Jimmy Fallon Says Nicole Kidman ‘Blindsided’ Him on His Show

Not a lot might throw Jimmy Fallon off his recreation – however Nicole Kidman did when she appeared on his present in 2015.

“Nicole Kidman completely blindsided me on my present,” Fallon, 49, recalled throughout an interview with Deadline on Thursday, April 25. “We had been simply there to speak about one among her films or one thing she was going to win an award for. She was nice and she or he appeared superb and we had been speaking and she or he goes, ‘Do you know that we dated? Do you keep in mind like I had a crush on you and I came visiting to your condominium?

Fallon, who has hosted The Tonight Present With Jimmy Fallon since 2014, was utterly caught off guard and shared that his face “simply melted.”

“It was probably the most embarrassing factor,” he added.

In January 2015, Fallon shared that he had met Kidman, 56, after a mutual buddy introduced her to his condominium out of the blue.

“I’m strolling down the road in New York Metropolis, and my buddy Rick calls me and says, ‘Dude, what are you doing? I’ve Nicole Kidman with me and she or he needs to fulfill you to be in Bewitched or one thing. I may be in your condominium in 10 minutes,” Fallon instructed the actress who was showing as a visitor on the episode, including that he was not ready as a result of he wasn’t used to having individuals over.

After Fallon shared the joke, Kidman shocked him by admitting that she had a crush on him.

“I simply keep in mind I favored you. Not now, I’m married now,” she shared, referring to her husband Keith City whom she’s been married to since 2006. “However Rick was like, ‘Jimmy needs to fulfill you and you may go over to his condominium,’ and I used to be single.”

Fallon, who has now been married to Nancy Juvonen since 2007, was confused by her revelation and replied, “What are you speaking about? Might I’ve dated Nicole Kidman?”

Kidman went on to elucidate that when she went over to Fallon’s condominium, he didn’t make an effort to woo her over.

“You wouldn’t discuss, you didn’t say something. You had been like, ‘Hey, mmm, mmm, mmm!” she joked.

Fallon admitted that he was “nervous” and didn’t know what to say.

“I didn’t know this was a factor, I assumed it was a film or one thing,” he defined earlier than Kidman replied, “Properly it was like a cling and then you definately put a online game on or one thing and I used to be like, ‘That is so dangerous.’ And also you didn’t discuss in any respect. So after about an hour and a half I assumed, ‘He has no curiosity, that is so embarrassing.’ So I left, and went, ‘OK, no chemistry. Possibly he’s homosexual!’”

Following Kidman’s remark, Fallon couldn’t take any extra embarrassment and ended up leaving the set.

Almost a decade after the viral interview, Fallon stated that he and City, 56, make enjoyable of the second to at the present time.

“I went as much as [Keith] on the Met Gala, I noticed him final time and I’m going, ‘Hey, I believe that we would have dated as soon as,’ and he was laughing,” he instructed Deadline on Thursday. “He goes, ‘Nicole’s speaking to somebody throughout the desk. Why don’t you go and simply maintain her hand? She’ll assume it’s me after which I’ll go across the desk and wave at her.’”

Whereas Fallon admitted he didn’t need to get “slapped,” he nonetheless went by way of with the prank.

“I went in, I sat subsequent to Nicole and I grabbed her hand and she or he held it prefer it was Keith’s in all probability,” he defined. “She was sort of like rubbing it and having this dialog. Then [Keith] went throughout the desk to the individual she was speaking to and he’s like, ‘Hello Nic,’ and she or he’s like, ‘What?! Jimmy what are you doing?’ and I used to be like, ‘It was his concept!’”