Jimmy Fallon says he and wife Nancy are ‘so sad’ that daughters Winnie, 11, and Frances, 9, are going back to school

Jimmy Fallon begged his children to not go back to school this Fall.

The Tonight Show host , 49 — who recently met Pope Francis during his family vacation in Italy — has daughters, Winnie, 11, and Frances, nine, with his wife Nancy Juvonen and revealed that he will ‘miss’ his little girls once the summer is over.

He told People on Friday: ‘I don’t [want] them to go back to school. I don’t want them to meet other people. I don’t want them to do anything. I just want them to hang out with us for the rest of their life.’

However, the comedian noted that his daughters are more than happy to go back to school and are even looking forward to it — following on from their first time away at camp.

‘They love their school, they love their friends. And it’s another little chapter in their lives and another fun adventure. They went to camp for the first time too this year,’ he added.

He said: ‘I don’t [want] them to go back to school. I don’t want them to meet other people. I just want them to hang out with us for the rest of their life’; Winnie, Jimmy and Frances seen in 2020

And he was heartbroken when they left at the time, pleading them to stay. 

He recalled the moment: ‘I was so sad when they left. You can’t talk to them. You have like a set time…you can talk to them for five minutes…I miss them so much. I’m like, “Please don’t leave us.” But they had fun.’

Away from his eponymous talk show, Jimmy has written 5 More Sleeps ’til Halloween and joked that the book will work well for decorative purposes if nothing else but will also serve adults well if they want to read it.

His book is slated to follow a boy and his dog as they count down the days until the beloved spooky holiday. 

He said of the publication: ‘It makes a good decoration, even if you don’t want to read. It makes a good gift if you don’t have kids, but you know kids that trick-or-treat and want to get them excited about the holiday.’

5 More Sleeps ’til Halloween is slated to his shelves on September 3.

He promoted his upcoming novel while on his talk show last Friday saying, ‘Even if you don’t have kids [the book] is just so fun to have… it shows that you’re fun…give it to trick or treaters.

‘”Hey look I’m fun. I don’t even have kids, but I have this kids book,”‘ he quipped of potential buyers.

And this isn’t the first time the comedian has published a book.

The three-time #1 New York Times-bestselling author previously released 5 More Sleeps ‘til Christmas in 2020.

‘They love their school, they love their friends. And it’s another little chapter in their lives and another fun adventure,’ he added; Jimmy, Winnie, Frances and Nancy seen in 2024

The girl dad pleaded, ‘Please don’t leave us’; Jimmy, Winnie, Frances and Nancy seen in a throwback snap

Jimmy married his film producer wife married in 2007 after two years of dating; Jimmy, Winnie, Frances and Nancy seen in 2024

His new book is slated to follow a boy and his dog as they count down the days until the beloved spooky holiday; Winnie, Jimmy and Frances seen in 2021

5 More Sleeps ’til Halloween is slated to his shelves on September 3

Jimmy and Nancy met on the set of Saturday Night Live in 2004; seen in 2017

Jimmy married his film producer wife Nancy Juvonen, 57, on December 22, 2007  after two years of dating. 

The pair met on the set of Saturday Night Live in 2004 but didn’t spark romance rumors until the filming of he and Drew Barrymore’s film Fever Pitch (2005).

Juvonen co-own’s the production company Flower Films with Barrymore.