From the moment Fallon landed the job that would change his career forever, joining ‘Saturday Night Live’ as a cast member in 1998, his rise to fame has continued to climb. In 2009, Fallon became the host of ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,’ and in 2014 became the new late-night host of the ‘Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.’ Despite his long-lasting career and the throngs of people that adore him, Fallon has been in a number of questionable incidents in his time in the entertainment industry. RELATED: James Corden’s Rude Behavior Isn’t Surprising — We’ve Seen The Same Outcome With Other Talk Show Hosts
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The clip resurfaced in May 2020, causing the hashtag #jimmyfallonisoverparty to trend on Twitter and prompt the late-night host to offer an apology. “I am very sorry for making this unquestionably offensive decision and thank all of you for holding me accountable,” Fallon wrote on his Twitter. RELATED: Details Of The Email Jimmy Fallon Sent Teen Fan In Horatio Sanz Lawsuit In an interview with The New York Times, Fallon insisted that he “didn’t do it to humanize him.” “I almost did it to minimize him. I didn’t think that would be a compliment: ‘He did the thing that we all wanted to do," Fallon continued. Many critics accused Fallon of being too charitable towards Trump, who at that point in his candidacy had already made a variety of offensive and disparaging comments about different groups of people, including marginalized people. RELATED: 7 Sad Details About Donald Trump’s Relationship With His Daughter Tiffany The incident definitely raised eyebrows and put his squeaky-clean image into question. Jimmy Fallon was allegedly not the aggressor but ended up getting caught in the fight. It was broken up and Fallon, along with his friends, immediately left. RELATED: 15 Valid Reasons People Hate Elon Musk “[We] were super functioning alcoholics, definitely,” Sanz told Vulture. “They say that kind of goes hand in hand with SNL, some kind of substance-abuse issues, because it’s so stressful you easily find yourself blowing off steam a lot.” A Manhattan bartender told the New York Post that Fallon once came to the Whiskey River in 2009 and partied until 5:30 the next morning. Fallon denied that he had a drinking problem in a 2017 interview with The New York Times, saying, “I could never do a day-to-day job if I was drinking every night,” he said. “That’s just kicking you when you’re down.” RELATED: SNL’s Michael Che Deletes Evidence Of Horrific Simone Biles ‘Jokes’ — But We Have The Screenshots In 2015, the late-night host severed his finger at home, saying, “I tripped and fell in my kitchen on a braided rug that my wife loves, and I can’t wait to burn it to the ground.” Months later, Fallon chipped his tooth while trying to open a jar of scar tissue gel for his hand, according to Entertainment Weekly. Fallon also reportedly tripped while at a party, with a bottle of Jägermeister. “He just tripped,” a witness told Page Six. “We all thought he did it on purpose.” Fallon later told audience memebers at the ‘Tonight Show’ that he “threw the bottle” and that he “landed on broken glass. There [were] pools of blood everywhere.” RELATED: Source Claims Kenan Thompson Had Chris Redd Fired From SNL Over Alleged Affair With His Wife “There is so much money at stake, the pressure is enormous. [Besides doing the show daily], they’re looking for the next viral thing to hit,” the insider shared. “He has to do calls with affiliates and sponsors. He has no outlet. He’s young. He’s still learning. You forget he hasn’t been doing this for 10 years.” Photographer Sam Jones also told the New York Post that “there’s a sort of loneliness to being a late-night host.” RELATED: 7 Bizarre Details About Pete Davidson And Kim Kardashian’s Relationship The lawsuit, filed by a Jane Doe in Pennsylvania says she ran a Jimmy Fallon fansite from 1999 to 2002. In her complaint, Jimmy Fallon and a number of other ‘SNL’ cast members were in attendance at several parties where Sanz allegedly groomed her. Fallon and Sanz also emailed the girl in 2000, when she was 15 and Sanz was 31. RELATED: Jimmy Fallon Named In Lawsuit Accusing Horatio Sanz Of Grooming & Sexual Assaulting Teen At ‘SNL’ Parties Nia Tipton is a writer living in Brooklyn. She covers pop culture, social justice issues, and trending topics. Follow her on Instagram.
