2026-04-28 16:15 UTC / 路透社
作者：唐·奇米莱夫斯基、大卫·谢泼德森与特雷弗·胡尼卡特
2026年4月28日 16:15 UTC 更新于1分钟前
- 总统与第一夫人呼吁ABC解雇坎摩尔
- 他曾调侃梅拉尼娅·特朗普“看起来像待产寡妇”
- FCC正在审查迪士尼旗下ABC电视台的牌照
洛杉矶4月28日（路透社）——在深夜脱口秀主持人吉米·坎摩尔的一则玩笑引来白宫呼吁ABC解雇这名喜剧演员后，美国联邦通信委员会于周二下令提前审查该电视网旗下电视台的牌照。
此次联邦通信委员会的大幅升级行动，以及唐纳德·特朗普政府与这家全球娱乐巨头之间的对峙，是华特迪士尼新任首席执行官乔希·达马罗上任后面临的首场危机。
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上周四，在迪士尼旗下ABC播出深夜节目的坎摩尔在模仿白宫记者协会年度晚宴的环节中开玩笑称，第一夫人梅拉尼娅·特朗普“有种像待产寡妇的光泽”。
这则玩笑是在华盛顿举办的正式晚宴三天前发表的，该晚宴旨在庆祝新闻自由与言论自由。总统与第一夫人在晚宴期间遭遇刺杀未遂后被紧急护送离场。
联邦通信委员会要求迪士尼在5月28日前作出回应。
迪士尼表示已收到联邦通信委员会的命令，并称其“长期以来始终完全遵守联邦通信委员会规则，以值得信赖的新闻、紧急信息和公共利益节目服务当地社区”。该公司补充称，其“准备通过适当的法律渠道证明这一点”。
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这些电视台分布在弗雷斯诺、洛杉矶、芝加哥、旧金山、纽约、费城、休斯顿以及北卡罗来纳州达勒姆。
周一，特朗普夫妇呼吁ABC解雇坎摩尔，这是白宫回击言论自由的最新事件，撼动了深夜喜剧界。这再次将迪士尼置于高度紧张的政治环境中，成为媒体所有者、监管机构与政治领袖之间斗争的焦点。
在周一晚间节目的独白中，坎摩尔称“待产寡妇”的言论“显然是在调侃两人的年龄差距”，但被误解了。特朗普将于6月年满80岁，而他的妻子本月刚满56岁。
“无论如何，这都算不上是在呼吁刺杀，”坎摩尔说道。
倡导组织“免费新闻”的联合首席执行官杰西卡·冈萨雷斯称联邦通信委员会的行动不合法。“他正按照总统的指示，利用手中的权力压制异见，”冈萨雷斯说道。“这种针对媒体的非同寻常且违宪的攻击，不过是在讨好美国历史上最脆弱的总统罢了。”
2026年3月15日，美国加利福尼亚州好莱坞第98届奥斯卡颁奖典礼上，吉米·坎摩尔在台上发言。
女演员简·方达领导的“第一修正案委员会”呼吁迪士尼无视特朗普政府解雇坎摩尔的要求，该组织成员包括演员、作家、记者以及娱乐行业其他人士。
“在美国，讽刺并非犯罪。嘲讽、挑战乃至冒犯当权者的权利，是民主的基石，”该组织在一份声明中写道。
白宫通讯主任史蒂文·张继续施压，在X平台上发帖指责坎摩尔“发表了一则令人作呕的、关于刺杀总统的玩笑”，并且“非但没有体面地道歉，反而变本加厉地维护这个玩笑”。
联邦通信委员会下令提前审查八家迪士尼旗下的ABC电视台，这是政府与主流媒体斗争的一次大幅升级。此次审查可能会促使联邦通信委员会寻求吊销这些电视台使用广播频谱的牌照。
于3月上任的迪士尼首席执行官达马罗，必须决定如何应对要求解雇坎摩尔的日益高涨的压力。
记者未能联系到迪士尼发言人就坎摩尔一事置评，坎摩尔此前曾躲过一次被ABC解雇的呼声。
第一夫人的资深外部顾问马克·贝克曼表示，ABC应该解雇这名深夜脱口秀主持人，“他几个月来一直在全国各地的美国家庭中散播恶毒的政治言论……？”
2025年9月，联邦通信委员会负责人施压广播公司停播坎摩尔的节目。当月，坎摩尔因发表关于保守活动家查理·柯克遇刺事件的言论，ABC短暂停播了他的节目。
以往的白宫记者晚宴争议通常围绕喜剧演员打破晚宴传统的吐槽格式，令部分参会者不满。深夜脱口秀主持人斯蒂芬·科拜尔与塞斯·迈耶斯都曾因尖锐言论遭到批评。今年的晚宴原定邀请心灵魔术师奥兹·珀尔曼，而非喜剧演员。
2018年，特朗普政府官员抗议喜剧演员米歇尔·沃尔夫对新闻秘书萨拉·赫卡比·桑德斯的吐槽，特朗普本人也拒绝出席其总统任内举办的多数晚宴。
近年来，晚宴主办方选择了喜剧演员之外的表演者，包括2019年邀请历史学家朗·切尔诺。
本报道由洛杉矶的唐·奇米莱夫斯基、华盛顿的大卫·谢泼德森与特雷弗·胡尼卡特采写，华盛顿的博·埃里克森补充报道；大卫·格雷戈里奥与安娜·德赖弗编辑。
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US FCC reviewing Disney’s ABC station licenses after Jimmy Kimmel joke
2026-04-28 16:15 UTC / Reuters
By Dawn Chmielewski, David Shepardson and Trevor Hunnicutt
April 28, 2026 4:15 PM UTC Updated 1 min ago
- President and first lady call for ABC to fire Kimmel
- He joked that Melania Trump looked ‘like an expectant widow’
- FCC reviewing licenses of Disney-owned ABC stations
LOS ANGELES, April 28 (Reuters) – After a joke by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel drew calls from the White House for ABC to fire the comedian, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday ordered an early license review of the network’s television stations.
The dramatic escalation by the FCC and standoff between President Donald Trump’s administration and the global entertainment conglomerate is the first crisis facing Walt Disney’s new CEO Josh D’Amaro.
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Last Thursday, Kimmel, whose late-night TV program airs on Disney’s ABC, did a send-up of the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, joking that First Lady Melania Trump had “a glow like an expectant widow.”
The joke was made three days before the actual black-tie dinner, celebrating press freedom and free speech, in Washington. The president and first lady were rushed from the dinner following an assassination attempt.
The FCC ordered Disney to respond by May 28.
Disney said it had received the FCC order and said it has “a long record of operating in full compliance with FCC rules and serving their local communities with trusted news, emergency information, and public‑interest programming.” The company added it is “prepared to show that through the appropriate legal channels.”
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The stations are located in Fresno, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Philadelphia, Houston and Durham, North Carolina.
On Monday, the Trumps called for ABC to fire Kimmel, the latest incident of the White House pushing back on free speech that has roiled the world of late-night comedy. It has again placed Disney at the center of a battle among media owners, regulators and political leaders in a highly charged political environment.
During his monologue on Monday night’s show, Kimmel said the “expectant widow” comment “obviously was a joke about their age difference,” that had been misconstrued. Trump will be 80 in June, and his wife turned 56 this month.
“It was not by any stretch of the definition a call for assassination,” Kimmel said.
Jessica Gonzalez, co-CEO of advocacy group Free Press, called the FCC action illegitimate. “He is using his position of power to silence dissent at the president’s beck and call,” Gonzalez said. “This extraordinary and unconstitutional attack on the media is nothing more than another favor to the most fragile president in U.S. history.”
Jimmy Kimmel speaks onstage during the Oscars show at the 98th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 15, 2026.
Actress Jane Fonda’s Committee for the First Amendment, a group whose members include actors, writers, journalists and others in the entertainment industry, urged Disney to defy the Trump administration’s call to fire Kimmel.
“In America, satire is not a crime. The right to mock, to challenge, and yes, to offend those in power, is foundational to democracy,” the group wrote in a statement.
Steven Cheung, White House communications director, kept the pressure up, accusing Kimmel of “making a disgusting joke about assassinating the President” and “doubling down on that joke instead of doing the decent thing by apologizing,” in a post on X.
The FCC ordered early reviews of eight Disney-owned ABC stations, a sharp escalation of the administration’s fight with major media outlets. The reviews could lead to the FCC seeking to revoke the stations’ licenses to use the broadcast airwaves.
D’Amaro, who became Disney CEO in March, must decide how to respond to the mounting pressure to fire Kimmel.
A Disney spokesman could not be reached for comment about Kimmel, who survived a previous call for ABC to fire him.
The first lady’s close outside advisor, Marc Beckman, said ABC should fire the late-night host, “who for months and months is spewing vile political rhetoric … into the homes of Americans across the country?”
In September 2025, the head of the FCC pressured broadcasters to take Kimmel off the air. ABC briefly suspended Kimmel’s show that month over comments he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Past White House Correspondents’ Dinner controversies have often centered on comedians pushing the event’s traditional roast format too far for some attendees. Late-night hosts Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers faced criticism for their stinging remarks. This year’s event was to feature mentalist Oz Pearlman, not a comedian.
In 2018, Trump administration officials protested comedian Michelle Wolf’s roast of press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Trump himself has declined to attend most dinners held during his presidency.
In recent years, the dinner’s organizers have opted to choose entertainers other than comedians for the dinner, including the historian Ron Chernow in 2019.
Reporting by Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles, David Shepardson and Trevor Hunnicutt in Washington; with additional reporting by Bo Erickson in Washington; Editing by David Gregorio and Anna Driver
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