NBC didn’t want Jimmy Fallon to host Late Night at first.
11.09.2023 - 16:33 / nypost.com
posted to X ( formerly Twitter), was initially covered in Tina Fey’s 2013 autobiography “Bossypants,” and depicted Fallon, 48, yelling at Poehler, 51, during a table read for the NBC variety show. “Amy Poehler was new to SNL and we were all crowded into the seventeenth-floor writers’ room, waiting for the Wednesday night read-through to start,” wrote Fey. “Amy was in the middle of some such nonsense with Seth Meyers across the table, and she did something vulgar as a joke.
I can’t remember what it was exactly, except it was dirty and loud and ‘unladylike.'” “Jimmy Fallon turned to her and in a faux-squeamish voice said, ‘Stop that! It’s not cute! I don’t like it,'” continued the passage. “Amy dropped what she was doing, went black in the eyes for a second, and wheeled around on him. ‘I don’t f–king care if you like it.'” According to the “Mean Girls” writer, the incident left Fallon startled as Poehler went back to joking with Meyers, 49.
“Amy made it clear that she wasn’t there to be cute,” wrote Fey. “She wasn’t there to play wives and girlfriends in the boys’ scenes. She was there to do what she wanted to do and she did not f–king care if you like it.”The Post reached out to Poehler and Fallon for comment.
Fey’s “dead to rights” revelation – as dubbed by The New Yorker’s archive editor Erin Overbey — comes several days after Rolling Stone published an article claiming that several staffers had suicidal thoughts due to Fallon’s erratic behavior. “Everybody walked on eggshells, especially showrunners,” recalled one former employee.”You never knew which Jimmy we were going to get and when he was going to throw a hissy fit. Look how many showrunners went so quickly.
NBC didn’t want Jimmy Fallon to host Late Night at first.
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who’s facing a multitude of sexual misconduct allegations, is in more hot water — after a resurfaced video shows Brand suggestively bouncing singer Katharine McPhee on his knee during a 2013 appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Brand, 48, has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by four women stretching from 2006 to 2013. He has denied the claims.In the three-and-a-half-minute clip, Brand jokingly refused to move from his chair alongside Fallon, 48, when McPhee, 39, came over to chat with the host. He then grabbed McPhee’s hand and she sat on his lap, as Brand told Fallon, “She’s welcome to sit here.”“No, Russell, don’t even say for the Queen, you can’t,” Fallon said, referring to McPhee, who looked uncomfortable.
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groveling apology to his “Tonight Show” staffers after reports surfaced of his toxic workplace behavior — but fans aren’t buying it.One user on X, formerly known as Twitter, pointed to a line the 48-year-old TV host allegedly said during the all-hands meeting: “It’s embarrassing and I feel so bad.”The commenter said the “apology sounds like it was spoken by a toddler.”“Why didn’t and couldn’t he apologize in person? I find the Zoom apology insulting,” another shared, while others chimed in that Fallon only said he was sorry “cause he got called out.”Fallon likely conducted his apology virtually, however, because of the ongoing Hollywood strike, which has shut down production for a slew of highly-anticipated movies and TV shows, including late-night talk shows.“Oh, f–k off. Fallon’s ‘apology’ is about how he was inconvenienced by the Rolling Stone article exposing him as a raging a–hole and nothing about apologizing to staff or saying how he will change,” another scathing comment said.Another user likened the saga to Ellen DeGeneres, who had her “Ellen Show” canceled in 2022 after a 19-year run following a flurry of toxic workplace allegations against the seemingly family-friendly talk show host.“The Jimmy Fallon saga is following EXACTLY the same footsteps that Ellen DeGeneres tread … accusations.
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