Jimmy Fallon Skillfully Responds To Donald Trump's Twitter Attack After Expressing His Regret For 2016 Interview
Jimmy Fallon is still haunted by the September 15, 2016 episode of The Tonight Show.
We all know the one -- where the late night host tussled Donald Trump's hair during his campaign appearance in the weeks before the election. As you may remember, the Saturday Night Live alum got a ton of backlash for normalizing the now-POTUS.
In a recent episode of The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast, the 43-year-old comedian expressed his regret for handling the episode that way. Hindsight is 20/20.
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Jimmy said emotionally:
"I did not do it to 'normalize' him or to say I believe in his political beliefs or any of that stuff. [The criticism] just got bigger and out of control. I saw other comedians from other shows making fun of me on Twitter and I go, 'OK, now I'm just gonna get off.' They know the show. I'm just doing five hours a week. I get in at 10 in the morning, I work 'til seven at night and I'm just trying to make a funny show. You know the grind and you know me. Of all the people in the world, I'm one of the good people. I mean, really. You don't even know what you're talking about if you say that I'm evil or whatever. Some people don't even want to hear anything else. They're like, 'No, you did that!' You go, 'Well, just calm down. Just look at the whole thing and just actually see my body of work.'"
He went on to describe the extent of his despair over the whole ordeal:
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