Mike Rowe unleashes on Jimmy Kimmel's latest 'tone-deaf' takedown targeting everyday Americans
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...
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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 t…