Donald Trump has confirmed that he will sue Grammys host Trevor Noah after he made a joke about the president and Jeffrey Epstein.
The South African comedian was in charge at last night's event in LA, which was already causing controversy thanks to a bold outfit choice from Chappell Roan and a rather amusing moment from Cher, when she announced a winner as an artist who has been dead for over 20 years.
A number of the winners at the music awards, including Billie Eilish, Bad Bunny and Olivia Dean, were also quick to call out the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the recent shootings in Minneapolis, which claimed the lives of US citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Naturally, the hosts at events such as the Grammys and the Oscars are paid to make jokes about current events, so Noah was perhaps always going to make reference to the extra three million pages of the Epstein files which were released late last week.
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He said: "Song of the Year — 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."
While being mentioned in the files doesn't indicate wrongdoing, the president is mentioned more than 1,000 times in the latest release, and was a long-time associate of the disgraced financier.
However, he and many others have unsurprisingly continued to deny ever visiting his infamous island, where young girls would be taken and abused.
Trump has now claimed that Noah's joke was 'false and defamatory' and vowed to sue him in an outburst on Truth Social.
The 79-year-old wrote: "Noah said, INCORRECTLY about me, that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton spent time on Epstein Island. WRONG!!!
"I can’t speak for Bill, but I have never been to Epstein Island, nor anywhere close, and until tonight’s false and defamatory statement, have never been accused of being there, not even by the Fake News Media.
"It looks like I’ll be sending my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C., and suing him for plenty$."
Trump also addressed the situation on Saturday (31 January) while speaking to reporters on Air Force One, after even more fury was directed towards those mentioned in the extensive files.
He said: "I didn't see it myself but I was told by some very important people that, not only does it absolve me, it's the opposite of what people were hoping, you know, the radical left."
The White House and Department of Justice also hit out at the claims, calling them 'unfounded and false', pointing out that the claims would have already been used as political ammunition against the president if they were credible.
“Some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election,” they said in a press release.
“To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false, and if they have a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponised against President Trump already.”
LADbible Group has contacted the representatives of Trevor Noah for comment.
Grammys 2026 nominations
Record Of The Year
DtMF - Bad Bunny
Manchild - Sabrina Carpenter
Anxiety - Doechii
WILDFLOWER - Billie Eilish
Abracadabra - Lady Gaga
luther - Kendrick Lamar With SZA (winner)
The Subway - Chappell Roan
APT. - ROSÉ, Bruno Mars
Album Of The Year
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS - Bad Bunny (winner)
SWAG - Justin Bieber
Man's Best Friend - Sabrina Carpenter
Let God Sort Em Out - Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
MAYHEM - Lady Gaga
GNX - Kendrick Lamar
MUTT - Leon Thomas
CHROMAKOPIA - Tyler, The Creator
Song Of The Year
Abracadabra - Lady Gaga
Anxiety - Doechii
APT - ROSÉ, Bruno Mars
DtMF - Bad Bunny
Golden - From KPop Demon Hunters
Luther - Kendrick Lamar With SZA
Manchild - Sabrina Carpenter
WILDFLOWER - Billie Eilish (winner)
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean (winner)
KATSEYE
The Marias
Addison Rae
sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young
Best Pop Solo Performance
DAISIES - Justin Bieber
Manchild - Sabrina Carpenter
Disease - Lady Gaga
The Subway - Chappell Roan
Messy - Lola Young (winner)
Best Rock Performance
U Should Not Be Doing That - Amyl and The Sniffers
The Emptiness Machine - Linkin Park
NEVER ENOUGH - Turnstile
Mirtazapine - Hayley Williams
Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning - YUNGBLUD Ft Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II (winner)
Best R&B Performance
YUKON - Justin Bieber
It Depends - Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller
Folded - Kehlani (winner)
MUTT (Live From NPR's Tiny Desk) - Leon Thomas
Heart Of A Woman - Summer Walker
Best Rap Performance
Outside - Cardi B
Chains & Whips - Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
Anxiety - Doechii
tv off - Kendrick Lamar Ft Lefty Gunplay (winner)
Darling, I - Tyler, The Creator Ft Teezo Touchdown
Best Music Video
Young Lion - Sade
Manchild - Sabrina Carpenter
So Be It - Clipse
Anxiety - Doechii (winner)
Love - OK Go
Topics: Donald Trump, Grammys, Jeffrey Epstein, Celebrity News
James Moorhouse