Anne Hathaway made an appearance on the “Tonight Show” hosted by Jimmy Fallon to promote her new film “The Idea of You”. During her interaction with the audience, on being probed about the book that has inspired her recent film, the audience remained silent. This led to some sort of embarrassment, even as the host was quick to manage it. It only led to further laughter as people saw the comic side of it, as per a report on PageSix.

Anne Hathaway 'Tonight Show' with Jimmy Fallon: Why are social media users praising actress?

Jimmy Fallon was quick to make light of the situation even as he pointed out that no one watching his show reads a book and those who do, watch the Stephen Colbert Show.

Social media users were quick to appreciate the “Les Miserables” actress and the way she dealt with it. Others found it comical.

Anne Hathaway is on a promotion tour. She is promoting her upcoming film “The Idea of You”. This film has been inspired by a book with the same title written by Robinne Lee. It is a romantic novel which has now inspired the film starring Anne Hathaway and others.