Earlier on Thursday, Rolling Stone published allegations from two current and 14 former employees, including production crew and writers, who requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation. Rolling Stone claimed they had approached an additional 80 current and former employees, but “not a single one agreed to speak on the record or had positive things to say about working on the Tonight Show”.
According to Rolling Stone’s report, multiple sources alleged Fallon had a history of “outbursts” and lashing out at staff when under pressure; that previous senior staff on the show had bullied and belittled them; and that guests’ dressing rooms were commonly known as “cry rooms”, where employees could go let out their stress.
Nine showrunners have worked on the Tonight Show since Fallon took over from Jay Leno in 2014; a much faster turnover than comparable late night shows like Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
I feel vindicated for strongly disliking him since SNL. Deuche bag ruined every single skit he was in. Absolute amateur laughing in every skit. Every time.
That was the best thing about SNL at the time, to me, lol
If it’s any consolation, snl was always shit for dumbasses.
Ohhhh hot take… SATAN!
There was a time when it was funny. That was before he was there.
Mad TV was where the real funny was at
When I was in college, there would be these marathons of MAD TV, and we’d play a drinking game to it. Every time there was a joke that was supposed to be funny, and wasn’t, you’d take a drink
We’d get shit faced man. Mad TV was so terrible lol
Later we did it to Key and Peele too, which was great because K&P skits are funny for the first 90 seconds or so and then they just bludgeon the joke into the fucking ground
Good times.