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| Fallon and Gutfeld |
Greg Gutfeld, the host of Fox News' late-night show Gutfeld!, made his debut appearance on a traditional network late-night talk show, NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, on Thursday.
This marked a rare cross-network crossover, as Gutfeld, known for his conservative-leaning humor and criticism of other late-night hosts like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, joined Fallon at Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center. The episode also featured musical performances by Good Charlotte and the Jonas Brothers.
During the 10-minute segment, Gutfeld and Fallon largely avoided political topics. The interaction began with Gutfeld giving Fallon a big hug, humorously lifting his feet off the ground. Gutfeld shared a lighthearted story about meeting Fallon 15 years prior at a Hell’s Kitchen bar when both were "wasted."
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He also discussed his career path, including being fired from various jobs, and mentioned hiring his mother as a "senior correspondent" for his earlier Fox News show Red Eye, where her role was to summarize news stories for him.
The conversation wrapped up with Gutfeld promoting his new Fox Nation game show, What Did I Miss?, where contestants are sequestered for 100 days and quizzed on real or fake news headlines.
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He briefly referenced Donald Trump, noting the unpredictability of news as part of the show’s appeal, to which Fallon added, “You wouldn’t even have to sequester people.”Gutfeld had hyped the appearance beforehand on his show and Fox News’ The Five, calling it “the biggest crossover since the Harlem Globetrotters visited The Golden Girls.”
He praised Fallon as a “great, genuine guy” who focuses on entertaining rather than pushing partisan agendas, contrasting him with other late-night hosts like Colbert and Kimmel. Gutfeld also referenced Fallon’s 2016 interview with Trump, where Fallon tousled Trump’s hair, a moment that drew backlash for “humanizing” the then-candidate. Gutfeld jokingly remarked he wouldn’t mind if Fallon ran his fingers through his hair, noting, “the last time he did that, the guy became president.”