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Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon was the <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/tv/jimmy-fallon-donald-trump-hair/">subject of internet backlash</a> back in September when he conducted a friendly interview with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. The segment drew criticism for being too playful and forgiving of Trump. People were especially mad about the part where Fallon ruffled his fingers through Trump&#39;s hair.<oembed>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0BYqzdiuJc</oembed>In a new profile by the New York Times, Fallon opened up about the aftermath of his now infamous interview, saying he was &quot;devastated&quot; by some of the things people were saying about him.&quot;I&#39;m a people pleaser,&quot; Fallon continued. &quot;If there&rsquo;s one bad thing on Twitter about me, it will make me upset. So, after this happened, I was devastated. I didn&rsquo;t mean anything by it. I was just trying to have fun.&quot;<div className="ad-splitter"></div>Fallon was widely accused of helping to normalize an extremist candidate. However, he insists that he didn&#39;t play with Trump&#39;s hair in order to &quot;humanize&quot; him, as critics were saying. &quot;I almost did it to minimize him,&quot; Fallon told the New York Times. &quot;I didn&rsquo;t think that would be a compliment: &lsquo;He did the thing that we all wanted to do.&#39;&quot;Though Fallon acknowledges that the interview was a setback, he never addressed it on his show. He told the New York Times, he now feels he should have said something about the controversy.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t talk about it, and I should have talked about it,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I regret that.&rdquo;You can read the New York Times&#39; full profile on Fallon <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/arts/television/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-interview-trump.html?_r=0">here</a>.<div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Jimmy Fallon was 'devastated' by the backlash from his infamous Trump interview.

Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon was the subject of internet backlash back in September when he conducted a friendly interview with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. The segment drew criticism for being too playful and forgiving of Trump. People were especially mad about the part where Fallon ruffled his fingers through Trump&#39;s hair.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0BYqzdiuJcIn a new profile by the New York Times, Fallon opened up about the aftermath of his now infamous interview, saying he was &quot;devastated&quot; by some of the things people were saying about him.&quot;I&#39;m a people pleaser,&quot; Fallon continued. &quot;If there&rsquo;s one bad thing on Twitter about me, it will make me upset. So, after this happened, I was devastated. I didn&rsquo;t mean anything by it. I was just trying to have fun.&quot;Fallon was widely accused of helping to normalize an extremist candidate. However, he insists that he didn&#39;t play with Trump&#39;s hair in order to &quot;humanize&quot; him, as critics were saying. &quot;I almost did it to minimize him,&quot; Fallon told the New York Times. &quot;I didn&rsquo;t think that would be a compliment: &lsquo;He did the thing that we all wanted to do.&#39;&quot;Though Fallon acknowledges that the interview was a setback, he never addressed it on his show. He told the New York Times, he now feels he should have said something about the controversy.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t talk about it, and I should have talked about it,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I regret that.&rdquo;You can read the New York Times&#39; full profile on Fallon here.

Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon was the subject of internet backlash back in September when he conducted a friendly interview with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. The segment drew criticism for being too playful and forgiving of...