As host of "The Tonight Show," Jimmy Fallon tries to make his guests shine. "I'm a people pleaser," he once told The New York Times. Still, there have been times when Fallon has taken that impulse a bit too far, resulting in some awkward television moments.
For example, there was the time that Fallon told guest Rami Malek that if he'd only had his contact info, he would have called him "a gazillion times" to compliment him on his "Bohemian Rhapsody" performance. "You have my email and phone number," Malek responded, with Fallon then trying to play it off, "That's true, but I decided not to call you." Then there was his interview with Joaquin Phoenix, where Fallon jokingly announced that he would be calling the actor "Joaq" because Joaquin was too long a word to say. "I feel like you can handle it," Phoenix responded. "You do a monologue every night."
Of course, no guest made Fallon squirm more than comedian Martin Short, who hilariously called him out as a showbiz phony. "But this is the greatest show on television, because there is no host in late night that pretends to care the way you do," Short sarcastically joked. "I mean, no one captures phoniness the way you do. It's a gift!" Short's fellow guest, Steve Martin, then jumped in to praise Fallon for the "clean image" he has maintained. "I suggest that whatever you're paying the National Enquirer, you should double it!" Martin quipped.
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