Grammys: Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over Epstein jab

According to President Trump, the 68th Grammy Awards on Sunday have been “virtually unwatchable.” Still, he watched sufficient to take situation with comic Trevor Noah’s newest flip because the ceremony’s host.

Trump, in a Sunday evening submit to his social media platform, stated he intends to sue the comic and former “Daily Show” host as he ragged on the “garbage” music ceremony, which aired stay on CBS. Specifically, he says he’s in search of authorized motion in opposition to Noah’s quip linking him and former President Bill Clinton to convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A consultant for Noah didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

After Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas took residence track of the yr (with a blunt comment directed at federal immigration enforcement brokers), Noah joked “that is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland.”

“Which makes sense, I mean, because Epstein’s island is gone, he needs a new one to hang out on with Bill Clinton,” Noah added.

Epstein, who died behind bars in 2019, owned an island within the U.S. Virgin Islands and was on the time of his demise awaiting trial on federal fees of trafficking underage ladies. In 2008, Epstein had pleaded responsible to state fees in Florida of solicitation of prostitution and of solicitation of prostitution with a minor underneath the age of 18. He served lower than 13 months of an 18-month sentence in county jail and registered as a intercourse offender.

Noah referenced Epstein days after the Justice Department on Friday launched greater than 3 million pages from investigative recordsdata on the late financier.

Trump, clearly, was not a fan of the road.

“Noah said, INCORRECTLY about me, that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton spent time on Epstein Island. WRONG!!!,” the president wrote on Truth Social after the ceremony ended, denying that he ever visited Epstein’s island or “anywhere close.”

Trump stated he had not been accused of visiting Epstein’s island (he has been photographed with Epstein and his imprisoned girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell on quite a few events) till Noah’s “false and defamatory statement.”

The president continued his tirade, urging Noah to “get his facts straight, and get them straight fast.” Then got here the authorized risk.

“It looks like I”ll be sending my legal professionals to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C., and suing him for many$,” he wrote.

In his submit, Trump additionally referenced earlier multimillion-dollar defamation settlements involving ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos and CBS News. He ended his submit: “Get ready Noah, I’m going to have some fun with you! President DJT”

A trove of Epstein-related paperwork launched in December referenced Trump quite a few occasions in ideas obtained by the Department of Justice earlier than the 2020 election. The DOJ stated on the time that the allegations have been “unfounded and false.”

Trump posted concerning the Epstein scenario once more Monday, reiterating that he by no means visited Epstein’s island. Also Monday, the GOP chair of the House Oversight Committee was negotiating with the Clinton camp because the House moved nearer to voting on whether or not to carry the previous president and former secretary of State Hillary Clinton in prison contempt of Congress for ignoring a subpoena to testify in particular person final month about Epstein.

Noah, in the meantime, returned to host the Grammys on Sunday for the sixth and closing time. He has continued his Grammys duties regardless of leaving Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” in late 2022. After a slate of rotating visitor hosts, “Daily Show” alum Jon Stewart returned to that desk in 2024.

After Sunday’s ceremony, Noah and his knack for scathing political commentary drew not solely the president’s ire but additionally that of Nicki Minaj. The comic had poked enjoyable at Minaj for her current public assist for Trump, together with an look final week in Washington, D.C., the place she dubbed herself the president’s “No. 1 fan.”

Minaj responded to Noah’s dig, tweeting a cryptic post speculating about Noah’s sexuality.

Starting in 2027, the Grammys will transfer to Disney shops after greater than half a century on CBS. Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar and SZA, Olivia Dean and Lola Young have been among the many evening’s notable winners.