Jimmy Fallon announces mother's death
The reason for the recent cancellations on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon comes down to a family loss. Jimmy Fallon announced that his mother, Gloria, passed away recently, which is why he canceled a week of shows to be with family and handle arrangements. He described her as the best audience, the one he was always trying to make laugh, noting she was such a fan of the show. There are memories from when they were little where his mom would walk them to a store with his sister, holding hands the whole way. She had this specific hand-squeeze gesture where she would squeeze his hands three times and say I love you, and he would squeeze back I love you too. It brings things up because last week he was in the hospital, left her side, grabbed her hand, squeezed it, said I love you, and just knew they were in trouble. Despite the grief, he feels so grateful to be able to do this work every single night and is very appreciative of all the support his family received over the past week. They are going to continue to work really hard to bring some light and some laughter into the world.
Transcript (en)
As some of you know, my mother Gloria passed away recently, and I canceled our shows last week to be with my family and make arrangements. She was the best audience. She was the one I was always trying to make laugh, and she was such a fan of the show and everything I did. When we were little, my mom would walk us to the store, near my sister, and we would hold hands, you know? And she would squeeze my hand three times and say, I love you, and I would squeeze back, I love you, too. And... Last week, I was in the hospital. I left her side, and I grabbed her hand. I squeezed her, I love you. And I just knew we were in trouble, you know? But I feel so grateful to be able to do this every single night, and I'm very appreciative of all the support from all of you that my family received over the past week. We're gonna continue to work really hard to bring some light and some laughter into the world. Thank you for watching. Thank you for helping me and my family recover from this loss. Mom, I'll never stop trying to make you laugh. I love you. We love you. More choices.
