Late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel drew renewed backlash after repeating a controversial joke about first lady Melania Trump during his Monday night show, days after making the remark in a segment that aired shortly before the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Kimmel, who had previously faced criticism over remarks tied to other high-profile incidents, returned to the topic on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and addressed the reaction to his earlier monologue.

“This was like déjà vu for me today,” he said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

He explained that the segment from last Thursday was designed as a comedic roast in the style typically seen at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which did not take place this year.

During that segment, one of his jokes focused on the first lady.

“Our first lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow,” Kimmel said.

Kimmel repeated the same line during Monday’s monologue, despite criticism that followed both the original joke and the attempted assassination targeting President Trump over the weekend, after Melania publicly condemned what she described as “hateful and violent rhetoric.”

Authorities say the alleged shooter, Cole Allen, entered the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner event with plans to carry out an attack against members of the Trump administration.

Kimmel maintained that his original performance was meant purely as satire and was unrelated to the violent incident.

“There was no big reaction to it until this morning, when I faced yet another Twitter vomit storm and calls to fire me from our first lady,” Kimmel said.

He added that the joke was intended to reference “about [Melania’s] age difference and the look of joy we see on her face” whenever she and Trump appear together.