The late-night host called out Pentagon Pete’s “vanity” amid Trump’s ongoing war.
for his unabashed “vanity” after the self-styled “secretary of war” allegedly banned photographers from the White House for releasing unflattering photographs of him. “Turns out our phony tough guy, our secretary of war, is a sensitive little snowflake making a safe space for his beautiful face,” Kimmel joked.
“Give him two horns and a steering wheel… he’s Bowser in Mario Kart,” Kimmel joked, displaying a photograph of the Defense Secretary speaking aggressively to the press. “And the truth is, Pete Hegseth is actually a handsome guy… on the outside. On the inside, he looks like the old lady from ‘Weapons,’” he said.The late-night host called out Hegseth for implementing this decision while the U.S. is fighting a war in Iran. Hegseth’s staffDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth attacked the press and became combative while also contradicting the president during a press conference at the Pentagon on March 2, 2026.“Who would have ever guessed the guy who spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on a makeup studio might be a little bit self-absorbed?” Kimmel asked, referring to Hegseth’s infamous,The White House crackdown on photographers was the latest, as Kimmel puts it, in Hegseth’s “crusade against the free press.” The former Fox News Anchor has attempted toto briefings, requiring news organizations to agree to a new department policy last September. Legacy media publications, including The New York Times and The Associated Press, refused to sign, as did Hegseth’s former employer, Fox News.“When a few drones get through or tragic things happen, it’s front-page news,” he said. “I get it, the press only wants to make the president look bad – but try for once to report the reality.”
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