Jimmy Fallon: A Complete Take a look at His Journey of Triumphs and Challenges

Jimmy Fallon has had a protracted profession as a comic and speak present host — however not with out controversy.

Fallon started his profession on Saturday Night time Reside from 1998 to 2004 earlier than touchdown his personal speak present titled Late Night time With Jimmy Fallon in 2009. The sequence lasted till 2013 when it was introduced that Fallon would take over because the host of The Tonight Present.

Greater than a decade into his run at The Tonight Present, Fallon was below hearth when Rolling Stone printed a report that includes 16 nameless previous and current workers claiming that Fallon created a “nightmare” office on The Tonight Present.

“It’s a bummer as a result of it was my dream job,” one former worker instructed the outlet in September. “Writing for late evening [television] is lots of people’s dream jobs, and so they’re coming into this and it turns into a nightmare in a short time. It’s unhappy that it’s like that, particularly understanding it doesn’t must be that approach.”

NBC responded to the story through an announcement on the time: “We’re extremely happy with The Tonight Present, and offering a respectful working atmosphere is a prime precedence. As in any office, we’ve had workers elevate points; these have been investigated and motion has been taken the place acceptable. As is at all times the case, we encourage workers who really feel they’ve skilled or noticed conduct inconsistent with our insurance policies to report their considerations in order that we might deal with them accordingly.”

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Preserve scrolling to see extra of Fallon’s ups and downs all through the years:

1998

Fallon joined the solid of Saturday Night time Reside and appeared because the coanchor of Weekend Replace beside Tina Fey till 2004.

2004

The comic left SNL to pursue a movie profession and starred in a number of flicks together with 2004’s Taxi and 2005’s Fever Pitch.

2007

Fallon tied the knot with spouse Nancy Juvonen, a movie producer and longtime pal of Drew Barrymore. The twosome welcomed daughters Winnie and Frances in 2013 and 2014, respectively.

2009

The present Late Night time with Jimmy Fallon ran from 2009 to 2013 and rapidly turned a well-liked success. The sequence garnered two Emmy Award nominations.

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2014

Fallon succeeded Jay Leno and have become the sixth everlasting host of The Tonight Present.

2016

Fallon acquired harsh criticism for the way in which he dealt with his interview with Donald Trump. Viewers mentioned that the speak present host was too gentle and playful and didn’t ask him any onerous questions in regards to the election.

“It was undoubtedly a down time,” Fallon recalled in June 2018 on an episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Award Chatter” podcast. “And it’s robust for morale. There’s 300 people who work right here, and so when persons are taking that unhealthy about you and gaming up on you, in a very gang mentality … You go, ‘Alright, we get it. I heard you. You made me really feel unhealthy. So now what? Are you cheerful? I’m depressed. Do you wish to push me extra? What would you like me to do? You need me to kill myself? What would make you cheerful? Recover from it.’ I’m sorry. I don’t wish to make anybody indignant — I by no means do and I by no means will. It’s all within the enjoyable of the present. I made a mistake. I’m sorry if I made anybody mad. And, trying again, I’d do it otherwise.”

Following his confession, Trump took to social media to blast the comic.

“@jimmyfallon is now whimpering to all that he did the well-known ‘hair present’ with me (the place he critically tousled my hair), & that he would have now completed it otherwise as a result of it’s mentioned to have ‘humanized’ me,” Trump tweeted in June 2018. “He takes warmth. He referred to as & mentioned ‘monster rankings.’ Be a person Jimmy!”

Fallon responded by tweeting that he can be “making a donation to RAICES within the President’s identify.”

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2017

In October, a New York Put up report claimed that NBC executives have been fearful that Fallon’s consuming was spiraling “uncontrolled,” citing his two earlier hand accidents and a chipped tooth. Fallon denied the accusations.

“I might by no means do a day-to-day job if I used to be consuming each evening,” Fallon instructed The New York Instances that Could. “That’s simply kicking you once you’re down.”

2020

Fallon as soon as once more got here below hearth when an SNL skit of him in blackface resurfaced on social media in Could. He took to social media to apologize for his actions.

“In 2000, whereas on SNL, I made a horrible determination to do an impersonation of Chris Rock whereas in blackface,” Fallon tweeted on the time. “There isn’t a excuse for this. I’m very sorry for making this unquestionably offensive determination and thank all of you for holding me accountable.”

2022

In August, Fallon, Lorne Michaels and Tracy Morgan have been named in a sexual misconduct lawsuit filed towards Horatio Sanz, with the plaintiff claiming that Fallon, Michaels and Morgan enabled Sanz’s inappropriate conduct.

Sanz settled with the accuser in November and the lawsuit was dismissed.

2023

In September, present and former Tonight Present workers spoke out about Fallon’s erratic conduct on set, claiming to Rolling Stone he’s recognized for having “outbursts.” In accordance with the workers, it was frequent to listen to colleagues joking about killing themselves as a result of poisonous office atmosphere.

“You by no means knew which Jimmy we have been going to get and when he was going to throw a hissy match,” a former staffer instructed the outlet in an interview. “Look what number of showrunners went so rapidly. We knew they didn’t final lengthy.”

Hours after the article got here out, Fallon reportedly apologized to the workers members.

“It’s embarrassing and I really feel so unhealthy,” he instructed personnel through Zoom based on Rolling Stone. “Sorry if I embarrassed you and your loved ones and mates … I really feel so unhealthy I can’t even let you know. I need the present to be enjoyable, [it] must be inclusive to all people. It must be the perfect present.”