Meryl Streep Sides With Jimmy Kimmel as Donald Trump Calls for His Firing: ‘You’re Carrying the Banner of Freedom of the Press’

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After a roar of applause, Meryl Streep took the stage of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Thursday night alongside its embattled host, during her whirlwind promotional tour for the hotly anticipated sequel “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”

“How are you?” Streep asked, clearly referring to President Trump loudly and repeatedly — calling for the host’s firing on every platform imaginable over a joke about how Melania Trump looked like “an expectant widow” because her husband’s been looking particularly frail and sleepy of late.

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