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Mentalist Performing During WHCA Dinner Backs Out Of Kimmel Appearance Amid Backlash Over ‘Widow’ Joke

Russell Bartlett

Jimmy Kimmel still has his job (as of this writing) and continues to shut down calls for him to apologize for a joke he told days before the latest attempt on President Donald Trump’s life.

But he still can’t escape the consequences of his incendiary anti-Trump rhetoric.

Amid ongoing backlash over his mock White House Correspondents’ Dinner roast, during which he said First Lady Melania Trump looked like an “expectant widow,” one scheduled guest with close ties to the shooting has pulled out of his planned appearance Kimmel’s ABC late-night talk show.

Fox News had this report:

Oz Pearlman, the mentalist who was scheduled to perform at the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) Dinner on Saturday, pulled out of his Monday appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

Instead of Pearlman, Kimmel brought on liberal “Pod Save America” host Jon Lovett.

Deadline reported that it was unclear why Pearlman backed out of Kimmel’s show.

Even if it was just a coincidence, there’s no denying that a chorus of critics, including the Trumps, are calling for Kimmel to lose his job over the latest in a series of objectionable jokes at the president’s expense.

Many argue that his rhetoric, along with that of others in the anti-Trump entertainment industry, have contributed to the volatile environment that has led to multiple would-be attacks on the president:

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