Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe is not happy with Jimmy Kimmel after the comedian made a joke about new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and his background as a plumber.
In a lengthy X post, Rowe wrote, “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. 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.”
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