On June 26 , 2015 , Fallon suffered a ring avulsion , an injury he suffered by tripping over a rug in his home and catching his wedding ring on a counter top , which nearly tore off his finger . He was taken to emergency room and then sent to a surgeon who performed microsurgery on his finger . Fallon spent 10 days in ICU before going home . He discussed this on the July 13 episode of the '' Tonight Show '' and thanked the doctors and nurses who helped him . , he was expecting to spend another eight weeks without any feeling in his finger . In an interview with '' Billboard '' magazine in September 2015 , Fallon explained that his finger still had limited mobility and that another surgery would be required . He reiterated this point at the 67th Emmy Awards on September 20 , 2015 , where he appeared in public without his finger bandaged for the first time
67th Emmy Awards
67th Primetime Emmy Awards
Jimmy Fallon