Jimmy Fallon has a lot to talk about on âThe Tonight Showâ â and Politics has never been high on the list.
Fallon briefly spoke about Politics and late-night shows during an interview CNBCâs âSquawk on the Streetâ Tuesday, Mediaite reported.
âOur show has never really been that political, you know. We hit both sides equally and try to make everybody laugh, and thatâs really the way our show works,â Fallon said. âOur monologues are kind of the same that weâve been doing since Johnny Carson was hosting âThe Tonight Show.â So really, I just keep my head down and make sure the jokes are funny. I have great writers, â clever, smart writers. And weâre just trying to make the best possible show we can and entertain everybody.â
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Fallonâs words come following Jimmy Kimmelâs Suspension and return to ABC on âJimmy Kimmel Live!â The show and host were pulled from the airwaves by ABC and Disney after Kimmel spike about the man who killed Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
âThe MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it,â Kimmel said during his monologue on Sept. 15.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr believed Kimmelâs comment should result in a Suspension. Hours later, Kimmel was suspended â much to the delight of President Donald Trump.
ABC announced on Sept. 22 that Kimmelâs Suspension was lifted and he returned to the airwaves Sept. 23.
Upon his return, Kimmel did not apologize for What he said, but instead gave a shout-out to Free Speech.
Kirkâs executive producer, Andrew Kolvet, called Kimmel an âunrepentant liar.â
Fallon said it is not an accident that his show is light on Politics compared to other late-night show hosts Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers.
âItâs just what I do,â Fallon said in 2017 about talking Politics in his show. âI think itâd be weird for me to start doing it now.â
