Jimmy Kimmel Blasts Donald Trump for Dodging Epstein Question by Insulting CNN Star Kaitlan Collins for 'Not Smiling'

Jimmy Kimmel couldn't help but roast Donald Trump after he dodged a question about Jeffrey Epstein by insulting CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins.

Kimmel, 58, played the clip during the Tuesday, February 4, broadcast of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where Collins, 33, can be heard asking for Trump's response to Epstein survivors who feel they haven't gotten justice.

"You are so bad. You are the worst reporter. No wonder ... CNN has no ratings because of people like you," the president said, avoiding directly answering the reporter's question. "You know she's a young woman, I don't think I've ever seen you smile, I've known you for ten years, I don't think I've ever seen a smile on your face."

Collins emphasized that she was advocating for the serious topic of Epstein survivors, before Trump, 79, interrupted her again.

"You know why you're not smiling? Because you know your not telling the truth," he continued. "You're a very dishonest organization and they should be ashamed of you."

Kimmel didn't let the moment pass without cracking a joke, telling the audience, "We are now at the women should smile more stage of his presidency."

"I'm trying to think of a worse time to tell a woman to smile more than when that person is a reporter asking about the Epstein victims," the late-night host continued.

Kimmel's clapback comes nearly one week after the Department of Justice released more than three million pages of documents related to the Epstein investigation, which included high-profile names like Trump, Elon Musk, Bill Clinton and Bill Gates.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed there were six million pages in total, but due to the presence of child sexual abuse material and victim rights obligations, not all documents are available to the public.

The deputy attorney general, 51, blasted claims that the DOJ was trying to “protect” the president, who was formerly friendly with the convicted s-- offender.

“We did not protect President Trump,” Blanche said during a press conference on January 30. “We didn’t protect or not protect anybody.”

The DOJ previously missed the December 2025 deadline set by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Trump signed into law on November 19, 2025. The law gave Attorney General Pam Bondi 30 days to release all the Epstein files and explain any redactions to Congress.