{"id":2024614,"date":"2023-09-07T13:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everyones-day-is-fed-former-and-current-staffers-rip-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:06:09","slug":"everyones-day-is-fed-former-and-current-staffers-rip-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everyones-day-is-fed-former-and-current-staffers-rip-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Former and current staffers slam Jimmy Fallon, Tonight Show: &#8220;Everyone&#8217;s day is ruined.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feveryones-day-is-fed-former-and-current-staffers-rip-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024614&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Staffers Speak Out About Toxic Environment on NBC&#8217;s The Tonight Show<\/h2>\n<p>Sixteen staffers for NBC\u2019s The Tonight Show \u200c\u2014 two of whom still work for the show plus 14 former employees \u2014 claim the Jimmy Fallon-hosted\u200c show has had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-campus-anti-semitism-skyrockets-even-as-coronavirus-forces-remote-learning\/\" title=\"Report: Campus Anti-Semitism Skyrockets Even as Coronavirus Forces Remote Learning\">toxic environment<\/a> for years, according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-features\/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-toxic-work-environment-crying-rooms-nbc-1234819421\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The employees \u2014 who served in positions \u200branging from writers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-loses-key-court-battle-as-legal-troubles-pile-up\/\" title=\"Alec Baldwin's Legal Woes Mount as He Loses Crucial Court Battle\">production crew\u200c members<\/a> and said they fruitlessly informed human resources about the problem \u2014 cited the \u201cpretty glum \u200batmosphere\u201d while contending they were subject to belittling and intimidation by their \u200csuperiors, including \u2064Fallon, whom they said had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everyones-day-is-fed-former-and-current-staffers-rip-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show\/\" title=\"Former and current staffers slam Jimmy Fallon, Tonight Show: \"Everyone's day is ruined.\"\">periodic \u201coutbursts\u201d amid erratic behavior<\/a>, according to \u2062Rolling Stone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s a bummer because it was my dream job,\u201d a former staffer told \u200dRolling Stone.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWriting for late night is\u200b a lot \u200dof people\u2019s dream jobs,\u2063 and\u200c they\u2019re coming into this and it becomes a nightmare very quickly. It\u2019s sad that\u2063 it\u2019s like that, especially knowing that it \u2062doesn\u2019t have to be that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064outlet interviewed over 80\u200d past and present employees for the \u200bshow.\u00a0\u201cWhile\u2064 many of \u200bthem praised Fallon\u2019s immense talent and comedic gifts, not a single one agreed to speak on the record or had\u00a0 positive things to say about working on \u200c\u2018The Tonight Show,&#8217;\u201d Rolling \u200cStone reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The show has had a revolving door for showrunners, with nine different people in nine years. \u201cNobody told \u2063Jimmy, \u2018No,\u2019\u201d a former staffer\u2064 claimed. \u201cEverybody walked on eggshells, especially showrunners. You never knew which Jimmy we were going to get and when \u200che \u2064was\u200b going to throw\u2062 a hissy fit. Look how many showrunners went so quickly. We\u200c know they didn\u2019t last long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2063 was like, \u2063if Jimmy is in \u2063a bad mood, everyone\u2019s day\u2062 is f***ed,\u201d another \u2063former\u2063 employee added. \u201cPeople wouldn\u2019t joke\u2062 around in the office, and they wouldn\u2019t stand around and talk to each other.\u200b It was very much like, focus on whatever it is that you have to do because Jimmy\u2019s in a bad mood, and if he sees that,\u2064 he might\u2063 fly off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seven former staffers said it was typical of \u200cthe atmosphere on the show for people to joke about\u2063 \u201cwanting\u200c to kill themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe producers felt this pressure, and that translated down to all of their employees. People that worked under them then\u2062 felt this pressure that if you made one\u2063 mistake, you were gone and\u200d would be easily replaced,\u201d a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-officer-who-died-during-capitol-riot-to-lie-in-honor-in-rotunda\/\" title=\"Capitol Police Officer Who Died During Capitol Riot To Lie In Honor In Rotunda\">staffer recalled<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI love \u2018The Tonight Show,\u2019 and I\u200b love comedy,\u201d a \u2062former staffer concluded. \u201cI gave my heart and soul \u200bto \u200bthat place. I want to see them\u2063 succeed and do well, but for that to happen, there are major changes that need to\u2062 take\u200b place, starting with\u200d Jimmy. They all need to dig their heads out of the sand and do something about the very obvious \u200cproblems that we all know are happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fallon has hosted \u2018The \u200dTonight Show,\u2019 \u200bthe world\u2019s longest running talk show, since 2014. Prior to his\u200b tenure as \u2063host, the show was hosted by Steve Allen (1954\u20131957),\u00a0Jack\u200c Paar (1957\u20131962),\u00a0Johnny Carson \u2062(1962\u20131992), Jay Leno\u00a0(1992\u20132009 and 2010\u20132014), and Conan O\u2019Brien\u00a0(2009\u20132010).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixteen NBC Tonight Show staffers, including two current employees and 14 former ones, allege a toxic work environment that has persisted for years, as per a recent report. 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