In a fiery segment on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wednesday night, former WWE champion and “Guardians of the Galaxy” star Dave Bautista unleashed a scathing critique of Donald Trump’s so-called “tough guy” persona.
“Fellas, we gotta talk,” Bautista declares, throwing punches in a boxing ring. “Too many men out there think Donald Trump is some kind of tough guy. Let’s be real: he’s not.”
With a series of grueling exercises—tire flipping and battle ropes—Bautista mocks Trump’s supposed strength and agility, interspersed with cringeworthy clips of the former president. Bautista’s roast includes moments like Trump’s two-handed sips of water and reports of him cheating at golf.
“Look at him! He wears more makeup than Dolly Parton,” Bautista quips, delivering a knockout punch to Trump’s image. “He whines like a baby. The guy is scared of birds! His daddy paid a doctor to claim his ‘widdle feet’ hurt so he could dodge the draft.”
Then he takes aim at Trump’s physique, declaring, “That gut looks like a garbage bag full of buttermilk,” as an unflattering photo of Trump golfing fills the screen. Bautista doesn’t hold back, even throwing in a crude joke about Trump’s dancing before concluding, “This November, let’s stop kidding ourselves.”
Bautista, who has recently rallied behind Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign, urged fans to exercise their democratic duty. In a recent Instagram post, he donned a Harris-Walz campaign shirt and implored, “Do your part, get out there, and vote. Your voice matters, and this election is too important to sit out.”
Kimmel set the stage for Bautista’s fiery segment, pointing out that Trump currently leads Harris among male voters. “Young, straight, white men love Donald Trump … But is he the strong, Alpha man they believe him to be?” Kimmel asks. “Not according to one of the toughest guys I know.”
Watch the clip below:
Let’s get 500 retweets on this as soon as possible to humiliate Donald Trump. The greatest political ad ever made. pic.twitter.com/N3215JhHBm
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 17, 2024
While Bautista’s performance resonated with many, the Trump campaign has yet to respond.
As Democrats grapple with concerns about Harris’s appeal to male voters, a recent New York Times/Siena College survey revealed Trump leading Harris 53% to 42% among likely male voters. Trump previously won the male voter demographic over Hillary Clinton by 11 points in 2016, according to the Pew Research Center.
Kimmel writer Jesse Joyce expressed his motivation for the skit on social media, stating he wrote it because “it’s what I always wanted to say about Trump pretending to be a tough guy.”
