The late night hosts are taking their strike time unity on the road.
Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert announced Wednesday that they’d be performing together in Vegas. Much like their Strike Force Five podcast, which also includes Seth Meyers and John Oliver, proceeds from the live show will go to support their late night staffs, who have been out of work care of the dual strike. Billing themselves as the Strike Force Three, the trio will host a one-night-only show Sept. 23 at the Dolby Live at Park MGM.
In a press release, Meyers and Oliver addressed their absence: “I’m not allowed back in Vegas until I’m cleared of all charges,” joked Oliver, with Meyers adding: “I WILL be in Vegas but unable to attend as I gotta play my slots.”
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It’s a somewhat remarkable twist for three men who had competed vigorously for viewers every night until the first of the two strikes shuttered their shows in early May. Now, at least two of them are actively vacationing together (Fallon and Kimmel) and multiple groupings are now performing together (Oliver and Meyers did a few New York dates this summer). Plus, all five signed on for the Spotify podcast, which will last at least 12 episodes. They’ve used the latter platform to swap stories about such things as their first shows, reticent guests and their collective summers.
What has not yet been discussed on the podcast is a recent Rolling Stone exposé that outlined allegations of erratic behavior by Fallon and a toxic work environment at his Tonight Show. To date, the podcast episodes that have run were recorded before he found himself at the center of controversy. He did, however, address the allegations with his Tonight Show staff during a Zoom earlier this month. “It’s embarrassing, and I feel so bad. Sorry if I embarrassed you and your family and friends. … I feel so bad I can’t even tell you,” he reportedly said, adding that he never intended to “create that type of atmosphere” on the show.
