimmel Whips Up Merch With Trump Heckler’s Viral Dig: ‘High-Five Everybody For That’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/jimmy-kimmel-whips-up-merch-with-trump-hecklers-viral-dig-high-five",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-28T04:54:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/jimmy-kimmel-makes-trump-heckler-jab-into-t-shirt/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jimmy Kimmel displayed support for a Trump heckler's viral comment by turning it into a bright red t-shirt. The host highlighted the heckler's scathing remark during Tuesday's \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\" show, praising the individual for their biting criticism of President Donald Trump. Kimmel remarked, \"Because he's hurt his party so bigly. He's been forced to campaign in a number of deep red states, including Mississippi, which should be a given.\" The host went on to criticize Trump's tone-deaf comedy performance at a Mississippi rally, where the heckler's comment went viral. Kimmel noted, \"Shove that ballroom up your fat ass,\" and suggested that people should \"high-five everybody for that.\" The man's message was printed on the shirt, with \"Ass\" showing on the backside. Kimmel warned against replicating the message at future rallies, calling it beneath them. In other parts of his monologue, Kimmel mocked Trump's speeches and his disparaging comments about former Vice President Kamala Harris, noting, \"Do you think he knows he's not running?\"",
  "summary": "“Wouldn't it be a shame if people started yelling that everywhere he goes?” the late night host sarcastically asks The post Jimmy Kimmel Whips Up Merch With Trump Heckler’s Viral Dig: ‘High-Five Everybody For That’ appeared first on TheWrap .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/16852292.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Jimmy Kimmel Turns Trump Heckler’s Taunt Into a T-Shirt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/jimmy-kimmel-turns-trump-hecklers-taunt-into-a-t-shirt",
        "published": "2026-10-28T06:12:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}