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Everyman host Mike Rowe called out late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for his 'tone-deaf' comments mocking new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin for being a former plumber, admitting he is a 'tad butt hurt' by the dig.
The 'Dirty Jobs' veteran ripped into Kimmel over his remarks, which some have called elitist. Rowe said he took offense at the 'suggestion that skilled workers should never evolve into something new,' asking if Mullin’s career progression from plumbing business owner to Congress and then to a top Cabinet official is 'not the embodiment of the American Dream?' 'Being offended is always a choice, and I don’t choose to be offended by a joke, even one that comes at the expense of the skilled tradespeople my foundation tries to elevate,' Rowe wrote on X. 'But I am a tad butt hurt by the suggestion that skilled workers should never evolve into something new, and that competence is somehow limited to one vocation.' He continued, saying 'obviously, expertise and skill are important,' adding, 'If I need a new kidney, I’d prefer a doctor do the surgery, not a late-night talk show host. But if the doctor in question used to host a talk show, why would I hold that against him?' JIMMY KIMMEL REFUSES TO BACK DOWN AFTER MOCKING SECRETARY MULLIN OVER PLUMBING BACKGROUND Kimmel, a regular critic of the Trump administration, took flak last week for using Mullin’s prior experience as a plumbing business owner as evidence that he is unqualified to lead DHS. 'Trump's got a whole new generation of thinkers lined up, including his newly confirmed secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne ‘Chuck Mike Bruce Dave’ Melon — Mullin. Maybe melon's better,' Kimmel said. 'He's the now former senator of Oklahoma. Before he was elected to the Senate, Markwayne Mullin was a low-level MMA fighter and a plumber. That's right. We have a plumber protecting us from terrorism now. It worked for Super Mario. Why not Markwayne?' He continued, 'But honestly — I mean, if Trump is going to keep picking these unqualified people to run the department, why not have more fun with it? I mean, next time, instead of Markwayne, how about Lil Wayne for Homeland Security? At least we can get a concert out of it, right?' Kimmel later doubled down, saying, 'I’m not upset that the head of Homeland Security used to be a plumber. I’m upset that he isn’t still a plumber.' The late-night host added, 'I wouldn’t put a plumber in charge of Homeland Security for the same reason I wouldn’t call a five-star general to pull a rat out of my toilet … We all have our areas of expertise.' WATCH: TRUMP GOES VIRAL FOR ILLUSTRATING HOW TO CUT GOVERNMENT WASTE WITH HIS FAVORITE WHITE HOUSE PEN Kimmel's remarks were viewed as elitist by many commentators on X, who accused the comedian of mocking working-class professions. Among those offended by the joke was Rowe, who runs a nonprofit to promote skilled trade jobs called mikeroweWORKS. He emphasized that 'the shortage of skilled tradespeople is now headline news and that closing it is nothing less than a matter of national security.' 'The only sensible thing to do in the wake of a moment this tone deaf is remind America that the skills gap is wide and getting wider,' Rowe wrote. 'What we really need in this country are more welders who can talk intelligently about Aristotle, and more philosophers who can run an even bead. More Generals, in other words, who can fix their own toilets, and more plumbers who can hold a powerful government job.' 'This is what Mullin did,' he continued. JIMMY KIMMEL SLAMMED FOR DIG AT NEW DHS SECRETARY 'He was a private citizen who mastered an essential skill and then turned that skill into a multimillion-dollar company that employed a lot of people and served a lot of customers. That gave him the freedom to do other things with his life, including a career in public service, which got him into Congress, where he’s spent the last 11 years doing whatever Congressmen do. Now, he has a very consequential position in the Cabinet of the current administration.' CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP 'Is that not the embodiment of the American Dream?' he asked. 'I get that Jimmy Kimmel might have a problem with Mullin’s politics, but what possible objection could he have about the trajectory of his career, or his desire to do more than one thing with his life?' Rowe concluded, 'I’d love to chat but I’ve gotta pull a rat out of my toilet.'
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