Fallon 'Embarrassed' by Bachmann Debacle

The Jimmy Fallon-Brian Williams bromance continued on NBC’s Rock Center last night as Fallon sat down with the newsman for a primetime interview.  The conversation almost immediately turned to the recent controversy surrounding the Roots, Late Night’s house band, playing an offensive song when GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann appeared on the show last month.  The song,  “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” by Fishbone, prompted  an outcry from the Bachmann campaign and an apology from Fallon, NBC, and band leader ?uestlove. 

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