Jimmy Fallon Cancels Appearance at NYC Festival

Jimmy Fallon abruptly canceled his scheduled appearance at Fast Company’s Innovation Festival in New York City on Thursday, organizers confirmed.

Festival officials told Adweek that Fallon was slated to join a session titled “Staying On Brand” but pulled out at the last minute. The event went ahead with marketing executive Bozoma Saint John and Fast Company editor Jeff Beer.

The cancellation comes as the late-night television world reels from ABC’s indefinite suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” after Kimmel made remarks about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing.

No reason was given for Fallon’s decision to skip the New York event.

The network announced Wednesday that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would be suspended after Nexstar Communications, which operates 23 ABC affiliates, refused to carry the program.

Kimmel had used his Monday and Tuesday monologues to criticize Republicans’ response to Kirk’s murder, suggesting that the suspect, Tyler Robinson, was a pro-Trump Republican.

“The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,” Kimmel told viewers Monday.

Kimmel also mocked President Trump’s public response to the killing, saying, “This is how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish.”

He later ridiculed Vice President JD Vance and FBI Director Kash Patel’s handling of the case.