Jimmy Fallon's tense fight with Amy Poehler goes viral amid allegations

After Jimmy Fallon was accused of creating a "toxic" workplace, a heated confrontation between Amy Poehler and him went viral.

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Rolling Stone reported on Thursday that former and current crew employees of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon highlighted Fallon's "erratic" behavior behind the scenes.

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On Thursday, The New Yorker archive editor Erin Overbey posted a passage from Tina Fey's 2011 autobiography Bossypants with X, formerly Twitter, following the claims.

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The post has 4.4 million views and recounts Poehler shutting down Fallon over statements he made at an SNL read-through.

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Fey became famous on SNL with Poehler and Fallon.

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"Amy Poehler was new to SNL, and we were jammed in the seventeenth-floor writers' room for the Wednesday night read-through

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Amy made a foul comment while chatting with Seth Meyers across the table.

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I don't recall what it was, but it was vulgar, loud, and 'unladylike' Jimmy Fallon [...] turned to her and yelled, 'Stop that! Not cute! I don't like it "began the chapter.

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