{"id":260108,"date":"2025-11-04T02:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T02:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/260108\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T02:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T02:31:09","slug":"alyssa-farah-griffin-says-jimmy-fallon-faces-unfair-pressure-to-be-political-like-kimmel-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/260108\/","title":{"rendered":"Alyssa Farah Griffin Says Jimmy Fallon Faces \u2018Unfair Pressure\u2019 to Be Political Like Kimmel, Colbert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alyssa Farah Griffin thinks it\u2019s unfair that Jimmy Fallon is expected to be as political as Stephen Colbert or Jimmy Kimmel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe View\u201d host broke down why she thought not all late-night hosts need to be political on Monday\u2019s episode of \u201cBehind the Table.\u201d Griffin thought \u201cThe Tonight Show\u201d host faced \u201cunfair pressure\u201d to talk politics if they do not have a calling to do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI remember like Jimmy Fallon at one point was getting criticism that he\u2019s just not as political as some of the other late-night hosts,\u201d Griffin said. \u201cI\u2019m a big Jimmy Fallon fan. I don\u2019t think that he feels personally that he has that same calling that somebody like a Kimmel or a Colbert does to be weighing in on politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/powerwomensummit2025.splashthat.com\/Producers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"247\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/cjAOUeE8Zi5nu1agNUVzUg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTI0NztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/thewrap.com\/ae87b5d361f0d5e407ceee270b87727c\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She added: \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s this unfair pressure that we put on people who decided to become comedians, decided to be great actors, that oh, you also need to have a strong viewpoint on all matters of public policy. I think if you feel called to, if you feel like there\u2019s a group you want to speak out on behalf of, absolutely. But I don\u2019t think it should be an obligation if it\u2019s not authentic to you and to your voice to say something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For years, Fallon has got flak from many online for not going in as hard on politics as his late-night colleagues Kimmel and Colbert. At times he even seemed to pander to major politicians like when he had Donald Trump on during the 2016 election and messed with the candidates hair in a playful way. Fallon later admitted to regretting the moment. Trump went after Fallon after admitting to regretting having the president on \u201cThe Tonight Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201dJimmy Fallon is now whimpering to all that he did the famous \u2018hair show\u2019 with me (where he seriously messed up my hair), &amp; that he would have now done it differently because it is said to have \u2018humanized\u2019 me-he is taking heat. He called &amp; said \u2018monster ratings.\u2019 Be a man Jimmy!\u201d Trump said on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1011036519812030467\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:social media;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/alyssa-farah-griffin-jimmy-fallon-political-unfair-pressure-kimmel-colbert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u2018The View\u2019: Alyssa Farah Griffin Says Jimmy Fallon Faces \u2018Unfair Pressure\u2019 to Be Political Like Kimmel, Colbert;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u2018The View\u2019: Alyssa Farah Griffin Says Jimmy Fallon Faces \u2018Unfair Pressure\u2019 to Be Political Like Kimmel, Colbert<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TheWrap;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TheWrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alyssa Farah Griffin thinks it\u2019s unfair that Jimmy Fallon is expected to be as political as Stephen Colbert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[75455,49,48,75,75454,13397,4592,3668,348],"class_list":{"0":"post-260108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-alyssa-farah-griffin","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-farah-griffin","13":"tag-jimmy-fallon","14":"tag-jimmy-kimmel","15":"tag-stephen-colbert","16":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}