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Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to express his discontent with the Grammy Awards, labeling them “virtually unwatchable.” He also addressed comments made by comedian Trevor Noah, asserting that Noah had incorrectly claimed Trump and Bill Clinton visited Epstein Island.
Trump clarified that while he couldn’t speak for Clinton, he himself has “never been to Epstein Island.”
In a sharp retort, Trump described Noah as a “total loser” and hinted at potential legal action, stating that he might involve his lawyers to sue for a significant sum.
The controversy arose after Noah made a joke during the Grammy Awards regarding the song of the year accolade. Noah quipped, “That is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland, which makes sense … because Epstein’s island is gone, he needs a new one to hang out with Bill Clinton.”
CNN has reached out to Trevor Noah for his comments on the matter.
The comments come after the Justice Department on Friday released more than three million pages of files related to Epstein, the convicted sex offender, including some that contain references to Trump, Clinton and other powerful figures.
Trump and Clinton have denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein, who owned a private island in the Caribbean. Trump said last year that he rejected an invitation from Epstein to visit his island, in what he called a moment of good judgment.
“I never had the privilege of going to his island, and I did turn it down. A lot of people in Palm Beach were invited to his island. In one of my very good moments, I turned it down,” Trump told reporters in July.
Clinton has also denied ever having visited Epstein’s island.
Trump frequently criticises Hollywood awards shows for making jabs at his expense.
In his post overnight, he said Noah was “almost as bad as Jimmy Kimmel at the Low Ratings Academy Awards.” Kimmel, who has frequently drawn the president’s ire, called out Trump onstage in 2024 after he insulted the comedian on social media.
The Grammys ceremony, which aired Sunday night on CBS, included numerous musicians criticising the Trump administration’s federal immigration crackdown. Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, who took home three awards, began one of his speeches by saying, “Before I say thanks to God, I’m gonna say: ICE out!”
During another acceptance speech, delivered mostly in Spanish, Bad Bunny dedicated his album of the year win to “all the people who had to leave their homeland, their country to follow their dreams.”
Some celebrities wore pins that read “ICE out,” which has been used at protests as a call to end operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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