Jimmy Fallon hosted an sudden visitor on Thursday’s (August 7) episode of The Tonight Present as rival late-night host and Fox Information favourite Greg Gutfeld joined him on the couch.
Whereas Gutfeld has hosted his personal titular late-night present on cable since 2015, his look on The Tonight Present marked the conservative comic’s late-night broadcast debut. Gutfeld was on the present to advertise his new Fox Nation recreation present, What Did I Miss?, by which contestants are sequestered for 90 days after which quizzed on whether or not current information headlines are actual or faux.
After greeting one another with a giant hug, the pair principally saved the dialog away from politics, as a substitute reminiscing about their first assembly 15 years earlier. “You haven’t any reminiscence of it, which is comprehensible as a result of we had been each wasted,” Gutfeld stated, explaining how they met at a mutual buddy’s “unlawful speakeasy” in Hell’s Kitchen.
Gutfeld additionally opened up about his profession, revealing he was “fired loads” earlier than touchdown his gig at Fox Information. “You assume firing is unhealthy? It’s the most effective factor on this planet… you at all times find yourself someplace higher,” he shared. This led to him internet hosting the present Pink Eye on Fox Information, the place he was in a position to rent his mom as a “senior correspondent,” explaining her job was to observe Fox Information through the day and let him know what was occurring.
Whereas they principally prevented political discuss, President Donald Trump did come up as soon as through the dialog. As Gutfeld was explaining the idea of his new present and the way the contestants must guess whether or not information headlines are true or false, he quipped, “With Trump, you may’t inform.”
Regardless of airing on cable, Gutfeld! continues to dominate the late-night scores wars, topping its broadcast rivals. For the second quarter of 2025, the Fox Information present averaged 3.289 million viewers, in comparison with The Late Present with 2.417 million, Jimmy Kimmel Stay! with 1.772 million, and The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon with 1.188 million.
In July, Stephen Colbert introduced that CBS had canceled The Late Present, with its ultimate episode set to air in Could 2026. Whereas the community cited monetary causes, others have speculated that the choice was made as a consequence of Colbert’s criticism of Paramount’s current settlement with Donald Trump. This comes amid Paramount’s proposed merger with Skydance, which requires regulatory approval from the Trump administration.
Trump has continued to brag over Colbert’s firing and has warned that Fallon and Kimmel will probably be subsequent. At a White Home press convention on Wednesday (August 6), the President stated, “Fallon has no expertise. Kimmel has no expertise. They’re subsequent. They’re going to be going. I hear they’re going to be going. I don’t know, however I’d think about as a result of they get… you already know, Colbert has higher scores than Kimmel or Fallon.”
Reactions to Gutfeld’s look on The Tonight Present had been combined, with some accusing Fallon of sucking as much as Trump to assist save his present from potential cancelation.
“Fallon sees the writing on the wall. Doesn’t wish to go the way in which of Colbert,” wrote one YouTube commenter.
“Greg Gutfeld was on Jimmy Fallon tonight, a pathetic instance of determined groveling to the MAGA media machine,” stated an X person. “They had been yucking it up about his Fox Nation actuality TV present and Fallon advised him “your mother is happy with you, congrats on all the things you’ve completed. It’s wonderful.”
“The Roots should have been questioning in the event that they entered a MAGA twilight zone,” stated one other, referencing The Tonight Present’s home band.
One other added, “Jimmy Fallon hosted Greg Gutfeld and Good Charlotte tonight? pathetic, why couldn’t that present get cancelled by our proper wing company overlords.”
Nonetheless, others praised Fallon for having Gutfeld on the present, with one YouTube person writing, “Should respect for having Gutfeld on as a visitor. Cultural left mixing with cultural proper is among the finest methods to reunite the nation.”
“Effectively carried out, Jimmy! So glad you invited Greg on. Took braveness to try this. I hope you get an opportunity to visitor on Gutfeld’s present one night time,” stated one other.
“Respect to Jimmy for really inviting guess and have enjoyable conversations and never make it political,” one other added.
“I’m right here for the king of late night time Gutfeld, however jimmy has my respect for this,” wrote one commenter.
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