Did Jimmy Fallon Fuck Up?
Posted by Michelle Moquin on September 17th, 2016
Good morning!
I love a good laugh. Who doesn’t. However, like the writer I didn’t find this to be funny. This was an opportune moment to put you know who in his place. But Fallon didn’t. An opportunity missed that could be a costly one.
I love Jimmy Fallon, I really do—but he royally f*cked up last night
Jimmy Fallon has been wildly successful since taking over The Tonight Show. He’s funny, clever, talented and can be quite endearing. So why would he bring on the Republican nominee Donald Trump who reeks with racism, sexism, xenophobia and hateful bigotry—and joke around with Trump like he was one of the guys, play with Trump’s hair, normalize hate-mongering, and then give Trump a personal enthusiastic standing ovation?
Here is a clip of the scene tweeted by a gloating, grammar-challenged Trump supporter. Click on the image to watch it.
(Side note: Did you catch the name on the tweet “Rump on the Tonight Show?? – I think that’s accurate.)
Jimmy Fallon and The Tonight Show just normalized everything that’s bad in this country. He gave Trump the opportunity to appear as a likable good sport, which he’s not, and some people who might not stay informed, saw a different Trump facade incongruent to his uglier side and deviant agenda. In doing so, Fallon, indirectly mocked and insulted the millions of people who Trump has attacked, belittled, insulted and incited violence against. The appearance also helped fan the fires of Trump fanatics who idolize the white supremacy Trump emotes, giving folks like the former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke more reason to support Trump. I don’t even want to talk about the influence this might have on some swing voters.
At first I thought the network probably pressured Fallon into having Trump on the show—but Fallon seemed to be enjoying himself too much towards the end. And that’s quite said, because the talk show celebrity has a lot of fans who may have taken Fallons (sic) fanning over Trump as support for the Republican nominee.
Fallon is taking a beating for this move on social media. Like Matt Lauer who allowed Trump to blatantly lie without interruption on the Commander in Chief Forum, these talk show hosts are contributing to the possible election of a horrible man. Here are some Twitter reactions to last night’s show:
It’s not so much that Fallon had Trump on the show. Giving candidates equal time is to be expected. It was how Fallon treated a man so foul. It’s how Fallon lifted a man that provokes hate and incites violence as if he were a funny celebrity. Fallon could take cues from David Letterman who scorched and humorously called out Trump hypocrisy four years ago, and that was before Trump ran for president. As with the Matt Lauer interview, the damage is done and it can’t be walked back. Yes, I’ll watch Fallon again and I still like him. I don’t think he’s malicious and choose to believe he did not realize the level of damage he might cause. It also wasn’t as offensive as Lauer, but it’s still a damn shame. I’d love to find humor in this, but I can’t.These stakes are too high. Donald Trump actually becoming president—is no longer a joke.
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Readers: Allow me to say it for the writer since I can. ”Fallon royally fucked up last night.” I’m not a fan of Fallon. I don’t dislike him. I don’t feel much of anything about him. I don’t watch his show. (Jon Stewart was my guy – miss him.)
However, I did catch this “ruffling of the hair thing” the other night and the comments that were tweeted echoed my sentiments as well. This is no joking matter. Let’s hope those that were on the fence about you know who weren’t inspired by Fallon to decide to swing his way.
Once again, like Matt Lauer, it’s the “good ol boys” having fun and giving each other deference at the expense of the country. This is not responsible comedy or reporting.
In your opinion, did Jimmy Fallon fuck up? Blog me.
Mike, TM: Thanks for the update. Shocking but as usual I am not surprised. I hope all is good.
Dorrie: Thank you. I love this blog too. It has been you, the readers, who inspire me and whom I learn so much from. Thanks for being here.
Anonymous #9: That is the first I have heard of this. I will definitely check it out. Thanks for enlightening me.
Brian: I so appreciate your insightful comments. And I couldn’t help repeating your quote here because I think your words are very wise.
“Courage is not fighting for your beliefs. Courage is sincerely examining your beliefs — and changing them when you recognize they’re wrong.”
We could all do the world good by following your wisdom. PS: I hope you don’t mind that I added the missing word “when.”
Sorry for running late, everyone. It has been one of those mornings.
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September 17th, 2016 at 12:25 pm
Comedian Larry Wilmore learned the hard way what happens when you piss off the white man. His show was canceled in mid season after his performance on the POTUS roast in which he dissed the white boy in gerneral.
I think other comedians like Fallon got the message.
September 17th, 2016 at 1:51 pm
What a terrible article. People are angry because Fallon had some fun with Trump? No wonder it is so hard to take the “tolerant” left seriously….they are remarkable intolerant of those who don’t fully subscribe to their partisan definition of tolerance.
Don’t get me wrong, the far right is no better and I would jump all over a right leaning editor if they posted something similar.
September 17th, 2016 at 1:52 pm
The difference is that intolerant conservatives dislike people because of how they were born. Intolerant liberals dislike behavior.
September 17th, 2016 at 1:53 pm
Michelle, When Hilary is on the show and he does a similar interview will you be just as critical of how Fallon handles her?
September 17th, 2016 at 1:55 pm
It’s embarrassing to read an article written that reads as if Jimmy Fallon was supposed to be a news anchor delving into deep political thought and challenging Trump in ways NPR would.
I’m no Donald Trump fan, but Fallon is hardly a hard-hitting interview and when Hillary Clinton NEEDS to be humanized, she often turns to late-night to help. Remember the famous check on her pulse just before being diagnosed with pneumonia and collapsing at the 9/11 Memorial?
If you want hard news, turn to hard news channels. If you want a different side to candidates, go to late-night.
September 17th, 2016 at 1:57 pm
Tom#4, she WAS on the show, and was taken to task about her emails. I know you are a conservative and have difficulty understanding things like truth, and logic, but PLEASE try to keep up.
Michelle called it corrected when she tagged fallon as one of the “good ole boys,” having fun at the nation’s expense.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:01 pm
Steve#5, Fallon asked Hillary about her emails. Fallon did not ask Trump about his racism. I can’t believe you’re giving this rebuke to Michelle like you are some kind of professionally a PR person.
If you really were you would know better.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:06 pm
I i think fallon does a fantastic job. He does not pick sides and nor should he. He is there to entertain us and not tell us his political opinion. Most of these talk show guys i won’t watch anymore simply because I’m not interested in their political opinion. He will be just as nice to Hillary I’m sure because Jimmy Fallon is awesome
September 17th, 2016 at 2:08 pm
Michelle was right, fallon picked sides when he asked Hillary about her emails but did not ask Trump about his racism. I will probably never watch Fallon again, personally.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:09 pm
Richard#8, Jimmy Fallon is excellent for the feeble minded.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:10 pm
Sandy#10, hillary is excellent for the feeble minded!
September 17th, 2016 at 2:11 pm
Sandy#10, It’s not about feeble-minded, it’s about what do you prefer to focus on in life: the perpetual problems that ruin lives, or making people happy? Things are only going to get worse in this world, so just try to be an awesome person to others as much as possible.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:15 pm
Matt#12, You sound like one of the popular kids in high school telling the students with brains in their heads to lighten up and have a beer.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:19 pm
Okay conservatives, Fallon had her on his show and he asked her about and her e mails. So now what? Do you apologize for being wrong? Probably not because being a conservative is never admitting your wrong.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:23 pm
Robert#14, Kind of like when Fallon asked Trump in January about Muslims, his controversial statements, Obama’s crying over gun control, etc. But obviously the left is in a panic and needs to make headlines in hopes of their Weekend at Bernie’s White House candidate winning.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:25 pm
Don#15, FYI PRESIDENT Obama didn’t cry over gun control. He cried over the slaughter of 20 innocent babies, each one shot multiple times.
On the other hand, you and your fellow co-conspirators, never shed a tear, claiming it to be a hoax, the children and their parents “actors’ in yet another Obama staged event, an attempt to take your beloved guns away.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:27 pm
Sandra#16, Did you say Planned Parenthood is now shooting the babies rather than crushing their skulls. I missed that news.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:30 pm
Steve#5, You are kidding right? I distinctly remember HRC spening 11 hiurs straight being grilled by a very hostile cogressional GOP fronted “get her any way possible” squad, who in the end found nothing, and she looked like the statesperson she IS.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:31 pm
Sandra#16, …And I guess the murder of un born children are all right with you?
September 17th, 2016 at 2:32 pm
One softball television interview is not going to humanize Donald Trump…unless the people who watch the interview have been living in a sealed cave their entire lives.
I doubt seriously that anyone who has been watching Donald Trump “perform” (his word) over the last year watched that interview and then said, “Hey you know what, he’s not really that bad of a guy. I could vote for him!”
September 17th, 2016 at 2:34 pm
Jimmy Fallon’s only goal/obligation is to earn ratings for his major network TV show, and this interview undoutedly did that. If eveyrone complaining about how well he treated Trump decided to boycott his show tomorrow, that would still be less viewers lost than if he rabidly attacked Trump.
Its just business people. Tune into Bill Maher on pay cable if you want someone to just unrelentlessly slam Trump all show long regardless of consequences…. I do, and it is hillarious. But most hosts are not in that same position to be free to alienate a third of the country.
And if you doubt this reread Lydia#1.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:35 pm
Ramon#20, You give to much credit to the electorate.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:36 pm
Ramon#20, Most of us are already set on how we’ll vote because we have our philosophies and reasoning, for better or worse.
It’s the undecided that’ll sway things in the swing states. These voters are not, nor ever really have been, the most intellectually inclined. There’s a vast culture of willful ignorance among the electorate. Always has been.
Like it or not, Trump can play to this particular audience. While those of us online evangelize about our ideals and bicker back and forth inside our ideological corners of the internet, the swing state undetermined voters are what really matters.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:38 pm
People thought they might like to have a beer with Bush. Then people died.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:39 pm
Hilary’s “deplorables” they include a lot of men who have mommy issues.
I’m just saying…
September 17th, 2016 at 2:39 pm
He’s going to win. Unfortunately.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:41 pm
Karen#26, I sure hope not, but you may be right. People under estimate the seniors coming out in droves to vote and the younger crowd having less of a turn out.
People say there is no way he could win, they said that about Putin too, according to Russian activists.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:42 pm
Dan#24, if George Bush had the same amount of news coverage that Donald Trump has had, where he was constantly seen making repulsive and insane remarks 24/7 for a year prior to the election, he would have never been president.
Don’t discount the fact that Trump’s insane ravings and rantings will do him in…in the end. George W Bush got a moderate percentage of the minority vote, Donald Trump will get almost none.
You can’t win a national election in the United States today without getting at least a moderate percentage of the minority vote and maxing out on the white vote. Trump will do neither.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:43 pm
Vanessa#27, Yeah well if the crowd sizes are any indication of whats happening hillary is getting blown out, she cant even fill a highschool gymnasium, 200-300 people at most at many many of her rallys, meanwhile…trump is filling stadiums…
September 17th, 2016 at 2:44 pm
Ramon#28, …It’s apparent you have done no research on Trump and only heard what the likes of CNN or MSNBC have TOLD you to believe.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:45 pm
Well yeah, Fallon always plays the nice guy with everyone and is never confrontational. It’s his demeanor as an entertainer. He’s the guy in the playground that will be everyone’s friend just to not get beat up.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:45 pm
A quick look at the comments makes me think that Americans are getting a lot of “news” from entertainers, and now we’re on the verge of electing one to the White House. Thanks a lot sponsers. (that’s scarcasm, btw)
September 17th, 2016 at 5:03 pm
If I may Michelle I’d like to go back to your Monday post re Wells Fargo. I just read this today. I had no idea that the head of the dept at WF was being rewarded but it really doesn’t surprise me.
It’s unconscionable that Carrie Tolstedt, the former head of the Wells Fargo unit where all the fraud occurred, earned $20 million in bonuses between 2010 and 2015, and will walk away with about $125 million in severance. It’s way past time for Wall Street bank executives to be held personally accountable.
What do you think?
SuzyQ
September 17th, 2016 at 5:46 pm
I think #1 Lydia nailed it. As well as others in above comments, it’s a ‘for entertainment’ show, no one goes to JF for hard news or to make decisions about elections no matter how humanizing it is, if undecideds are swayed by this 10 minute segment then this country is screwed and headed toward ‘Idiocracy’ anyway.
Trump did say he’d prefer a debate with no moderator, just the candidates answearing questions. I’d luv to see that so they can call each other out on tough issues instead of relying on entertainment/news anchors/paid moderators to do it, those types are looking for ratings, not getting messy with candidates is a live tv dance they do for reasons Lydia stated, that’s how they keep their jobs.
Bill maher is the go to guy for dissecting the trump doings.
Mischa, I miss Jon Stewart, too…he was sooo good.
Luv, Zen Lill
September 17th, 2016 at 6:12 pm
19 Leon, name me one man who has fought with their woman or the courts to keep an unborn child, yeah, you cannot (there’s probably 1-2 but they dropped it bc they didn’t want to take FT care of the baby due to their jobs, and offered their mothers up for the task).
Most of the time men who spout ‘murderer’ about abortion is just LSOS’s bc they’d be the first ones to suggest terminating an unwanted pregnancy.
Marsha I’ll give you a pass bc you have the vague sound of a rampant Christian who decides when life begins. You don’t.
Susie Q I agree with you, I’m thinking of writing a letter to WF, unfortunately it is the bank I use to shift funds between a few separate accounts and must keep it for now. That’s just some over the top BS.
~ ZL
September 18th, 2016 at 7:58 am
SuzyQ#33, the answer is sick but simple. When you do the math. WFB made several billion dollars on that scam. If you add up the 185 million fine and the 25 million reward they gave Carrie for the profitable scheme that amounts to 211 million.
Now subtract that from just one of the billions the scheme made it leaves $689 million. That’s dollars in profit from the scheme. Throw in at least another billion in profit and you could argue they didn’t make Carrie’s commission on the profits big enough.
When you are the big banks protected by a republican Congress that limits how much the regulatory agencies can fine those Corps with their protection, you just pay the minuscule fine and look for your next profitable scam.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:01 am
SuzyQ#33, WFB winked and said the huge package was accrued over her two-plus decades at Wells Fargo and was not directly tied to her retirement.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:10 am
SuzyQ, They should throw 5 to 10 of Wells Fargo top executives in jail for 20 years, hire the 5000+ employees back, and the entire Banking industry will clean up its act.
I swear, some of these executives have the morals and ethics of Drug Lords, and probably worse, seeing how they caused millions of older Americans to lose everything (e.g., homes, retirement, savings, etc.), and still demanded to be bailed out by the very taxpayers whose livelihood they irresponsibly gambled with.
That more of these executives never have to face jail is precisely why the system is “rigged”, and why America is now an Oligarchy.
In the specific case of Wells Fargo, you’d have to be pretty naive to believe that none of their executives knew what these employees were doing under direct pressure from from them to achieve specific sales goals.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:12 am
SuzyQ#33, We Chinese, put our crooked corporate executives in prison. You give ours multi-million dollar retirement packages.
Our politics is the same though, we both let our corrupt politicians live in style.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:13 am
Wells Fargo, one of the major players of the economic Crash of 200i8, strikes again. No more fones. Send the board of directors to prison for a minimum of 10 years – in with general population not the white collar prison.
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September 18th, 2016 at 8:15 am
More prison time for the corp executives is the only way to teach these corporate thieves that crime doesn’t pay.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:26 am
Mark, apparently Corp crime does pay, and big money, too. Just reading the math Mike TM laid out above makes 125M sound like chump change pay out against what WF made in that fraudulent scheme and 4500+ lost their way lower paying jobs also, I’m smh in disgust.
~ZL
September 18th, 2016 at 8:33 am
SuzyQ#33, you are wondering why Wells fargo got away with the theft. Let’s see, Republican. Jeb Hensarling is the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
He received over $6 million in the last three years for his campaign from the banks. The investigation will go nowhere.
Maybe, Republican rep, Jason chavetz should run the investigation instead. He is the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Not.
He is the ultimate sell out. Slick and never saw a dollar he wasn’t interested in acquiring. He is a rep from that cult state of Utah so he has the security of knowing that if he wins his republican primary, he is guarantee the seat against any democratic challenge.
He does everything he can to ingratiate himself with the mormon religious cult that controls the state. So you can be assured that unless his bosses tell him to, WFB will walk if he is the chief investigator.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:33 am
Walls Fargo Mortgage Department is even more crooked and filled with folks that are not at all customer friendly!
September 18th, 2016 at 8:34 am
SuzyQ#33, I agree, this is just insane someone gets a retirement from a bankof this magnitude. This should not happen she needs to be held accountable for what her employees did she should be fined 124 million plus court cost. What a sham
September 18th, 2016 at 8:35 am
SuzyQ@33: Well then, if they are going to go after Wells Fargo, then they should also go after Bank of America, and City Bank. Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase. Each one of them received $25-billion dollars during a recent bailout, and one other fiance company made a fortune on bailout money which they kept while going bankrupt.
Wasn’t it AIG that paid their CEO and executives bonus and raise in salary with bail out money? Goldman Sachs pulled a fast one Al Capone would be jealous of. There is so much of this going on that I’m losing track of all their shenanigans.
Your hard earned tax money stolen from you and given to them. Oh well, all in a days work.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:36 am
SuzyQ#33, Until we actually jail these essobees – in an honest to pete hard time prison; not a white collar country club – they will keep pulling these scams. Bankers and corporate execs have got the system fooled into thinking they cannot be harshly punished for robbing the taxpayers. That has to change.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:37 am
SuzyQ#33, In 2011 Wells Fargo pleaded guilty to laundering 378.4 billion dollars in drug money for Mexican Drug cartels, and were fined 50 million. Our government’s handling of these criminals is a joke.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:40 am
Caroline#48, Sure the punishment for the crime is a joke , this why we need to remove all corporate donations to anyone running for federal office, these politicians aren’t going to put their cash cows in a harsh prison.
We also need to put these money grubbing politicians in jail when thet are caught scamming I.e. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and possibly Bob Corker of Tennesse amongst others
September 18th, 2016 at 8:41 am
I remember watching the Wall St.and bank CEO’s appear for questioning before Congress during the height of the meltdown. They all looked so indignant and annoyed- as if Congress was interrupting their golf games and vacations.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:41 am
When Congress investigates large banks and their watchdog bureaucratic agencies, you know it’s election season.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:42 am
Government seems to always be quick about investigating public companies or private individuals, yet never seems to care when it is one of their own. Maybe we would have a better government if they would do so. Heaven knows we have a bunch of crooks in Washington.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:46 am
Terrance#52, your comment would make sense if the republicans weren’t wasting government dollars on using their positions to prosecute the democratic party at every opportunity to win votes.
Like investigating Hillary and Ben Ghazi again? Or maybe their moronic claim that the jobs numbers are fixed? Morons.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:47 am
Zen Lill#35, I have banked with Wells Fargo for nearly 25 years now. They used to be a good, customer focused bank. About three years ago, they completely went to hell.
I, too, still keep a checking account there but no longer really bank with them. They are money grubbing scoundrels with zero customer service. They deserve to be gone.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:50 am
Congress launches an investigation about Wells Fargo screwing their customers. Sounds like Congress wants some pointers from the private sector.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:51 am
Welcome to Hillary Clinton’s America!
September 18th, 2016 at 8:53 am
Right rose#56, you republicans never miss an opportunity to sell the dummy trump. Okay I’m in because CitiBank gives me .00005% interest on my $228 a week paycheck. Im voting republican again cause i hate raises & healthcare & pension & dignity.
I wanna donate my social security to Wall Street as soon as possible so i can live with mommy when i turn 67 yrs old.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:54 am
Yeah, Rose#56, And Donald Trump wants to DECREASE regulation. Sheesh, what an idiot.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:55 am
hey liberals a question for you
why didn’t all the government regulation’s prevent this abuse ????
September 18th, 2016 at 8:56 am
Ron#59, Because the GOP would not let Dodd- Frank pass unless they watered it down first.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:57 am
Everyone who see this should take your money out right away. If they get fined. It’s your money they’ll use to pay it.
Your money will earn nothing and they’ll start charging ,if they already don’t ,for you to keep your account and if you don’t get it out now they’ll fine you to get it out later. It’s your choice. Just a heads up. They did it in California. Your next.
September 18th, 2016 at 8:59 am
Greed pure and simple , pharmaceutical CEO raising gm drug prices 600%, politicians getting insider trading tips, politicians giving favor to big money donors, all the while screwing the people they are being paid to represent and protect.
Term limits may possibly end some of the cronyism that our leaders live by , just too much money to lure these politicians most are a buck from being a lackey and servant for rich donors anyway , these crooks we call our leaders takefull advantage of every opportunities presented to them.
I feel most could care less about the citizens of this country, they won’t do anything for us if it won’t advance , enhance their career or line their pockets. The only fix is out with the old in with the new, can’t have change without something changing.
September 18th, 2016 at 9:02 am
So will this be another banking debacle where no executives will be going to jail due to policies they put in place to increase revenue?
The underlings, the ones that got fired, are the ones that pay the price when people like Carrie Tolstedt tie bonuses to performance and then collect millions in bonuses and retire with a golden parachute.
September 18th, 2016 at 9:05 am
Yeah Zen Lill#42 & Mac#63, while the lowly pawns are left holding the bag and they will usually take the heat. The banks are constantly pressuring employees to sell additional services {complete with accompanying fees, natch} without additional compensation offered to the employees for their efforts.
But the employees are usually intimidated or bullied by superiors to fill “quotas” or it will reflect negatively on their performance evaluations. And eventually it also affects the percent of any annual raise.
It’s all about money, MORE for the bank and screw the employees. How do I know this? Because I spent many years in the banking field.
September 18th, 2016 at 10:13 am
Really this WF shit should make some of you take a long hard look at where you bank. Are you supporting big banking by allowing them to hold and make money off your money, and charge you fees to do so! I left WF along time ago and joined a credit union and never looked back. Getting a car loan was actually a pleasant experience I’ve also self directed my retirement account. No way I’m allowing my money to be used to fund fossil fuels. Think about taking a stand if you are still allowing these banks to continue to rape your wallets.
September 18th, 2016 at 10:16 am
I wanted to add – this is to me , voting with your dollars. Don’t give the banks so much political power.be conscious of what vibration you are effecting
September 18th, 2016 at 10:26 am
The horror of American democracy actually allowing someone like Donald Trump to reach The electoral position that he has is only equaled by the horror of the failure of our government to regulate business so that corporations could not be in a position to bribe and buy our politicians from the executive office all the way down to the Congress and state governments.
This is a historic failure of government. While world wars and other governments could not subjugate our people and it’s government by use of war, we have been brought to heel by the rich and the corporate who have used money in a hostile takeover of our once proud democracy.
And worst of all the rich and the corporate have used the media to manipulate the public into not only allowing this sedition to happen but to support it.
This is a dark hour for our revolutionary democracy.
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