Jimmy Fallon 'threatened to take his own life' if he didn't land Saturday Night Live dream job
Comedian Jimmy Fallon has admitted he once threatened to take his own life if he didn't meet his own timeline for getting cast on 'Saturday Night Live'.
Jimmy Fallon once threatened to take his own life if he wasn't cast on 'Saturday Night Live' before he turned 25.
The comedian and late night host has admitted while he really did make the threat early in his career, he "didn't really mean it" because he was so certain he'd achieve his goals.
He told 'The Diary of a CEO' podcast: "Yeah, I did [make the threat].
"But, again, I knew that I was gonna be on 'Saturday Night Live', so I guess I didn't really mean it.
"Cause I was gonna be on 'Saturday Night Live' before I was 25. I just, I knew that I was going to be on it, so I knew I wasn't really a threat."
Jimmy, now 50, made his debut on the iconic sketch show in 1998, when he was 24 years old.
He recalled: "I became so obsessed in high school that I couldn't really hang out with anyone while I watched the show, because I didn't like it if anyone didn't like the show."
The 'Tonight Show' host was part of the cast from 1998 to 2004, and he admitted his only dream job was to be on 'SNL'.
He explained: "It had to be that, because that's what we would watch. They would tape it. You know, we were one of the first families to have a VCR.
"We would tape the show and then you could rewatch it. And I would rewatch it and study it, and watch the sketches over and over again, and watch the greats.
"Watch [John] Belushi and Dan Akroyd and Bill Murray and Steve Martin. People I wanted to be like."
Jimmy was reminded about his threat to "kill himself" if he didn't achieve his goal, which he first revealed in a 2011 interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
He told the outlet: "I remember saying to myself, ‘If I don’t make it on Saturday Night Live before I’m 25, I’m going to kill myself'.
“It’s crazy. I had no other plan. I didn’t have friends, I didn’t have a girlfriend, I didn’t have anything going on. I had my career, that was it.”
Now, 14 years later, Jimmy explained that he actually had it written in "some journal or something".
He added on the 'Diary of a CEO' podcast: "I was into computers, so I think I typed it.
"I think it's on some file somewhere. I think I said I will kill myself, but I definitely said 25 was my thing."
