Robert Irwin had a scary second with a crocodile however lived to inform the story.
Throughout a latest look on “The Tonight Present starring Jimmy Fallon,” the 22-year-old conservationist shared he was “loss of life rolled” by a 14-foot crocodile he named Jimmy Fallon when it was a child.
“He’s not a child anymore. I named this crocodile Jimmy Fallon, like, years in the past, and he’s now what we name a boss croc. He’s enormous,” Robert stated. “As a result of we analysis crocodiles within the wild to, like, higher preserve them, proper? So the best way you try this — my dad got here up with this — is you even have to leap on them.”
The Australian conservationist advised the discuss present host that after he “jumped on the again of Jimmy Fallon,” the massive reptile “loss of life rolled” him.
“I jumped onto him. I child you not, 14 foot of crocodile, large croc, loss of life rolls me,” he defined. “So I’m caught beneath him with my arm hanging out. I’ve obtained like most likely, I don’t know, perhaps 700 kilos on high of me. And I’m similar to, “What do I do?” And by chance he rolled again the opposite method, and I used to be nice. However he’s a goer.”
Robert is the son of beloved actuality TV star and environmentalist, Steve Irwin, often known as “The Crocodile Hunter,” who was recognized for his work making an attempt to show the general public to respect and shield all animals.
Steve died in September 2006 after a stingray’s tail pierced his chest and prompted a deadly damage to his coronary heart whereas filming a documentary on the Nice Barrier Reef, when Robert was 2 years previous.
Since his loss of life, his spouse, Teri, and their two youngsters, Robert and Bindi, who was 8 years previous when Steve died, have taken over his mission in the direction of advocating for all animals and working the Australian Zoo in Queensland.
“To proceed this legacy is the honour of my life,” Robert shared on Instagram in October alongside a reel that includes footage of him and his father when he was youthful, and of his father with animals. “If I could make my dad proud, I’ve accomplished my job. Behind every thing I do is a conservation mission that my dad began.”
Each Robert and his older sister Bindi competed on and received “Dancing with the Stars,” with Bindi taking residence the mirrorball trophy in 2015 throughout season 21 when she was 17 years previous.
Robert took his flip within the ballroom within the fall of 2025, successful the present together with his associate, Witney Carson.
“Coming over from Australia, I didn’t understand how it might go. I didn’t suppose I’d make it this far, as a result of I didn’t notice how extremely supportive America can be,” he advised Males’s Well being in December 2025. “It’s unimaginable to place into phrases how a lot that has meant to me, as a result of what I characterize is a lot greater than only a dance.”
When talking with Males’s Well being, Robert additionally shared that he felt “grateful” to have been introduced again week after week, as a result of to him it meant that “what I stand for is being heard and that’s unbelievable.”
“Once I step into the ballroom, I’m representing a legacy that my dad [Steve Irwin] created with my mother. I’m representing every thing I stand for, not solely as a wildlife conservationist, but in addition as somebody who’s working actually arduous to try to unfold some positivity and fervour,” he stated. “I need to be a task mannequin for younger folks.”
