Actor Tim Matheson Takes a Nasty Bigoted Swipe at Melania, Gets Roasted in the Backlash

We reported earlier about how Jill Biden is being lauded by the media for bringing the National Guard cookies after they were relegated to a cold garage under her husband but then allowed back into the Capitol.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visits National Guard troops stationed outside the US Capitol in DC:

"I just wanted to come today to say thank you to all of you for keeping me and my family safe … The White House baked you some chocolate chip cookies." pic.twitter.com/lv33IZeblq

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 22, 2021

In response, actor Tim Matheson (known for being Otter in Animal House and mostly forgettable roles), tweeted a fawning homage to Jill Biden. But in it, he also took a backhanded bigoted slap clearly aimed at Melania Trump.

This, dear followers, is actually racist. pic.twitter.com/eBFmmHeEbx

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 22, 2021

“So wonderful to have a First Lady with class and heart,” he said. “And, can speak English!”

That’s pretty disgusting.

When it was pointed out to Matheson that he was a bigoted anti-immigrant jerk, he followed that up with an attempt to justify it.

Comedy is sometimes cruelly honest. The ex-First Lady doesn’t have any of my respect for anything. Sorry.

— Tim Matheson (@Tim_Matheson) January 22, 2021

“Comedy is sometimes cruelly honest,” he claims. “The ex-First Lady doesn’t have any of my respect for anything. Sorry.” Except he was neither honest or funny, in addition to being a bigot.

Melania Trump not only knows English, but is fluent in multiple other languages as well. Going to take a wild stab that she knows far more languages than does Matheson, not to mention has more class, clearly.

As we reported previously, unlike Jill Biden who was doing clean-up work for her husband and knew dropping off cookies would get wide network coverage as a photo op, Melania Trump would visit sick children and the military because she believed in it, knowing she would get no big network credit for doing so. That’s true charity and grace. Something Matheson would do well to learn.

Here’s just a sample, there are dozens.

First Lady Melania Trump made holiday visits today to 3 military installations including CVN 77 the nuclear carrier George HW Bush in the Atlantic. Did you see it in #MSM ? pic.twitter.com/VZ7rMyqbj0

— Andrew Malcolm (@AHMalcolm) December 13, 2018

Melania Trump visits Anchorage military families today at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson via @lisa_demer and @lorenholmes: https://t.co/9mYrys3OCs pic.twitter.com/eI4yN8ABuY

— Tegan Hanlon (@teganhanlon) November 10, 2017

▶️ First lady Melania Trump visits the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, for Valentine’s Day.

👉 First Lady Makes Valentine's Day Art With Pediatric Patientshttps://t.co/Stg5qjsuIQ pic.twitter.com/BGHHpRjsm1

— The Voice of America (@VOANews) February 15, 2019

Matheson later deleted the original offensive tweet and apologized, but it was too late.

This morning I made a hasty and stupid joke about the former First Lady. It wasn't funny, and it was in poor taste. It was regretful and humorless and I apologize.

— Tim Matheson (@Tim_Matheson) January 22, 2021

Yeah, no, sorry, we don’t believe you. You only regret that you got a backlash.

You don't regret a damn thing other than letting people know you're a misogynist, bigot and xenophobe. #asshat

— Kimberly Morin (@Conservativeind) January 23, 2021

Can she speak six languages, like Melania? Since you make that seem important, felt a needed question. https://t.co/GMSnLARZob

— Brad Slager – In An Augur Roll (@MartiniShark) January 22, 2021