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Video: Louis C.K. Sabotaged Jimmy Fallon's Career Because Of His Tight Butt
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Ben Yakas
Published Apr 8, 2015
Modified Apr 8, 2015
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Louis C.K., one of our all-time favorite late night guests, was on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Tuesday, and he revealed the time he went out of his way to keep Fallon from getting a job—in part because of his "tight little ass." "In my head I knew it: this is really fucked up to be doing this, because this kid is really talented, but I don't want to look at him every day bc it'll make me upset about myself," C.K. said about the time Fallon tried out for The Dana Carvey Show. "So I torpedoed your chances, I really, really went to bat against you, and you didn't get the show." Watch Fallon's incredulous reaction below.
C.K., who was head writer at Dana Carvey back in 1996, explains he threatened to quit if they hired Fallon: "We were auditioning people to be in the cast, and you came in," he said. "And you were a young, adorable little boy—I mean, he was a grown man, I'm not a creep—but you came in and auditioned for us...you were playing guitar and singing songs about troll dolls...and then you'd turn around and wiggle your ass a little bit, because you were young and had a tight little ass."
Fallon denies this happened (though he admits wiggling his butt was part of his George Michael impression), to which C.K. dryly responds: "I'm just making observations, I didn't have any feelings about it, I'm just saying what I saw."
We really appreciate the burgeoning trend of famous redheads revealing things to Fallon about him that he never knew (see: Nicole Kidman). Can't wait 'til Conan O'Brien drops the bomb that Fallon is his stepchild.
C.K. also talked to Fallon about performing poop jokes at the Inner Circle with Mayor de Blasio. Watch that below.
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Ben Yakas
Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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