United Kingdom, June 3 -- Jimmy Fallon once threatened to take his own life if he wasn't cast on 'Saturday Night Live' before he turned 25.

The comedian and late night host has admitted while he really did make the threat early in his career, he "didn't really mean it" because he was so certain he'd achieve his goals.

He told 'The Diary of a CEO' podcast: "Yeah, I did [make the threat].

"But, again, I knew that I was gonna be on 'Saturday Night Live', so I guess I didn't really mean it.

"Cause I was gonna be on 'Saturday Night Live' before I was 25. I just, I knew that I was going to be on it, so I knew I wasn't really a threat."

Jimmy, now 50, made his debut on the iconic sketch show in 1998, when he was 24 years old.

He recalled: ...