Disney chair says CEO will 'rise to the occasion' in Trump-Kimmel spatReutersTue, April 28, 2026 at 2:02 p.m. UTC1 min readAdd Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.

Chief Executive Officer of Walt Disney Company Josh D'Amaro in Marne-la-Vallee, east of Paris, Friday, March 27, 2026. Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS

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French President Emmanuel Macron visits Disneyland Paris1 of 2Chief Executive Officer of Walt Disney Company Josh D'Amaro in Marne-la-Vallee, east of Paris, Friday, March 27, 2026. Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS

OSLO, April 28 (Reuters) - It's the job of Walt Disney's new CEO Josh D'Amaro and his team to ‌decide the group's response to the row between the White ‌House and ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, Disney Chair James Gorman said on ​Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Kimmel should be fired by ABC and its parent Disney, joining his wife Melania in calling out the talk show host for remarks made ‌prior to a shooting ⁠at Saturday's White House correspondents' dinner.

Kimmel said on Monday his joke about Melania Trump, in which he ⁠said she had "a glow like an expectant widow," referred to the difference in ages of the first lady and her husband, and ​that it ​was not a "call to assassination."

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Disney's ​board chair on Tuesday ‌said large companies from time to time face "these kinds of issues" to resolve.

"It's the job of the CEO with their team to figure out the right answer and they'll be guided by the board," Gorman told a business conference in Oslo.

He declined to ‌say what advice he or the ​board would give regarding the "Jimmy Kimmel ​Live!" show.

"We have a ​terrific new CEO, Josh D'Amaro, he's world class ‌so I'm sure he'll rise to ​the occasion and ​do what the right thing is," Gorman said.

D'Amaro took the helm at Disney last month.

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The president, his wife and ​other senior government ‌officials were rushed out of Saturday's dinner after the shooting ​in the lobby of the Washington Hilton.

(Reporting by Terje ​Solsvik, Editing by Franklin Paul)

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