“Jimmy Kimmel Live” guest host Jelly Roll mostly shied away from politics during the show’s opening monologue on Thursday night, but he did praise President Donald Trump for one recent decision.
“It’s the UFC fight President Trump’s planning on having on the South Lawn on the 4th of next July,” the rapper and singer said. “Now, listen, I know this is causing a little bit of controversy. But for me, I think it’s awesome. I’m not gonna lie.”
Trump said earlier this month that he was going to host a major UFC event on the White House grounds next year on Independence Day, with an audience of up to 25,000 spectators.
Critics mocked Trump over the idea, but Jelly Roll said he sees this from another perspective.
“Where I’m from, watching two meth heads beat the piss out of each other on a lawn is just a part of our year,” he said. “I tell you what, a UFC fight at the White House might not be what our Founding Fathers would have wanted. But our founding stepdads would have loved that shit.”
He also offered another idea.
“We should put an octagon at the Pentagon and have a couple of geometry teachers fight it out,” he said. “Let’s settle this once and for all.”
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