Jimmy Fallon Apologies To Michele Bachmann For Offensive Intro Song

Posted on Nov 23, 2011 @ 02:15AM

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Late night funnyman Jimmy Fallon apologized Tuesday to Rep. Michele Bachmann after his band serenaded her with Fishbone's 1985 track "Lyin' A** B****" in her appearance on the show Monday.

"I'm honored that @michelebachmann was on our show yesterday and I'm so sorry about the intro mess," he tweeted. "I really hope she comes back."

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Fallon was unaware the band would be playing the track; bandleader/drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson summed up his song selection about the Republican presidential hopeful as "a tongue-in-cheek and spur of the moment decision.

"The show was not aware of it and I feel bad if her feelings were hurt," Questlove, a noted supporter of Pres. Barack Obama, said in a statement. "That was not my intention."

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Fallon later tweeted “@Questlove is grounded.”

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If they had played that intro for Michelle Obama, Jimmy Fallon wouldn't have a job anymore.
Where are the women's groups? Why aren't they raising hell about this? Oh, that's right, it's because Bachman's a republican.

by anon1
Posted Wed, 11/23/2011 - 1:58pm

Rather than get mad about it, Michele Bachman should just laugh and say, "Yep, that's me". By doing that, she takes the power away from the other side, and diffuses it. They don't get any traction if she laughs about it, too.

by jlb32
Posted Wed, 11/23/2011 - 1:22pm

He knew. Fallon knew. He gets free publicity for his show the entire next day, in to the next week. Everyone talks about Michele Bachman, Jimmy Fallon & his bandleader, and Jimmy's show wins. She should just laugh about it & let it go.

by jlb32
Posted Wed, 11/23/2011 - 1:20pm

i don't like her but he is lying. he pretty much admit it on his twitter page. quote "you love it when we snark: this next one takes the cake. ask around cause I aint tweeting title".

by Jill09
Posted Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:04pm

Funny but rude to ambush a guest on your show that way. Even if it is true.

by NJerseymom
Posted Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:03pm

The one "lyyin", is him, he had to of known. How could you not know what song the band was going to play and when. That is all rehearsed ahead of time.

by CriCkeTT
Posted Wed, 11/23/2011 - 10:57am

How rude. But that's okay, right, she's only a Republican. The biggest liar around is Obama. We know nothing about this man and his past, records, schooling - every bit of his past is now classified. Why? What is he hiding?

by GingerK
Posted Wed, 11/23/2011 - 10:19am