Jimmy Fallon Hospitalized; ‘Tonight Show’ Taping Canceled

Friday’s taping of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon has been canceled due to Jimmy Fallon injuring his hand, a rep for the show has announced.

“Jimmy Fallon was required to have minor surgery after injuring his hand at his Manhattan apartment this morning,” the rep said in a statement. “He is expected to make a full recovery.”

The show announced that Friday’s taping would be canceled on Twitter, “Hey guys – unfortunately tonight’s taping has been canceled due to Jimmy injuring his hand. He’s totally fine but we’ll be airing a repeat.”

Hey guys – unfortunately tonight’s taping has been cancelled due to Jimmy injuring his hand. He’s totally fine but we’ll be airing a repeat.

— Fallon Tonight (@FallonTonight) June 26, 2015

Tripped and caught my fall (good thing)! Ring caught on side of table almost ripped my finger off (bad thing).

— jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) June 26, 2015

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“If you had tickets to tonight’s show, we’ll be in contact with you to reschedule your tix,” the statement continued.

According to TMZ, Fallon is currently in the hospital following a night on the town, posing for photos with fans at New York’s Scalinatella restaurant.

 

@randonlester and I celebrating our (1) year wedding anniversary and #jimmyfallon decided to join 365 days till #ido #scalinatella

A photo posted by Ilene (@ilene29) on Jun 25, 2015 at 7:07pm PDT

Fallon tweeted a photo of his bandaged hand following the incident.

Tweeting with one hand. pic.twitter.com/1Yyp8Nl5eR

— jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) June 26, 2015

June 26, 3:40 p.m. Updated with Fallon tweet.