Donald Trump took to Truth Social soon after the conclusion of the 2026 Grammys telecast to bash the awards show as “virtually unwatchable” and to slam host Trevor Noah as “a total loser” after he mocked Trump live on air for his friendship to Jeffrey Epstein. Noah made a joke that suggested Trump was a guest on Epstein’s island.
“The Grammy Awards are the WORST, virtually unwatchable! CBS is lucky not to have this garbage litter their airwaves any longer,” Trump wrote. “The host, Trevor Noah, whoever he may be, is almost as bad as Jimmy Kimmel at the Low Ratings Academy Awards. 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 being there, not even by the Fake News Media.”
Trump continued, “Noah, a total loser, better get his facts straight, and get them straight fast. 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. Ask Little George Slopadopolus, and others, how that all worked out. Also ask CBS! Get ready Noah, I’m going to have some fun with you!”
Noah brought up Trump and Epstein after Billie Eilish won Grammy for song of the year Grammy with her track “Wildflower.” Noah made a joke at Trump’s expense by saying: “There you have it, song of the year! Congratulations, Billie Eilish. Wow. That’s a Grammy that every artist wants — almost as much as Trump wants Greenland. Which makes sense because, since Epstein’s gone, he needs a new island to hang out with Bill Clinton.”
Trump directed the majority of his Grammys takedown at Noah, seemingly staying quiet for now on Bad Bunny’s historic victory. The singer’s hit album “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” is the first Spanish-language LP to win the album of the year Grammy. Bad Bunny took home the top Grammy just one week ahead of his Super Bowl Halftime Show, which Trump has already been critical of in interviews.
“I’ve never heard of him,” Trump said on NewsMax’s “Greg Kelly Reports” last October after Bad Bunny was confirmed as the Super Bowl performer. “I don’t know who he is… I don’t know why they’re doing it. It’s crazy. And then they blame it on some promoter they hired to pick up entertainment — I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”
Read Trump’s Grammys reaction in the Truth Social post below.
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