Jimmy Fallon is looking back on how much his life has changed one year into the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 46-year-old talk show host discussed his time in quarantine with his wife and two daughters in a new interview with People.
"I wish we wrote all this stuff down. Because it's like, I remember it, but it was so crazy, you almost forget what life was like," Fallon said. "There was no food in the stores. All we could buy was frozen shrimp. The police would come knock on your door if you had an extra car in the driveway, thinking you were having a party."
Like many of his fans, Fallon struggled with the difficulties of lockdown while raising his children under the new conditions.
“People freaking out about toilet paper. Drive-by birthday parties. That was all happening, you know, while we're trying to figure out what's going on with the kids with Zoom school and can you even see your parents?" he said. "And on top of that, we have a show to put on. That phase was bizarre."
While shooting "The Tonight Show" from his home, Fallon’s two daughters, Winnie, 7 and Franny, 6, drew signs for the program and often sat in on bits while his wife, Nancy Juvonen, shot footage on a cellphone.
"Months later we've been getting letters and emails from people, saying, 'Thank you so much for being there' and 'You have no idea, that was our family thing,'" he says. "To know we were an escape for people is pretty cool."
Behind the scenes, however, production was quite hectic.
"It was definitely challenging. Definitely scary. But we did so much this past year. We probably don't even realize how much we all did," he said.
"I really bonded with my daughters during that time because I was never normally home that long," Fallon continued. "Usually I'm at work, so I got to really wake up and go to bed with them every single night for months. I think there was a real bond there that we'll never forget."
In July, “The Tonight Show” returned to studio production at NBC’s 30 Rock in NYC.
On Friday, the show is putting on a special in honor of the anniversary of the quarantine episodes and is teaming up with State Farm to donate $100,000 to Feeding America.
"We're going to give back and it's going to be a good all around feel," Fallon said.
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