'Late Night' host Jimmy Fallon is a first-time dad with birth of baby girl on Tuesday

July 25, 2013 at 7:36PM
This Feb. 1, 2013 photo released by NBC shows Jimmy Fallon, host of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," on the set in New York. S speculation is swirling the network is taking steps to replace the host with Jimmy Fallon next year and move the show from Burbank to New York. NBC confirmed Wednesday, March 20, it's creating a new studio for Fallon in New York, where he hosts "Late Night." But the network did not comment on a report that the digs at its Rockefeller Plaza headquarters may become home to
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NEW YORK — It wasn't quite a royal proclamation, but Jimmy Fallon has shared the name of his family's new addition: Winnie Rose.

Fallon joked in his "Late Night" monologue Wednesday that he hasn't had a chance to respond to everyone's messages, "but let me just say — Yes, William and Kate, we'll definitely set up a play date."

Fallon and his film-producer wife, Nancy Juvonen Fallon, welcomed their daughter Tuesday morning.

The 38-year-old Fallon takes over NBC's "The Tonight Show" from Jay Leno next year after hosting "Late Night" since 2009.

Fallon thanked fans for their support on social networks and joked about chasing people down to show them pictures of his baby: "Now I understand why people are on Facebook. I get it now, I get it."

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