Trump ridiculed after UFC announcer mistakes Melania for Ivanka: 'Birthday wish came true'

Jimmy Kimmel was not about to let a jaw-dropping flub from President Donald Trump's White House UFC event slide.

During the UFC Freedom 250 broadcast on the South Lawn, an announcer mistakenly referred to Melania Trump as "First Lady Ivanka," mixing up the president's wife with his daughter Ivanka Trump. The moment came after lightweight Justin Gaethje's victory, as the fighter introduced his mother, Carolina, to the president and first lady. The clip quickly ricocheted across social media.

Kimmel seized on what the account LateNighter called the "Freudian slip" from the broadcast booth, using it to needle Trump's long-rumored fixation on his eldest daughter.

"The first lady Ivanka," Kimmel said, repeating the gaffe. "I guess somebody's birthday wish came true."

The dig landed on the same weekend Trump turned 80 and threw himself the cage-fighting spectacle on the White House grounds, an event timed to his birthday and billed as part of the nation's 250th-anniversary celebration.

The mix-up was an awkward one for the broadcast, in part because Ivanka Trump was no stranger to the event. A longtime UFC fan, she had been reported to be helping facilitate the planning of the White House fight, lending the slip an extra layer of irony.

The "First Lady Ivanka" blooper instantly became one of the more-shared moments of the night, with viewers expressing disbelief that a broadcaster at a high-profile presidential event could confuse the first lady with the president's daughter, and some calling for the announcer to be replaced. Kimmel simply made sure the line got a national encore.