Jimmy Kimmel addressed Donald Trump directly during his Thursday monologue, after the president called on ABC to fire the late-night host (again) in a Truth Social rant.

“My wife comes out of the bathroom. She’s got her phone. She goes, ‘Trump tweeted, you should be fired again,” Kimmel recounted. “I was like, ‘Oh.’ Then I went downstairs and made bagels for the kids.” The host read the president’s social media post for the audience, then asked, “I’m the bum?” He continued, “He posted this at 12:49 a.m. — 11 minutes after the show ended on the East Coast. Which is nice. He watches us live. Hi, Mr. President! Thanks for watching us on TV instead of on YouTube. We appreciate that. It’s viewers like you who keep us on the air, ironically.”

“I have honestly lost count of how many times th

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