Jimmy Fallon staffers allege ‘nightmare’ workplace: ‘I didn’t want to live’

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to Rolling Stone.“He couldn’t remember he had just crossed it out himself,” the employee said. “I was like, ‘Oh, my God, he [seems] drunk.

He doesn’t know what he’s doing.”The Post has previously reported about Fallon’s drinking and partying getting “out of hand” back in 2015, and a bartender who served him commented, “He’s a mess.” “Nobody told Jimmy, ‘No,’ ” a staffer told Rolling Stone. “Everybody walked on eggshells, especially showrunners,” another former employee said. “You never knew which Jimmy we were going to get and when he was going to throw a hissy fit.

Look how many showrunners went so quickly. We know they didn’t last long.”Fallon has hosted “The Tonight Show” since 2014 (premiering to 11.3 million viewers), and before that, he hosted “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” from 2009 to 2014, following his stint on “SNL” from 1998 to 2004.According to insiders, his erratic behavior has persisted for years, causing there to be nine showrunners in nine years who “don’t know how to say no,” to him.

Staffers allege that Fallon snaps at and belittles crew members and employees, and expresses irritation over minor things. “It was like, if Jimmy is in a bad mood, everyone’s day is f–ked,” one former employee said. “People wouldn’t joke around in the office, and they wouldn’t stand around and talk to each other.