Jimmy Kimmel hits back after Trump tweets about 'one sided hatred’ of late night shows

The gloves are off between President Donald Trump and ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

After former "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno said this week late-night shows had gotten too political in an interview, the president agreed, tweeting, “Jay Leno points out that comedy (on the very boring late night shows) is totally one-sided. It’s tough when there’s only one topic. Actually, the one-sided hatred on these shows is incredible and for me, unwatchable. But remember, WE are number one - President!"

And, Jimmy Kimmel had quite the response: "None of us do. None of us who hosts these shows do, but he gives us no choice. If he sat in the White House all day quietly working on things, I would almost never mention him because he’s not interesting.”

Kimmel finished by telling Trump: "You stop being terrible, we’ll stop pointing it out, OK?”

CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert also addressed the tweet, saying, “The comedy I do is not one-sided I can make fun of the president. From… Every… Angle."

Trump responded in a further tweet quoting comedian Michael Loftus who appeared on Fox & Friends, saying, "The three very weak and untalented late night 'hosts' are 'fighting over table scraps.' Carson did a great job, it wasn’t political. I don’t know what they’re going to do in 2024 when he’s no longer President? Will be wacky in the unemployment line.”