‘Just Keep My Head Down’: Jimmy Fallon Wants To Avoid Politics After Trump-Kimmel Battle

Sean James Sep 30th, 2025, 1:42 pm

Jimmy Fallon does not plan on making more political in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel’s brief suspension and return to ABC, following his monologue about the man who killed Charlie Kirk.

Fallon, during an appearance on CNBC’s on Tuesday, said he prefers to keep his “head down” and avoid making too many jokes about Democrats and Republicans. Here is what Fallon told host Carl Quintanilla, after being asked how he was approaching his monologue and being on an FCC-licensed network like NBC:

Our show has never really been that political, you know. We hit both sides equally and try to make everybody laugh, and that’s really the way our show works. Our monologues are

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