TV producer Chuck Lorre used a Hollywood charity gala last Saturday to deliver a profanity-laced speech targeting President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, prompting a fiery response from the White House.Speaking at the Project Angel Food Angel Awards in Los Angeles, the "Big Bang Theory" creator used his acceptance speech to insult the first family, call the president a "Russian asset" and joke about checking whether Trump had suffered a fatal heart attack.Regarding Melania Trump, he called the first lady "a surgically enhanced, cold-hearted Yugoslavian escort who clearly hates her husband." The White House responded to Lorre's remarks in a statement to Fox News Digital.COMEDIAN DECLARES JERRY SEINFELD 'UNCANCELLABLE' DESPITE 'WOKE' ANTI-ISRAEL FESTIVAL BOYCOTT"Chuck Lorre should immediately seek psychiatric help to treat his severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has completely rotted his peanut-sized brain," said White House spokesperson Davis Ingle.Television producer Chuck Lorre accepts an award onstage during Project Angel Food's Angel Awards at the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Kitchen & Campus on Sept.
26, 2026, in Los Angeles.(Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Project Angel Food)Lorre was honored at the event after his foundation made what Project Angel Food has described as a "transformational" contribution to the charity.
The charity provides medically tailored meals to people facing critical and life-threatening illnesses.During his acceptance speech, Lorre repeatedly turned to politics and told the crowd that his "need to cause laughter" compelled him to do so.DE NIRO SAYS HE CAN'T LOVE AMERICA, COMPARES COUNTRY TO ABUSIVE HUSBAND"I’d love to express my gratitude to all the people who’ve devoted their lives to making Project Angel Food an oasis for those in need.
That would be my preference," Lorre said during his speech, first reported by The Hollywood Reporter."But because I’m a comedy writer, I have no choice but to expl...