Jimmy Fallon Can’t Ignore Donald Trump
The late-night host recently expressed his regret over his notoriously flimsy 2016 interview with the then-presidential candidate, while admitting he only wants to make America laugh.
Jimmy Fallon made his career as a talk-show host (first at , then ) by avoiding contention. The celebrities sitting on his couch can expect jovial questions about their lives and whatever new project they’re working on. At the absolute worst, they’ll be roped into performing a visual stunt or goofy sketch, but the name of the game is always having fun. That’s the gentle situation Donald Trump walked into on September 15, 2016, in the middle of his presidential campaign; what followed was the infamous interview where Fallon asked him things like, “How would your coworkers and peers describe you?” before playfully.
