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.
My only concern about all of this is that Fallon’s Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavor is the best one! I can also groove on Colbert’s but Fallon’s is the best. Don’t cancel Fallon’s ice cream please!
What’s in the Fallon flavor?
“The Tonight Dough”. It’s a good cookie dough flavor.
It’s not a “Jimmy Fallon” flavor. They can just take him off the label.
They can stick Steven Colbert on it… Again!
One for the old Colbert, and another for the current one
Chocolate chip cookie dough, peanut butter cookie dough, Oreo cookie pieces, chocolate ice cream, and caramel swirl I think. It’s unbelievably fantastic.
Yeah I’ve got to try it now