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Jimmy Fallon paid tribute to murdered director Rob Reiner on The Tonight Show, recalling his legacy and personal impact but avoided mentioning Donald Trump\u2019s controversial comments.
\nSome viewers criticized Fallon for not condemning Trump\u2019s \u201cinhumane\u201d post or addressing the violent circumstances of the Reiners\u2019 deaths.
\nOthers praised Fallon for focusing solely on honoring Reiner and maintaining a non-political, respectful tone.<\/p>\n
Jimmy Fallon<\/a> paid tribute to murdered director Rob Reiner<\/a> on Monday\u2019s (December 15) edition of The Tonight Show<\/a>, but some viewers were \u201cdisappointed\u201d he didn\u2019t address Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s \u201cinhumane\u201d post.<\/p>\n The late-night host addressed the double murder of Rob and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner<\/a>, during Monday\u2019s show, recalling how the When Harry Met Sally<\/a> director \u201cwas a frequent guest on the show\u201d and praising him as one of the \u201cfunniest\u201d and \u201csmartest\u201d people he\u2019s ever met.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone here would line up around his dressing room and say \u2018hi\u2019 or tell him something that they loved,\u201d Fallon said, per TheWrap<\/a>. \u201cWhat he\u2019s given to the world through his art. From All in the Family to going into directing great movies like Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally, Spinal Tap, producing Seinfeld. Everyone felt like they had a personal connection to Rob Reiner and his work.\u201d<\/p>\n However, unlike fellow late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> and Seth Meyers<\/a>, Fallon made no mention of the disturbing words President Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday morning. In his post, Trump insulted Rob and claimed there were reports the couple were killed as a result of the director\u2019s \u201cTrump Derangement Syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cWeak Jimmy. No mention of POS trumps comments and condemnation of those?? U need to get a little bit more of a backbone. Don\u2019t ride the fence. Rob wouldn\u2019t,\u201d wrote one YouTube commenter<\/a> in response to Fallon\u2019s tribute.<\/p>\n \u201cGiven the way Rob Reiner felt about Trump, if Jimmy really wanted to honor Rob, Jimmy should have at least mentioned how shameful Trumps remarks were,\u201d said another. \u201cTo not call Trump out about his atrocious comments and complete hypocrisy in degrading a person who is viciously murdered in their own home? I think Rob would have spoken up about this. So sad that Jimmy gave Trump a pass.\u201d<\/p>\n Another pointed out how Fallon made no mention that the Reiners were stabbed to death, allegedly by their son, Nick, saying, \u201cThe passing? You mean the insane slaughter.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s disappointing that you aren\u2019t defending him the way Seth Meyers did; by addressing how inhumane Trump\u2019s post was about both who Reiner was as a person and the fact he made his killing all about Trump Derangement Syndrome,’\u201d wrote one commenter. \u201cComedians are supposed to speak truth to power, and you consistently shy away from anything that could land you in the same hot water as Kimmel or Colbert from the President\u2019s complaining and threats. Seth has put himself on the line to say what is right, you pretend it just isn\u2019t happening.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf Jimmy truly wanted to honor Rob Reiner, he should have at least mentioned how utterly inhumane Trumps remarks were instead of giving him a pass and saying nothing about it, that\u2019s not what Rob would have done,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat this guy got to say anymore is a joke. Of all the late night comedians. He stays away from talking about Donald Trump,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n However, others praised Fallon for his tribute and for keeping to focus on Rob, with one user writing, \u201cThis is a heartfelt and respectful tribute to one of entertainment\u2019s great people. Thank you, Jimmy.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLove this tribute Jimmy, my condolences to the Reiner\u2019s!\u201d said another.<\/p>\n \u201cClassy for Jimmy not to make it about trump,\u201d wrote one commenter.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s how you say something kind in memory of a friend\u2026you dont bring up somebody else\u2019s tweet and try to make it about that instead. Classy Jimmy\u2026Seth and others could learn a few things from you,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n Fallon has faced backlash in the past for taking it lightly on Trump and for what some see as appeasing MAGA supporters, including earlier this year when he welcomed Fox News host Greg Gutfeld onto his show.<\/a><\/p>\n Back in September, following Kimmel\u2019s temporary suspension<\/a> after comments he made on-air about the Charlie Kirk shooting<\/a>, Fallon told CNBC<\/a> that The Tonight Show \u201chas never really been that political.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe hit both sides equally, and we try to make everybody laugh, and that\u2019s really the way our show works,\u201d he explained. \u201cOur monologues are kind of the same that we\u2019ve been doing since Johnny Carson was doing The Tonight Show.\u201d<\/p>\n The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Weeknights, 11:35\/10:35c, NBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What To Know Jimmy Fallon paid tribute to murdered director Rob Reiner on The Tonight Show, recalling his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-352327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}