The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon took the stage one day after Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show was suspended indefinitely.
Fallon, 50, shared a statement about Kimmel, 57, during the Thursday, September 18, episode of his show.
“Well guys, the big story is that Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC after pressure from the FCC, leaving everyone thinking WTF,” Fallon said at the top of the show. “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.’ But to be honest with you all, I don’t know what’s going on and no one does, but I do know Jimmy Kimmel, and he is a decent, loving and funny guy, and I hope he comes back.”
Fallon continued, “A lot of people are worried that we won’t keep saying what we w