The 'Louie' star opens up that he threw Fallon's chance to appear on 'The Dana Carvey Show' because of jealousy.
- Apr 9, 2015
AceShowbiz - Louis C.K. who became the guest of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on Tuesday, April 7, admitted that he threw away Jimmy Fallon's career dreams. During an interview on the show, C.K. recalled the past event when Fallon auditioned to land a part on "The Dana Carvey Show" and he refused to hire Fallon.
C.K. was the head writer of "The Dana Carvey Show" at that time. By the time Fallon performed a song in front of the staff, C.K. thought that the young Fallon had a great talent and was impressive. "You came in and you were a young, adorable little boy." What made C.K. even more jealous was when all of the staff wanted Fallon to be hired. "We had our meeting about who's going to be on the show and your name came up and all the women on the staff said 'He has to be on,' " C.K. said. " 'That guy's going to be a huge star.' And me and this guy Dino Stamatopoulos. We were both like 'Never, never him. I will quit,' " he recalled.
When Fallon asked C.K. why he was so jealous of him, C.K. answered, "Because you had all your hair, you were in shape, you were a young kid," C.K. said. "And I was already kind of sweaty and balding. I was depressed and it was pure jealousy."
"The Dana Carvey Show" itself was canceled after only seven episodes. Fallon, meanwhile, went on becoming a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" and has been successful in his career since then.
