Late-night host wisely chooses to ‘just keep my head down’ and avoid politics

While other late-night hosts have turned their comedy routines into a political soapbox set to a laugh track, one is choosing to go his own way.

Jimmy Fallon, host of The Tonight Show, revealed that he has no plans to get political with the likes of Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. During a segment on Tuesday’s episode of CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, he reacted to the dust-up over Kimmel’s suspension due to his “insensitive” comments in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Fallon told host Carl Quintanilla that he plans to keep his head down and keep making jokes that all Americans can laugh at.

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“Jimmy, it’s been a really eventful couple of weeks in late night. I thought you were so eloquent in the wake of Kimmel’s suspension. I am wondering how you’re thinking about what you can put in a monologue. What it’s like being on an FCC-licensed avenue of broadcasting right now,” Quintanilla probed.

“You know, I’ve, our show’s never really been that political. You know, we hit both sides equally. We try to make everybody laugh. And that’s really the way our show really works. I mean, our monologues are kind of the same that we’ve been doing since Johnny Carson was doing The Tonight Show. So really, I just keep my head down and make sure the jokes are funny. I have great writers, clever, smart writers, and we just, yeah, we’re just trying to make the best show we possibly can and entertain everybody,” Fallon responded.

These comments come a week after Kimmel was allowed to return to the airwaves by Disney. He was suspended for appearing to mock the death of Kirk and paint the suspect as a MAGA supporter.

“The MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said at the time.

X users reacted to Fallon’s comments, with many swearing off late-night comedy entirely:

If he still has the ratings he should be fine. He’s more likely to sing a silly song than talk politics.

— BabyBoy9999 (@Boy9999Baby) September 30, 2025

Do we care about late night shows anymore? I don’t. I think it’s been at least two decades since I’ve watched one.

— ElizaTino (@elizatino) September 30, 2025

Prediction. Two years from now, Fallon and @Gutfeldfox will remain standing at late-night television.

— edgiesversion (@edgiesversion) September 30, 2025

I haven’t watched any of these lately night shows in years…probably since Letterman went stale and political…Who is still watching? They aren’t really about humor and entertainment anymore. Just division and political, IMO.

— Daniel Galligan (@bizatty) October 1, 2025

Johnny Carson he is most definitely not ‍

— @Gypsy I’m Grambo (@Gypsy95261802) September 30, 2025

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