During a recent podcast interview with Deadline, the 49-year-old comedian and television host reflected on the unexpected moment.
“Nicole Kidman totally blindsided me on my show,” Fallon admitted, reminiscing, “We were just there to talk about one of her movies or something she was going to win an award for. She was great and she looked amazing and we were talking and she goes, ‘Did you know that we dated?’”
However, Fallon was utterly oblivious to this revelation.
Recalling the moment, he expressed, “And I go, ‘Excuse me?’ She goes, ‘Do you remember like I had a crush on you and I came over to your apartment?’ And my face just melted. It was the most embarrassing thing.”
Kidman, 56, made the disclosure during her appearance on The Jimmy Fallon Show, where they reminisced about their differing versions of their initial encounter "a few years ago."
Kidman shared that their mutual friend invited her to Fallon's apartment, thrilled about her crush on him. Unfortunately, Fallon failed to realize the situation.
Kidman recounted, “You were there in a baseball cap and like nothing, just like, and you wouldn’t talk and you didn’t say anything.”
“And then you put a video game on or something, and I’m like, ‘This is so bad,’” she recounted.
After about an hour and a half of Fallon seemingly ignoring her, Kidman concluded that there was “no chemistry” between them, even pondering if Fallon was “gay.”
