Jimmy Fallon took steps to rectify a mistake on “The Tonight Show” last week, which saw him fail to give credit to the creators for his viral TikTok dances.
Previously, the presenter had Addison Rae, who is also a TikTok celebrity, at the evening show to present a series of eight dances that are taking over the popular social media site. Rae performed the dances to the music played by the inner band The Roots, while Fallon held up signs instructing the young star what to dance next. However, the duo suffered reactions for failing to credit the creators who actually created the dances they performed.
On Monday, “The Tonight Show” returned from a week of vacation and Fallon immediately addressed the reaction and took steps to correct it.
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‘The Tonight Show’ responded to the reaction, with the creators of the TikTok dances going viral on the show.
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“On our last show before the break, we did a little bit with Addison Rae, where she taught me eight viral TikTok dances,” the comedian told viewers. “Now, we recognize that the creators of these dances deserve to have their own spotlight.”
He continued, “So now, some of the creators are going to join me to talk about how their dance went viral and then perform the dance themselves.”
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With that, Fallon interviewed several of the creators behind the TikTok dances that Rae performed in his last episode, including Mya Nicole Johnson and Chris Cotter (“Up”); Dorien Scott (“Corvette Corvette”); Fur-Quan Powell and Camyra Franklin (“Laffy Taffy”); Adam Snyder, Nate Nale and Greg Dahl (“Blinding Lights”); and Keara Wilson (“Savage”), according to E! News.
Rae responded to the reaction while speaking to TMZ in Los Angeles shortly after the initial segment aired.
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“I think everyone was credited to the original post on YouTube, but it’s kind of hard to credit during the show,” she said. “But they all know that I love them very much and, I mean, I support them all very much. And I hope that one day we can all meet and dance together.”
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The reaction was part of a larger debate that is going on at TikTok, as influencers with more mass appeal on the platform are able to perform dances that they did not necessarily create, therefore popularizing them and being falsely credited for their origin.