Dakota Johnson’s revealing dress derails ‘Tonight Show’ interview

Dakota Johnson could tell her revealing black mini-dress was going to be a problem from the very first moment she sat down on Monday’s episode of The Tonight Show. 

“Oh God,” the Materialists star exclaimed as she attempted to pull down the dress while also trying to keep its plunging neckline in place. When host Jimmy Fallon checked in to see if she was okay, Johnson promptly declared, “This is the wrong outfit.” 

A laughing Fallon tried his best to show support for Johnson and her low-cut look. “No, no. I think it’s perfect, you look great,” he said. “Just don’t move.”

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Johnson fully leaned into the absurdity of the situation, too. “My eyes are up here,” she teased, leading a flustered Fallon to throw his head skyward. “I can’t even look there,” he confessed. “I don’t know what to do. I’m confused.”

Fallon attempted to get their conversation back on track by reminding Johnson that the last time they saw each other was at the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary special in February, but the Madame Web actress remained fixated on her dress.  

“Tell me if there’s a problem,” she told Fallon about her outfit. In response, the SNL alum cast a wary eye toward her dress and, with one hand raised, noted, “Right now, there’s not a problem. There’s almost a problem, but not quite — it’s just… everything is going according to plan.”

Johnson added that she’d also “keep my posture real good” to prevent any potential wardrobe malfunctions before asking, “Does anyone have like, a blanket I could wear? Just kidding.”

With no blankets at the ready, Fallon instead offered Johnson a tissue that she quickly shoved into the front of her dress. “That’s perfect. No one will even know the difference!” he joked. “You look great!”

The host then noted that Johnson looked “gorgeous” and that he didn’t want to “ruin your outfit” with his gag gift. When he offered to throw the tissue away for her, Johnson teased, “You want to keep it?”

Quick on his feet, Fallon fired that good energy right back at her. “I’m putting this on eBay this evening!” He teased as Johnson laughed. “You won’t believe where this tissue’s [been]! TMZ!” 

Johnson continued to adjust her dress and place a hand over her chest throughout the interview, which culminated in Fallon later gifting her a green sweater that her father, Don Johnson, once gave him. 

“Like the Sisterhood of the…,” Johnson began, with Fallon finishing the sentence: “…The Traveling Cardigan, yes.” 

Johnson then dramatically threw the sweater across the front of her dress before relaxing deep into her seat and — now protected from any unwanted surprises — pretending to wipe the sweat from her brow. 

This isn’t the first time that Johnson has expertly weathered an awkward outfit moment on a late-night TV show. She previously had to hold up her dress throughout her entire Jimmy Kimmel Live interview last June after its singular strap broke at the beginning of their chat. 

“My dress just, it just fell off,” Johnson confessed at the time. “Well, I’ll just hold it.”

Watch Johnson and Fallon have some big laughs over her little dress — and prank call some businesses — in the clip above.