Last week, Jimmy Fallon had TikToker Addison Rae on The Tonight Show to promote her new music. One of the segments they did together was Addison teaching him some viral TikTok dances and, almost immediately, the internet was NOT HAVING IT.
The number one critique was that Jimmy highlighted Addison Rae in this moment without highlighting the original creators:
Like, I get it! Addison Rae is a big name and she was on a publicity tour for her single — but if this is what you wanted to do, there was a way you could have also included the originators so it didn't look like these moves came from the mind of Addison Rae.
I'll be the first to say, I don't like giving men credit, but I also give credit where credit is due. Instead of just apologizing and ~promising to do better~, Jimmy Fallon brought on the creators of these viral dances and shined the spotlight on them: