News | Entertainment
26 Jan 2026 17:56
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Jimmy Fallon's daughters have "no idea" they've been on TV with him

    The 45-year-old talk show host has been filming 'The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon' from the comfort of his own home recently, as people have been ordered to self-isolate and stay at home amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and while his kids Winnie, six, and Franny, five, have been making frequent hilarious appearances, they don't realise how many people have seen their antics


    Jimmy said: "My kids have been my co-stars and they've been helping me and being funny and making drawings for me, the graphics department. They just want to play, really.

    "They have no idea they're on TV. The response to all that stuff has been people thanking me. "

    And Jimmy - whose producer wife Nancy Juvonen has been serving as his camera operative - joked the youngsters are the "worst co-stars" he's ever had because they are "unprofessional" and don't listen to direction.

    He told Deadline: "They've not listened to anything. They are the worst co-stars, ever.

    "I've never worked with more unprofessional people, in my life. They just want to play, climb on me, sit on my shoulders.

    "And the thing is you can't tell them. Nothing is planned. I'll say, 'Will you laugh at daddy', and they say, 'No'.

    "They think it's funny and they have no idea they are helping people, but I was walking the dog today and two people stopped and said, 'You have the most beautiful girls. Thank you for doing what you're doing, it's really helping us.'

    "Someone sent me a social media message on Twitter and suggested, 'You should change the show to 'The Winnie, Fanny And Nancy Show, Starring Jimmy Fallon'. Because, that's the show."

    The presenter has previously admitted he frequently burst out laughing filming sketches on 'Saturday Night Live' and thinks his daughters' chaotic 'Tonight Show' appearances are pay back for the "pain" he caused his former co-stars.

    He said: "Now I feel the pain of my co-stars, and the writers from 'Saturday Night Live'. It's all coming back to me now. [My girls], they're so unprofessional! Who did they learn this from? Who could have taught them this?"

    © 2026 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     26 Jan: Billie Eilish hit out at ICE as she received an award for her environmental advocacy
     26 Jan: Rebecca Loos is pleased Brooklyn Peltz Beckham is "standing up for himself"
     26 Jan: Claire Foy has likened starring in The Crown to being in a "blockbuster film"
     26 Jan: Timothy Busfield has been edited out of the movie You Deserve Each Other in the wake of his child sex abuse charges
     26 Jan: Jodie Foster still has scars after being "mauled by a lion" as a child
     26 Jan: Billy Bob Thornton has rubbished claims that he is leaving Landman
     26 Jan: Ashton Kutcher has insisted he does shower years after widespread debate about his bathing habits
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    New Zealand Rugby interim CEO Steve Lancaster says their All Blacks coaching policy change, to only accept candidates with test experience, isn't admitting they got it wrong with Scott Robertson More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    US copied Iran's Shahed drones — now they are deployed in the Middle East More...



     Today's News

    Entertainment:
    Billie Eilish hit out at ICE as she received an award for her environmental advocacy 17:31

    Politics:
    Labour's firmly rejecting Te Pati Maori's campaign policy - to abolish prisons and replace them with community community-led solutions by 2040 17:27

    Politics:
    Jules Radich is being remembered for his fight for Dunedin's new hospital 17:27

    Cricket:
    New Zealand batter Mark Chapman is in awe of India's ability to swing the willow in their T20 cricket series, which doubles as their World Cup build-up 17:07

    Entertainment:
    Rebecca Loos is pleased Brooklyn Peltz Beckham is "standing up for himself" 17:01

    Cricket:
    The Auckland Hearts have qualified for the women's elimination final of cricket's Super Smash 16:57

    Entertainment:
    Claire Foy has likened starring in The Crown to being in a "blockbuster film" 16:31

    Environment:
    No certainty New Zealand's summer will improve in coming months 16:17

    Rugby:
    New Zealand Rugby interim CEO Steve Lancaster says their All Blacks coaching policy change, to only accept candidates with test experience, isn't admitting they got it wrong with Scott Robertson 16:07

    Entertainment:
    Timothy Busfield has been edited out of the movie You Deserve Each Other in the wake of his child sex abuse charges 16:01


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2026 New Zealand City Ltd