Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Donald Trump rejecting a second debate against Kamala Harris, before speaking with Lupita Nyong'o and Cristin Milioti.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Trump Rejects Second Debate | Lupita Nyong'o, Cristin Milioti | Thursday, September 12
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(audience applauding) They were great performances from stars like M&M, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chapel Rohn. Sadly Snoop Dogg couldn't be there because people at Ohio are eating all the dogs, all the dogs are being eaten. (audience applauding) - Well, this is going viral. During Sabrina Carpenter's performance, she made out with an alien. - Yeah, and that kids is how couples Halloween costumes are born. (audience laughing) - She's in. Katy Perry also performed last night, and people noticed that she had a lower back tattoo that was actually a QR code to pre-order her album. (audience laughing) Take a look at that. Yeah, there you go. (audience laughing) I think the trend is catching on because President Biden also got a QR code. (audience laughing) And if you scan it, it goes to a website that says, "If found, please guide back to White House." (audience laughing) (dramatic music) Well, everyone's still talking about Taylor Swift's endorsement of Kamala Harris, and I saw that her campaign is now selling their own friendship bracelets. (audience laughing) And not to be outdone, Trump's campaign is now selling friendship ankle monitors. (audience laughing) We'll get this 'cause I read that 67 million people watched Tuesday night's presidential debate. Yeah, it might be the first time in his life Trump was praying for low ratings. (audience laughing) Following his rough debate, Trump's inner circle is now doing damage control. I'm sorry, you worked for Donald Trump. When are you not doing damage control? (audience laughing) It would be weird. (audience applauding) Meanwhile, Trump still convinced he won the debate and is even posting polls from weird sites that claim he won 91 to 9%. (audience laughing) But it makes sense 'cause that's the same poll side that found that 99% of men preferred the middle urinal. (audience laughing) (dramatic music) Come on, come on. Of course, everyone's been wondering whether... (audience laughing) Come on. Everyone's been wondering whether Trump would accept Harris's challenge for a second debate and today he said that he won't. Yep, Harris wanted a second debate with Trump while Trump wanted a second debate with Biden. (audience laughing) And do you see this? Ben and Jerry has just unveiled the new Kamala Harris inspired ice cream flavor called coconut jubilee. I'm feeling Biden has mattered about this than the election. He's like, "I love ice cream." Meanwhile, Trump saw a pint of chunky monkey and was like, "Now, the really monkey's when? "When does this end? "When does this end?" (audience laughing) Well, Republicans are worried Trump's behavior towards Harris at the debate will hurt him even more with women voters. In fact, one Republican pollster said Trump came across like, "Your first husband's divorce lawyer." (audience laughing) Well, here to comment is your first husband's divorce lawyer, Frank Kleben. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care that you say it. I don't care. It doesn't matter to me. We are going after her gym socks. The Netflix account. We have to send a message. I will call you back. I'm on Kimmel right now. Hey, Jimmy, we're not just winning this. We are going to destroy her. I'm not sure who you're talking about. That doesn't matter. Doesn't matter if you know what I'm talking to. That's what keeps them on their toes. I thrive in chaos. And in the courtroom, that's my stage. Delay, delay, delay. We're getting the potted plants. Every minute we spend talking about your feelings is money in my pants, pocket. Let her keep the silverware. We're going to take the steak knives. Don't tell me you're still in love with her. Do you know what she did? She ate the dog. She ate the cats. She's eating the pets. I'm sorry, wait, wait, wait. I'm sorry. What are we talking about? It doesn't matter as long as I just keep talking. Love is for greeting cards. What matters here is assets liquidation. I don't follow you. What do you think about being compared to Trump? Trump, I don't care about Trump. Trump should have hired me. He's in the middle of a bitter divorce from this country. And he's like one of those crazy guys that insist upon representing himself in court. Oh, your honor, in conclusion, I invoke habeas corpus and Kaiser Permanente and Roe versus Dwayne Wade. He's crazy, I'm not. Did you just say the word compromise? No. Good, 'cause compromise is for people with something to lose. We will burn down the house before we split one photo album. Your first husband's divorce lawyer, ladies and gentlemen. Oh, come on, come on, come on, here. They're coming here, immediately back in the phone. Well, switching gears, this is exciting. Today, SpaceX completed the first all-civilian spacewalk. Yeah, it was pretty cool. Here's a photo of it. Hmm. I don't know if that's a spacewalk or astronaut whack-a-mole. I don't know. Imagine going all the way to space and finding out the aliens are at the VMAs. Oh, guys, we'll force and begin with new host Ryan Seacrest this week, and we like Ryan. And we've mentioned this the other night. But to contend with their younger vibe, I think Jeopardy is trying to seem younger and cooler, too. Really? Yeah, I just check out some of the categories from "Tonight Show." Look at the Cmod. First, there's thirst traps of the Renaissance. Then there was bus and potables. There's also it's giving world history. Next, there's deluloo dictators. Next, there's mid-mid-century architecture. And lastly, there's thick first ladies. I mean, just-- [APPLAUSE] Guys. Guys, finally, I heard that the 1.1 billion dollar mega-millionth jackpot won six months ago in New Jersey still hasn't been claimed. It's Jersey, so that leaves two possibilities. Either the ticket's missing or the guy is. We had a great show. Give it up for the room star. [MUSIC PLAYING] Guys, quick-- quick reminder that tomorrow night, Friday the 13th, is the night that the entire sports world has been waiting for. I challenge DJ Khaled to a golf match. But not just any golf match. This one is four holes long. And the winner takes home a red cardigan sweater. Of course, I'm talking about the cardigan classic. That's tomorrow night, 11-35 on NBC. It's the cardigan classic. Where the champions go? [APPLAUSE] I just-- where are the champ? That's his logo? Where are the champ? The cardigan classic. Where the champions go. [MUSIC PLAYING] What camera was I pointing at? Yeah. Ready. Try it again. Do it. You got it. Do you want to just say cardigan classic? Yeah. Yeah. Go for it. The cardigan classic, where the champions go. Yeah. That's right. It feels good. You want to say it, Higgis? Higgis wants to say it, too. The cardigan classic, where the champions go. Yeah, that's good. You guys don't want to say it? Yeah. One, two, three. The cardigan classic, where the champions go. That's what I'm talking about. DJ Khaled, I'll see you on the course. Wow. [CHEERING] But first, what a show we have for you tonight. She is an Oscar-winning actor who stars in the new film, The Wild Robot, which is in theaters and IMAX September 27th. Lupita Nyong'o is here. [CHEERING] Love Lupita. [APPLAUSE] She is a Grammy-award-winning performer who you can see in the new series, The Penguin, which premieres September 19th on HBO and Max. Kristen Miliotti is joining us. [CHEERING] Guys, I am so sorry if I seem a little scatterbrained. I had a terrible nightmare last night, or should I say, to nightmare. I was wandering through a giant warehouse. There were boxes everywhere, but the boxes, they seemed to be moving. I heard a scream. I rushed to the manager's office, and through the window, I saw him being attacked by a humanoid robot. That's when I put two and two together. Every box had a robot, and every robot was going rogue. I turned around, and one of the robots was right behind me. They picked me up with one hand and it said, it said, it said-- Can't wait for Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Mayors, an immersive haunted maze experience at Rockefeller Center. It's open September 20th through Halloween, and tickets are available now at jimmiefilestonymares.com. See my Tonight Mayors become your reality. Now stick around. We'll be right back. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] Welcome back to the Tonight Show, everybody, where the champions go. It is the end of the week, and that's usually when I catch up with some personal stuff. I check my inbox, return some emails. Thank you. And we're not going to do the bit, return some emails tonight. Oh, what? No, unfortunately, no, we're not. We're not doing check my inbox, not tonight. Not tonight. Tonight, we're going to do a new thing called Thank You Notes. Hello. [CHEERING] James. [LAUGHING] Hello. James, can I get some Thank You No Writing Music, please? Hello. [MUSIC PLAYING] Wow. Yes, classic. That's where the champions go. Here we go. That's some time. Here we go. Mm-hmm. Thank you. The phrase, it's raining cats and dogs for being something that Trump definitely believes actually happened. It's falling from puppies landing on your umbrellas, and it's very interesting. I saw it on TV. Thank you. Travis Kelsey at the US Open for looking like an undercover cop about to ask a bunch of high schoolers if they have any grass. [CHEERING] I'm cool, I hear, come on. Come on, bro. Come on, bro. Where's the grass? Where are all the grass? No, right. [LAUGHING] Wow. You're friends smoking some of that funny stuff? Yeah, just tell me. I don't know. I don't care. [MUSIC PLAYING] Thank you, Cider Donuts, for being the 2,000-calorie reward I deserve after picking two apples. [LAUGHING] [APPLAUSE] It's worth it. Thank you, people who say you're going to love this story before telling a story, for warning me that I'd better be ready to fake laugh. [LAUGHING] [APPLAUSE] I guess so. Thank you. Picture of Trump during the commercial break at the debate. [LAUGHING] For looking like the Starbucks employee who has to make all the pumpkin spice lattes. [LAUGHING] [APPLAUSE] Yeah. Venti? Venti? Yeah. [APPLAUSE] Thank you, Butternut Squash and Spaghetti Squash, for being how I pack my suitcase before vacation and how I pack after vacation. [LAUGHING] [APPLAUSE] Get out of here. Get a great one. Real relaxing. I didn't buy any. Three hours before I get them. [LAUGHING] [MUSIC PLAYING] Thank you, Bar Trivia, for being in a place where smart people can get drunk and drunk people can act smart. There you go. Those are my thank you notes. We'll be right back with more tonight, everybody. [MUSIC PLAYING] [APPLAUSE] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] Our first guest is an Academy Award-winning actor who stars in the new movie, The Wild Robot, which is in theaters and IMAX September 27th. Everyone, please welcome Lupita Nyondo. [MUSIC PLAYING] [APPLAUSE] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [APPLAUSE] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] You look gorgeous. It is always great to see you. Thank you so much for coming back to the show. Oh, I love being here. OK, good. Thank you. You were telling me backstage that you recently became an American citizen, by the way. I did. Congratulations. Thank you. [APPLAUSE] [MUSIC PLAYING] I'm so happy. Thank you. You'll be voting for the first time. For the very first time. Congratulations. I'm so excited about that. Thank you. Are you excited to vote? I'm very excited. You know, my father's a politician in Kenya, but I was never there for the election. So I was never able to vote for him. So it means a lot to me to finally be able to exercise my Democratic right. Yes, exactly right. [APPLAUSE] If you're eligible to vote, make sure you're registered. I also wanted to talk to you about this, because I read somewhere that you are getting into cold plunges. And I don't know, is it true? Yes, it is. No, I've never actually-- I did one on the show with Mark Wahlberg, where we sat in the bathtub together. But-- And I've been doing it for the past year and a half, and it's great. Mark and I, yes. But what got you into this, and how long do you go in? And I'm afraid of it. Well, it was part of my trading for Wakanda Forever. My trainer got me into it. [APPLAUSE] Shout out, Lacey. Yeah, come on. And so I tried it then, and I hate the cold. Yeah. I hate it. Yeah, me too. And so it was very hard for me to start. But then the feeling after you get out, you feel like a superhero. I mean, you could do anything in the minutes after that. Didn't you feel that? Kind of. [LAUGHTER] Like, close to that emotion. What did you do? I told Wet, and yeah, I kind of said, why. Wow. No, but I did feel a little invigorated. Yeah. But I mean, how long do you get in there? Because Mark and I were only in for a little bit. I get in there for about three to six minutes. No. I listen to a good song. And whatever length the song is, as long as I stay in there. That would really affect that song for me. [LAUGHTER] I would never think of that song the same way back. No. Oh, my gosh. I want to talk about your podcast. Oh, yeah. Congratulations on this. Mine or mine. Thank you. [APPLAUSE] You created your own show. I did. Tell everyone why you wanted to do this. Well, I love podcasts, especially the storytelling shows. And when I first moved to this country, I was really homesick, and I started listening to this American life, and I loved it. Because you're meeting one person in America, and it just made me feel more at home in this country. And so when I was thinking about what I wanted to do, I envisioned this podcast where we could hear stories from the African perspective. Because I missed home, and I wanted to feel home one story at a time, and kind of expand what it means to be African today. And yes, I wanted to-- I did it for you. It's out September 19th, and it's available everywhere. You get your podcast. Thank you. Now, let's talk about your new movie, The Wild Robot. It is 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. It is a beautiful animated movie. I wanted to read some reviews here. The Wild Robot is a jaw-dropping, possibly one of the best films of the year. An animated triumph-- yes. An animated triumph destined to become a classic. Here's one here. If there was an Oscar category for voice performances, Nyongos, The Wild Robot is probably the strongest argument you could make for it. Congratulations. [CHEERING] Peter, that's awesome. This big change, big change. It's an animated film, and I heard that you lost your voice halfway through this thing. What happened to you? So the character I play, Ross, is a robot that starts off in her factory settings. And then as she adapts to this wild island that she finds herself on, to complete her task, which is her mission in life, she becomes more human. And so in the process of doing that first voice, that sort of like theory, Alexa, very, very, very optimistic voice, I hurt myself in the booth. It is very optimistic, those Alexa's, yeah. Yeah. And so I got a polyp. And so the surgeon said that I had a 30% chance of curing myself naturally or else I would need surgery. And I spent three months on vocal rest. Three months? Three months. No talking? I was using a bedroom voice. So I could only really talk like this. Oh, wow. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, it's hard to do for three months. It was a lot of work. I mean, you realize how much my personality relies on me speaking. So I just became a very different person. Yeah, I mean, just not only communicating, but just what if you go to a concert or something? I did. And I went to the Taylor Swift concert and it went to the Beyonce concert. And you didn't do it. You didn't sing any songs? I was like a Zen master. Because I couldn't even mouth the words, you know? Yeah, it was torture. Oh, my gosh. Is that before you did Quiet Place? It was after, which wasn't helpful, wasn't it? It was a lot of quiet times, what is it? Oh, my gosh. I know. Well, good on you. What did you think when you first got asked to do the voice of a robot? I thought, whoa, OK, how do you play a robot that doesn't have feelings? Yeah, because I would just be like, oh, I don't want you. That's why I don't get these roles. Well, I didn't experiment with some very robotic voices. The good thing about animation is it takes a long time so you can try things out and throw them out if they don't work. You're so good. The wild robot is based on a book. Can you tell everyone what it's about? It's so cute. Yeah, it's about this robot called Rosam 7134. And she gets stranded on this island. She doesn't know she's lost. And she's programmed to complete tasks. So she tries to find out who on this island would have bought her so that she can help them out. And all the wild animals are terribly afraid of her. But she lands on a task that changes the course of her, existence, and her programming. Oh, that's perfect. Well done. That's the best anyone's ever set up. And it's a little cute. Oh my god. It's the most beautiful animation and a great cast, by the way, Pedro Pascale, Katherine Rehera. Oh my god. It's so-- Luke Hinton, young girl, everybody. The wild robot is in theaters. And I'm at September 27th. More tonight's show, after the break. Stick around, everybody. [MUSIC PLAYING] Oh, man. And I'm a legend in my old time. Some of y'all just a legend in your own mind. I let the drum talk to me because it won't lie. A lot of rappers try to kill it but it won't die. I keep it coming back to fill it. Don't pop. Love you to love God. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] Our nice guest is a Grammy-winning and Tony-nominated performer who stars in the highly anticipated new series, "The Penguin," which premieres September 19th on HBO and Max. Please welcome Kristen Miliani. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] Come on. Welcome back to the show. You having me? Everything good? Pretty good. Yeah. Yeah. Things are going pretty well. You're doing pretty good. Oh, I want to talk about "The Penguin." Sure. OK. It's on HBO-- this is for everyone's buzzing about this, talking about this. You debuted this at Comic Con in San Diego this summer. Yeah. What was that like? Oh, my gosh. I mean, it was outrageous. It was like getting hit by a Mack truck in the best way. I mean, I'm such a huge Batman fan. And I've been wanting to play a Batman villain my entire life. And I grew up on these movies. And it's wildly profound and moving to me. And so to be in a room-- How many people are we talking? 6,000. 6,000 people that love Batman. That love Batman. Oh, yeah. Don't mess with my Batman. Yeah. And we showed them this trailer that they'd showed me before, which is like it was like, they love dropping trailers. Like, well, this is a new trailer. It shows my character in Arkham, which was like for someone who loves Batman. When they put that uniform on me, I was like, oh, my god. It's canon. Like, so excited. So to get to watch 6,000 people-- to get to watch that with 6,000 people was like-- my blood was seltzer. I was like, yee, like, floating. Your blood was seltzer. Yeah, that's really good. And then I had to sleep for three days afterward. Because it just-- it was like the most fabulous adrenaline for us. Oh, yeah. I have to say that when Colin Farrell did the Penguin and the Batman, it was unbelievable. I didn't know it was him. It's crazy. I finished the movie. That's outrageous. Normally, as I see it, I can kind of see it. I go, the person's going, like, they're wearing a rubber mask, and you go, yeah, I get it. Totally. I did not understand. What do you mean he was in that movie? Yeah, and up close, you know, it's so real. It moves. It's like-- This is Colin Farrell. One of my favorite actors. Oh, my god, he's January. Yeah, and then this is him as Ozcob as the Penguin. There he is. There's one guy. No, it's unbelievable. Look at this. Unbelievable. And it's such a testament to Mike Marino, who did that makeup. What's it like talking to this guy and then this guy? Well, it's interesting because I only met Colin, this Colin, the one. A few times in person, and we shot together for eight months, and I only knew Oz. And it's so strange because I associate, you know, I know those eyes and that voice so well from just being, like, how is your weekend? You know, whatever. And so when I see him outside of that, it's, like, very jarring because Oz is more of a real person who I've spent more time with than Colin. That's Oz. And it feels like someone has, like, freaky Friday, or body swamped. It's like something's like wrong. It feels like when you've been riding a bicycle all day, and then you get off the bicycle, and you're like, whoa! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, I saw him a couple times outside of makeup, and I-- it was like a cat with socks on. I didn't love it. Because it's just so-- it's so jarring. But when you do these-- you're not allowed to tell anyone anything. It's all secretive. Yes. I mean, are you good at that, or do you do-- I mean, no. I mean, I probably-- I mean, I like-- Well, you can't even say who-- I mean, I, like, tell my friends. You too. I know. Good for you. Good for you. I'm glad somebody admitted. Finally, they admitted, do you tell your friends? Like, tell your friends. I mean, I'm like, don't tell anyone. Yeah, and they did. You know, and they did it. Yeah, like good friends. What can we say about this without giving too much away? Well, we're all your friends. Yeah, yeah, we're all my friends, right? I would say that-- so I play Sofia Falcone, and Oz, and I battle it out for who's going to run Gotham. We're like, each other's villains. And it sort of follows us as we battle for control of the-- of the city. Whoa, come on! Kristen Miliani, the Penguin from year September 19th on HBO and Max. Stick around, everybody. 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