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President Donald Trump attacked Jimmy Fallon over his recent comments during the Hollywood Reporter "Awards Chatter" podcast, in which Fallon became choked up talking about the criticism he received after tussling Trump's hair on his show.

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00:00On Sunday, President Donald Trump attacked Jimmy Fallon over the late night host's

00:07recent comments during a Hollywood Reporter Awards Chatter podcast episode in which

00:11Fallon became choked up talking about the grief he got after tussling Trump's hair on

00:15The Tonight Show. Trump wrote on Twitter,

00:30Fallon responded to the post with one of his own explaining that he was going to donate to

00:35RACES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, in honor of the

00:39president's tweet. Trump made his appearance on the September 15, 2016 episode of NBC's

00:44The Tonight Show just two months before he was unexpectedly elected president. During the

00:48taping, Fallon asked for and was granted permission to mess up Trump's hair, which has been a

00:52source of mockery and curiosity over the years. Fallon was instantly attacked over the move.

01:00Or to say I believe in his political beliefs or any of that stuff, Fallon told THR's

01:03Scott Feinberg during the June 19, 2018 podcast.

01:07Fallon said that the criticism that he faced just got bigger and out of control.

01:11I saw other comedians from other shows making fun of me on Twitter and I go,

01:14OK, now I'm just going to get off. They know the show. I'm just doing five hours a week.

01:19I get in at 10 in the morning, I work till 7 at night, and I'm just trying to make a funny show.

01:23Fallon became emotional when speaking of the toll that the period took on him and his

01:27Tonight Show colleagues. It was definitely a down time, he said. And it's tough for morale.

01:32There's 300 people that work here, and so when people are talking that bad about you and

01:36ganging up on you in a really gang mentality, you go, alright, we get it. I heard you.

01:41You made me feel bad. Are you happy? The host and comedian added,

01:44I'm sorry. I don't want to make anyone angry. I never do, and I never will. It's all in the fun

01:49of the show. I made a mistake. I'm sorry if I made anyone mad. And looking back, I would do it differently.

01:54Since Trump assumed office in January 2017, Fallon's show has lost more than one-fifth

01:58of its audience and has been passed in the ratings by Stephen Colbert.

02:01Last year, Colbert and the third 11.30pm host of a late-night network show, Jimmy Kimmel,

02:06received Emmy nominations for Best Variety Talk Series, but Fallon, for the first time

02:10in years, did not. To read more on this story and to listen to Jimmy Fallon's

02:13Speak with Scott Feinberg on the Awards Chatter podcast, head to THR.com.

02:17For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

Trump Slams Jimmy Fallon’s Comments About ‘Tonight Show’ “Hair Tussle” Incident | THR News

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