Why did Jimmy Fallon leave SNL? Was he fired?

Jimmy Fallon rose to fame on “Saturday Night Live” for his amazing celebrity impersonations. According to him, “I was getting more and more famous and more people were talking about the show.” He mentioned former cast members Chris Farley, Molly Shannon and Tina Fey and said the show has several times where cast members are recognized for their talent. So he continued, “I believe it was probably my moment.”

Fallon was adored by the public for his impressions, humor and good looks. Jonathan Bennett, who plays Aaron Samuels in “Mean Girls,” acknowledged that Tina Fey chose him for the part because she believed he resembled a late-night talk show host. Bennett told HuffPost, “She said that’s exactly 100 percent true.”

Fallon, meanwhile, didn’t see herself staying with “SNL” for very long. He made an exit announcement from the well-known sketch comedy program in 2004. While Fallon currently has his own late-night program, he once had other lofty ambitions in the entertainment business.

Jimmy Fallon was an aspiring actor for his late-night show

Read more: https://www.nickiswift.com/1148498/heres-why-jimmy-fallon-really-left-snl/Jimmy Fallon had set his sights on becoming an actor when he left ‘Saturday Night Live’, following in the footsteps of “SNL” veterans Chevy Chase and Eddie Murphy.
In an interview with Entrepreneur, he said, “My goal was just to be in movies — be like a rom-com guy or something.” Afterwards, he said he had believed this was what was expected of him after performing well on the live sketch show. He said, “It’s just the path.”

After his tenure on ‘SNL,’ Fallon had a few acting roles, including ‘Taxi’ with Queen Latifah and ‘Fever Pitch’ with Drew Barrymore. But those acting ambitions failed after years of trying to become the next Will Ferrell. He admitted to USA Today that his film career “didn’t take off” six years later. The comedian was then told that “SNL” executive producer Lorne Michaels had asked him if he would replace Conan O’Brien on “Late Night.” And in 2009, after some bickering with NBC, Fallon, and Michaels, the former actor finally accepted the role of late-night talk show host.

Jimmy Fallon keeps his SNL roots close to him

Read more: https://www.nickiswift.com/1148498/heres-why-jimmy-fallon-really-left-snl/Jimmy Fallon has been known for his outgoing attitude and his entertaining games since he started hosting “Late Night” and later his own late night talk show. Fallon remembered the exact moment when he realized that “That’s My Jam,” his spin-off game show, was going to be a huge success. In the “Pop Shop” podcast of Billboard described the audience’s reaction to Ariana Grande and Kelly Clarkson’s performance as “people were crying in the audience. “Oh, man, this is cool, I think. This is great television. It was spectacular.”

Since leaving “SNL,” Fallon has also offered advice to the cast members still on the show. Colin Jost, co-host of Current Weekend Update, described how he emailed Fallon for help during an appearance on “The Tonight Show,” when the talk show host co-anchored the news section with Tina Fey. One of the pieces of advice was not to introduce himself at the beginning of the program, Jost noted, later adding that he actually did for the fake news show.

Both former and current “SNL” cast members have been invited to appear on the late talk show host’s schedule. For example, Fallon stayed true to his “SNL” roots as John Mulaney and Pete Davidson played a hilarious round of “True Confessions.”