Louis C.K. Confesses: I Thwarted Jimmy Fallon’s Early Career

Posted Wednesday April 8, 2015 10:18 AM GMT

He’s been in the entertainment game for decades, and Louis C.K. remembers when Jimmy Fallon was just getting started.

During his interview on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” last night (April 7), the “Parks and Recreation” actor told the story of when Fallon came to audition for the “Dana Carvey Show” back in the 1990s.

Louis noted, “You came in and you were a young, adorable little boy. I mean he was a grown man, I’m not a creep. But you were playing the guitar and you had these little troll dolls and you were singing songs about troll dolls. Then you’d turn around and wiggle your ass a little bit, because you were young and you had a tight little ass… You did it two or three times. All the women were like, ‘That guy has to be on.’ And me and this guy Dino were like, ‘Never him, I will quit.’ I think I actually said, ‘I will quit the show if you hire that kid!’ I was dead against you! You had all your hair, you were a young kid, and I was already sweaty and balding and I was depressed, and it was pure jealousy. And I knew it, I was like, ‘This is really crap to be doing because this kid is really talented but I don’t want to look at him every day because it will make me upset about myself.’ So I torpedoed your chances, I mean I really, really went to bat against you. And you didn’t get the show.”

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