Jimmy Fallon said he was out of pocket when the news of Jimmy Kimmel’s show being pulled off the air broke and turned his phone back on to dozens of frantic texts from his dad.
Wrong Jimmy.
Jimmy Fallon said he was out of pocket when the news of Jimmy Kimmel’s show being pulled off the air broke and turned his phone back on to dozens of frantic texts from his dad.
“This morning, I woke up to 100 text messages from my dad saying, ‘I’m sorry they canceled your show.’ I go, ‘That’s not me, that’s Jimmy Kimmel‘,” Fallon told “The Tonight Show” audience Thursday night.
The typically happy-go-lucky talk show host began his monologue, addressing Kimmel’s abrupt yanking off the air.
“Well, guys, the big story is that Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC after pressure from the FCC, leaving everyone thinking, ‘WTF?’” Fallon joked to a roaring reception.
Fallon, 51, then launched into a bit about how he won’t let any network censor his show, only to have his following coverage of President Trump’s trip to the United Kingdom dubbed over.
“During the trip, protesters managed to project images onto the sides of Windsor Castle of Trump standing next to his good friend, Jeff (dubbed over) ‘Goldblum’. Even though his administration still insists that he’s not in the (dubbed over) ‘Goldblum files’. Which we all know is absolute bull- (dubbed over) ‘true’,” Fallon said.
“See? We can still say what we want!”
The comic candidly told his audience that “no one knows what’s going on,” but he still hasn’t given up hope.
