TV host Jimmy Fallon apologises to ‘The Tonight Show’ staffers after poisonous work setting allegations
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By PTI
LOS ANGELES: American TV host Jimmy Fallon has apologised to the workers of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” after there have been allegations of a “toxic” work setting on the present’s set.
The Rolling Stone journal on Thursday got here out with a report by which many staffers alleged that “The Tonight Show” has been a poisonous office for years on account of Fallon’s ‘erratic behaviour’.
Fallon, who took over because the host of the late-night programme from Jay Leno in 2014, held a short Zoom assembly on Thursday night and tendered an apology to the workers, reported American outlet Variety.
“It’s embarrassing and I feel so bad. Sorry if I embarrassed you and your family and friends. I feel so bad I can’t even tell you,” the 48-year-old TV character stated.
“I want this show to be fun, it should be inclusive for everybody, it should be funny, it should be the best show, the best people,” he added.
The Rolling Stone spoke to 2 present and 14 former staff who claimed the present’s working setting has been “far outside the boundaries of what’s considered normal in the high-pressure world of late-night TV”.
“It’s a bummer because it was my dream job. Writing for late night is a lot of people’s dream jobs, and they’re coming into this, and it becomes a nightmare very quickly. It’s sad that it’s like that, especially knowing that it doesn’t have to be that way,” one worker stated.
According to the staffers, the “ugly” behind-the-scenes setting started on the prime, with Fallon displaying “erratic” behaviour that led to fixed shake-ups within the present’s management groups.
The present has had 9 completely different showrunners since Fallon began internet hosting ‘The Tonight Show’.
One staffer claimed they had been fired with out rationalization and prior warnings.
According to the report, a number of sources alleged Fallon had a historical past of “outbursts” and he would lash out at workers when underneath stress.
They additionally accused the earlier senior workers of bullying and belittling them.
Fallon’s ‘The Tonight Show’ is presently on hiatus as a result of strikes by the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) unions.
LOS ANGELES: American TV host Jimmy Fallon has apologised to the workers of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” after there have been allegations of a “toxic” work setting on the present’s set.
The Rolling Stone journal on Thursday got here out with a report by which many staffers alleged that “The Tonight Show” has been a poisonous office for years on account of Fallon’s ‘erratic behaviour’.
Fallon, who took over because the host of the late-night programme from Jay Leno in 2014, held a short Zoom assembly on Thursday night and tendered an apology to the workers, reported American outlet Variety.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“It’s embarrassing and I feel so bad. Sorry if I embarrassed you and your family and friends. I feel so bad I can’t even tell you,” the 48-year-old TV character stated.
“I want this show to be fun, it should be inclusive for everybody, it should be funny, it should be the best show, the best people,” he added.
The Rolling Stone spoke to 2 present and 14 former staff who claimed the present’s working setting has been “far outside the boundaries of what’s considered normal in the high-pressure world of late-night TV”.
“It’s a bummer because it was my dream job. Writing for late night is a lot of people’s dream jobs, and they’re coming into this, and it becomes a nightmare very quickly. It’s sad that it’s like that, especially knowing that it doesn’t have to be that way,” one worker stated.
According to the staffers, the “ugly” behind-the-scenes setting started on the prime, with Fallon displaying “erratic” behaviour that led to fixed shake-ups within the present’s management groups.
The present has had 9 completely different showrunners since Fallon began internet hosting ‘The Tonight Show’.
One staffer claimed they had been fired with out rationalization and prior warnings.
According to the report, a number of sources alleged Fallon had a historical past of “outbursts” and he would lash out at workers when underneath stress.
They additionally accused the earlier senior workers of bullying and belittling them.
Fallon’s ‘The Tonight Show’ is presently on hiatus as a result of strikes by the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) unions.
