I agree with you and absolutely detest this line of reasoning. No one is responsible for getting Trump elected but the people who voted for him. If Jimmy fucking Fallon ruffling that asshole’s weird hair was enough to sway the election then we clearly don’t deserve the right to vote and the very idea of democracy is…

Jesus, that’s a weak apology. People were talking about contemplating suicide and he’s apologising for embarrassing their friends? It suggests he hasn’t even heard what people are saying and is just rushing out a cut-and-paste mea culpa.

Actual image of Jimmy Fallon “apologising”:

I’m not going to claim Fallon helped Trump win any number of votes (especially as he actually lost the popular ballot by about 3 million but won the presidency because of America’s byzantine political system), but he definitely didn’t need to invite someone who was already known for spreading hateful views onto his…

I don’t think The Tonight Show is quite as important as it used to be.

I’d like to, unfortunately he’s been in charge of an important entertainment showcase for a decade now.

He has 31 million subscribers now and Googling reveals he hit 20 million in February 2019, so he’s added 11 million in the last 4.5 years. By contrast, Colbert has just 9 million now.

But the argument I made before, if someone follows a person in the past they rarely will unfollow when they fall off the radar or even become unfavorable. If you have social media accounts, how regularly do you “prune”? Many do not. 

I wasn’t suggesting all his YouTube subscribers are fine with whatever bad behavior he may be guilty of(and since those accusations surfaced literally today I think it’s just a bit too soon to gauge that impact), but that his number of subscribers suggests a lot of people really do like his show.

Funny you should suggest popularity as a measure of quality since Fallon has more YouTube subscribers than Colbert and Kimmel combined.

I think it’s pretty easy to ignore entertainers you don’t like.

I don’t know... if they can’t perform and get an average citizen of the country they target to find them funny at least 50% of the time, I would say that would count as “not funny”. Look at Dennis Miller, his comedic abilities died in 9/11 and Robin Williams has had better jokes than him since 2014. 

It’s hard not to if it’s their job to BE funny.

There’s no way to “know” if someone’s funny or not, humor being subjective and all.

As Mike Stoklasa of Red Letter Media once said: "Jimmy Fallon? The only thing he should host is a parasite." 

People like him. They absolutely do.

His show has more YouTube subscribers than Colbert and Kimmel combined.

The tape was actually released after Trump was on his show. Also, Trump won by thousands of voters even in the closest states, and it would’ve taken several states to sway the election. What makes you think Fallon had that much impact? What do you think would’ve happened if he’d scolded Trump instead?

Those are all legitimate reasons to hate Jimmy Fallon.

Sucks if the accusations are true, but I think for years a lot of people have hated him for what I think are some pretty undeserved reasons, like they think he’s not funny or too needy or his petting Trump’s hair somehow helped Trump win the election.