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Trump Plans Military Parade for 79th Birthday | Gigi Hadid, Triple H | Tuesday, April 8
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Jimmy Fallon
From Studio 6B in rock and Roll center in the heart of New York City, it's the Tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight joins Jimmy and his guest Gigi Hadi Triple Lake. And featuring the legendary Ruth Brown. 21, 22. And now here he is, Jimmy Fallon. Thank you very much. Thank you. Enjoy yourself. Enjoy yourself. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Tonight Show. You here, you made it. Thank you. Well, guys, I saw that President Trump is planning a giant four mile military parade in Washington to celebrate his upcoming 79th birthday. Yep. Trump wants a full military parade for his birthday. So there will be tanks, fighter jets, and our most dangerous weapon, a self driving Tesla. It's nice to know that the money we saved cutting the cdc, Social Security and Department of Education will throwing a child's birthday party. There's gonna be bouncy houses, there's gonna be a petting zoo, water slides, you bet. It was actually supposed to be a surprise party for Trump, but someone at the White House editor reported to the group chat by accident that the parade will be four miles long. The organizers asked Trump if he wanted to walk in it and then everyone laughed and laughed. Meanwhile, Trump just announced that his annual physical exam will be this Friday. Yep. Trump's colonoscopy is expected to be four miles long and will celebrate our military strength. Yep. Trump's not in the best physical shape, but compared to Biden, he's Jason Momoa. Being Trump's doctor is a tough gig. When examining him, it's hard to know if you're feeling an organ or a full Big Mac. Sir, I really need you to start chewing these. I just swallow them like a pill from the Jetsons. Of course, Trump's already threatened the doctor with a 50% tariff. He reveals his actual weight. That's right. Speaking of tariffs, tonight at midnight, Trump's receptacle tariffs are set to go into effect. So you have 20 minutes to buy everything you'll need for the rest of your life. Meanwhile, Trump just added an additional 50% tariff on China, which brings the total tariffs against the country to 104%. Trump isn't messing around with China now. He's threatening to not invite them to his birthday party. There's got to be a bouncy house face painter. You could be whatever. I could be a tiger. You could be a spider man. As a result of the tariffs, Americans are now racing to buy iPhones before prices increase. Yep. IPhones and toilet paper are two most essential bathroom items. Of course, the stock market has been going crazy since Trump announced his Tariffs. It had the steepest fall in years. Check out what they're airing on CNBC to cover this.
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Tariq Trotter
Coming up on cnbc, your home for financial news.
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Jimmy Fallon
At one, we have. At two, we have, oh, no, no, no. At three, it's, Please, please, please, please, please, please, no, please, please. At four, it's, God, what have you done? At five, it's.
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Tariq Trotter
And at six, it's Mad Money with Jim Cramer.
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Jimmy Fallon
Oh, yeah, I love mad Money. Good schedule. Yep. Trump' really shaken up the economy, and now the president's approval rating has dropped to 46%. All sorts of data has been coming out, so let's take a look at some of it. Now it's time for tonight's show, pie charts. Here we go. Let's look at some of these here. First up, when asked, what will you do if There's a recession? 50% said, Stay calm and be frugal. 50% said, make my entire family special pina coladas. Here's another one. When asked, as tariffs drive up prices, how will you pay for more expensive goods? 10% said, work harder, spend smarter, and cut back on things they don't need. 90% said, Foot stuff on OnlyFans. Next. When asked, how do we fix this? 60% said, Reduce tariffs. 39% said, Reopen negotiations. RFK Jr said deep squats and B12 enemas. Up next, one asked, do you find tariffs confusing? 30% said, Yes. 70% said, not as confusing as my kids shouting chicken jockey. And finally, when asked, do you approve of the job Trump has done with his first 78 days in office? 44% said yes. 56% said, Dear God, it's only been 78 days. You're kidding me. Well, listen to this. RFK Jr. Said that he to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water. Yep. Apparently it's part of the White House's plan to make teeth British again. Switching gears, I want to say congrats to the Florida Gators, who won the NCAA tournament last night. Congratulations. Finally, a headline with the words Florida men. And the news was positive. Yeah. Congrats to the Florida Gators on winning the championship. Of course, many politicians in Florida are reacting to the victory. First up, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, as an alumni, I couldn't be more excited. Go gators. Next, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said, We did it. I'll be celebrating with you, Gator Nation. And finally, President Trump said, everyone's excited about Florida University all over the country because for the past week, wherever I go, people keep yelling f You, Florida University. Well, get this. Today, the price of a mega millions ticket went from $2 to $5. America's like, Damn. Even losing money got more expensive. Some entertainment news. This season finale of the White Lotus broke the show's viewership record. And fans are already wondering where the next season will take place. They've already filmed at luxury resorts in Hawaii, Italy and Thailand. Now other hotels are throwing their hats in the ring. For instance, the Four Seasons on the French Riviera was like, we'd be honored to host the fourth season of the White Lotus at our hotel. Ritz Carlton in St. Thomas was like, it would be a delight to have our show at our resort. And the Red Roof Inn in Tampa was like, sure. We're used to murders anyway. Hey, this is wild. Wanna hear something wild? Yeah, this is wild. Scientists said that they resurrected a species of wolf that went extinct over 12,000 years ago, making it the world's first successfully de extincted animal. Ooh. Yeah. I read about it in a new science journal called what Could Possibly Go Wrong? Be cool, boy. Be cool, Cujo. You be cool, boy. Right? I'm gonna walk back. Okay, you be cool. We'll get this. I heard that LaGuardia was just named one of the top airports for food and drink experiences. Yeah, passengers love the food and pilots love the drinks. We have a great show. Gigi Hadid is here tonight. Triple H is joining us. Stick around. We'll be right back with more Tonight Show. Welcome back, everybody. I want to. Great crowd. I want to give a quick shout out to one of my favorite places, Puerto Rico. I went on vacation there a couple weeks ago. Dorado Beach. Fantastic. The best people. I went to this great restaurant called Verde Mesa. It's run by Gabriel Hernandez. It's one of the. I think it's the first farm to table restaurant in old San Juan. It got nominated for a James Beard award. It's awesome. So I want to give a shout out to him, to the restaurant, and also to Francesca, who made me fresh coquito, which is out of season. It was awesome. She also gave me this mug right here to drink. Has a little coquit frog right there. Yeah, isn't that fun? So anyways, shout out to Puerto Rico.
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Tariq Trotter
All right.
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Jimmy Fallon
Love you guys. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy. What's up, bud? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I didn't know we were doing shout outs. Can I do one? Sure. Quest.
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Tariq Trotter
Go ahead. All right.
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Jimmy Fallon
Give me some shout out music. All right, all right. I want to give shout outs to eye exams I love reading every line. Wow. Yeah, I'm talking to you ekrtz and you mtpfs. And don't forget. Ah, didn't forget about you. Lrm. I wanna say Q. Is that a. Oh, shoot. I think I need new glasses. Yeah, it sounds like you need to get some new glasses. Sorry. Yeah, no problem. Yeah. Yo, yo, Jime, I got a shout out. Yeah, sure, go for it, Tree. Okay. Shout out to Pinky promises you're easily the best finger centric agreement technique. No one's forming a thumb pack. No one's doing a pointer finger pledge. But the pinky has all the power and it makes me look fancy as hell. I agree. You look very, very fancy. Tariq, you very do. You look good. I got a shout out, Jimmy. I got a shout out. Sure, let's hear it. How about a shout out to dramatic organ music? You can make even the most boring stuff seem really interesting like this. I'm considering adding chia seeds to my morning oatmeal. Very, very dramatic. All right, not bad.
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Gigi Hadid
I got one, Jimmy.
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Jimmy Fallon
Sure, go for it.
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Gigi Hadid
Shout out to Brevity.
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Jimmy Fallon
Anything else?
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Gigi Hadid
Nope.
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Jimmy Fallon
Okay, very good. Hey, Jimmy, can I do a shout out? Sure. We have time for one more. Let's hear it. Shout out to tents. Dang. You mean I can sleep in the little house made out of the same material as my jacket and bears live here? That's awesome. Oh, I'm sure closing up that little zipper door will stop bears from eating me. I'll sleep great tonight knowing I'm basically a packaged snack. Thanks. Tents. Yeah. All right, very good. I'm not really a tent guy either. All right, very good. So. So we got shout out to eye exams. Shout out to Pinky promises. Shout out to dramatic organ music. Shout out to Brevity. Yep. Shout out to Tense. I'm going to die. And shout out to Puerto Rico. Stick around, everybody. We're talking to Gigi Hadid after the break. Oh, my gosh. How fun is that? Our first guest is one of the biggest supermodels in the world. She's also the founder and creative director of the clothing line. Guest in residence, Everyone, please welcome Gigi Hadid. Gigi, welcome back. Thank you. Thank you. Debbie, always great. I'm always so happy to see you. And thank you for coming back.
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Gigi Hadid
Oh, I'm so happy to be back.
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Jimmy Fallon
Look at you on another cover of Vogue. Look at this. Come on, it's going to feel amazing. Ten years ago was your first Vogue. Here you were on the COVID of Vogue Spain. Yes, That's a big deal. Do you get tired of it? Do you go, wow? Yeah, I guess I'm on the COVID I mean, you've been on over 150 times.
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Gigi Hadid
I would say that's wild. It feels more like each. When I look back at the covers, I remember kind of being in that space and looking back at the photographer, all the people that surround that moment and like the days and the trips that kind of lead to those photos. So, yeah, I guess. No, I don't get tired of it.
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Jimmy Fallon
No, it's almost like a photo, like a memory book, I guess.
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Gigi Hadid
Oh, my God, they're all so different.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yeah. Actually, we talked about going around the world and you going backstage and stuff like that. And you mentioned somewhere a little unexpected you went to Medieval Times.
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Gigi Hadid
Yes.
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Jimmy Fallon
And talk to me about this because I thought you were gonna say, like, yeah, I was backstage at Taylor and I did something. I go, yeah, I want to hear Medieval Times.
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Gigi Hadid
Medieval Times. Well, I have a 4 year old daughter and, you know, you're always trying to look for fun stuff to do on weekends and whatnot. And a few weeks back, we went to Medieval Times in Jersey. Highly recommend.
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Jimmy Fallon
Me too. You know, that was my bachelor party, by the way.
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Gigi Hadid
No way.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yep. Medieval Times in Jersey and the one you went to.
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Gigi Hadid
Well, yeah, that was my first experience. But I'm sitting there like, I understand there's like bachelor parties and it's a very good time. Kai got very into it, my daughter. And, you know, you can make kids 100 different things in a week. And we get there. And why is her favorite chicken the one at Medieval Times?
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Jimmy Fallon
She ate so much chicken. It's like a chicken leg and they just throw it at you.
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Gigi Hadid
Yeah. You have no. I don't know if everyone here has been. Probably not. But no knives and forks, no cutlery. So everything with your hands.
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Jimmy Fallon
No, it's like, yeah, you're sipping soup and grog. Yeah, whatever.
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Gigi Hadid
It's, you know, Garlic bread.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yes.
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Gigi Hadid
Yeah.
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Jimmy Fallon
Look, here's Kai at Medieval Times.
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Gigi Hadid
That's the crown she chose.
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Jimmy Fallon
Did you have any idea what you were getting into?
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Gigi Hadid
No. I thought we were going to a Renaissance fair. No, but the night before, I'm like, oh, Kai, these things are really cool. I think we have to dress up. Like, let's go on YouTube and see what Medieval Times is, you know, kind of get her into. I didn't know if she'd be nervous about the swords and stuff. She was not nervous by the way she was rocking on. But. But anyways, so we watch. So I Didn't. I didn't show up in, like, something crazy. I was cool. She went, princess vibes, and you went, cool. I'm like, the princess's keeper.
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Jimmy Fallon
Okay, that's good. Yeah. Of like, it's so fun.
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Gigi Hadid
Hand sanitizer, wipes, and crayons.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yeah. As she's eating chicken wings and just.
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Gigi Hadid
Downing garments one by every. You know.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yeah. You didn't go super fashiony fashion forward. Can you help it? Sometimes. Sometimes I see you. You look gorgeous. I go, gigi's fantastic.
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Gigi Hadid
Oh, can I help being fashion forward? Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. No. That's why I live, like, in out of the city. And it's not fashion forward.
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Jimmy Fallon
No. Cause I see you and you come out, everyone's like, oh, my gosh, Gigi Hadid has silver hair. Everyone should have silver hair.
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Gigi Hadid
It was a wig. It's so fun. Like, I get to do fun stuff, and that's a wig. Yes. And everyone was freaking out that I.
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Jimmy Fallon
Everyone's like, metallic hair is the new thing. Yeah.
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Gigi Hadid
You got very.
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Jimmy Fallon
Metal hair is stunning.
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Gigi Hadid
Sorry.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yeah, no, it's just. It was a wig. He just felt like wearing a wig. Yeah.
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Gigi Hadid
Because, you know, that night, it was two Moschino dresses that had been, like, Frankensteined together for this special thing at the Louvre. And, like, sometimes you just have to go there with the whole thing. If you go, like, halfway, it kind of. You're like, I have no idea to make a difference. But I had fun with the silver hair, so why not? Why not?
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Jimmy Fallon
And you can wear it again if you want to. If anyone wants to borrow the wig, you can lend it to them. Yeah, yeah. Anyway, yeah. I want to talk about your clothing line. Guest in residence.
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Gigi Hadid
Yes.
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Jimmy Fallon
Now, we've talked about this. It's amazing, by the way.
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Gigi Hadid
Thank you so much.
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Jimmy Fallon
Here it is. This is for everyone. Look at all this.
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Gigi Hadid
I brought some stuff for Jimmy and Nancy and the kids, and, I mean, they're all.
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Jimmy Fallon
So I'm just gonna show some of the cute things. Look at that.
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Gigi Hadid
Thank you.
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Jimmy Fallon
It's all, like, cashmere, and it's so good. It's the best quality.
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Gigi Hadid
Thank you so much.
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Jimmy Fallon
I do love you. Gave me a look. I love this jam.
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Gigi Hadid
That's one of my favorite stuff.
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Jimmy Fallon
This is so.
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Gigi Hadid
And it's all unisex, so, you know, as long as you love color.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yes.
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Gigi Hadid
It's fun and comfortable.
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Jimmy Fallon
Come on. It's high quality. I love this. But. Guests in residence. Yeah.
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Gigi Hadid
We have a store in New York on Bond Street, a store in la. It's so Exciting. It's so crazy.
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Jimmy Fallon
It's the best.
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Gigi Hadid
Yeah. It's really so rewarding to see people have two stores. Yeah, two stores. And also, we open in Korea. We're in retailers all over the world. It's pretty exciting.
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Jimmy Fallon
I'm so excited. I think it was two years ago when you first launched this, maybe three, and you were working on this, and you go, yeah. And you gave me a sweater, which I picked out, and I love. And I said, I'm going to wear this every day.
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Gigi Hadid
Oh, my gosh.
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Jimmy Fallon
And you go, it's the highest quality. You'll have it for the rest of your life. That's the hope I just wanted to show you. Here's my sweater.
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Gigi Hadid
Oh, my God.
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Jimmy Fallon
That I've worn every. I've worn this every day to my writers meetings here. Everyone knows the yellow sweater.
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Gigi Hadid
It makes me emotional. No, it's like, that's what this is all about, is to create.
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Jimmy Fallon
It's three years old, and I love it so much. Yes.
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Gigi Hadid
Thank you. That will last. And, like, I hope you have that forever and then your daughters take it to college and, like, that's like, the dream.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yes, this is. Yeah, I will. Yes, this is. I love it so much. I cherish it. I think about you every day.
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Gigi Hadid
Thank you so much.
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Jimmy Fallon
I wear it all the time.
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Gigi Hadid
It means so much.
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Jimmy Fallon
I heard that at one of the shops you went and actually, like, helped check people out or.
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Gigi Hadid
Oh, oh. One of our stores is, like, a few blocks from my apartment, so I'm in there all the time. Whether it's for something specific or just to go, like, check on things. And. Yeah, like, if our team is busy in there, then I'll grab sizes for people. And some people are very confused. Like, is she here all the time?
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Jimmy Fallon
Yeah. Do people freak out that you're there? Cause they go.
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Gigi Hadid
Some people have no idea who I am. And, like, they just. It's amazing to think that there could be someone walking down the street. And they just love our pieces for what they are. But. Yeah, and also, I love if people are coming in to support me. It's an honor. So I love to, like, pick out stuff with people or. Either way.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yeah, it's cool. I always love it when you come by, and I'm always gonna have this sweater, and I will wear it every single time you come on the show. Gigi Hadid, everyone. Guess in Residence has stores in New York and LA. For more info, go to guestsinresidence.com Triple H joins us after the break. Stick around, everybody. Face Clear your face. Eyes clear. Eyes don't blink. Black ink has survived all five food boys. Everything is your sign online with the blood yo. Feeling your hints 1 5. Our next guest is a 14 time WWE World Champion. And now he's the Chief content officer at WWE. Catch both nights of WrestleMania 41, next Saturday and Sunday live on Peacock. Please welcome Triple H. Welcome, welcome. Always great to see you. You look great. I'm doing great, thanks for asking. It's been a while, I gotta say. Congratulations. You're being. You're being inducted into the WWE hall of Fame, buddy. Come on. Well done.
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Tariq Trotter
Yes. It's. It's crazy to think that you get to the point in your career and that you get to the point where you're old enough to go into the hall of Fame, you still feel young, but you're like, I'm old.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yeah. No, yeah, but you were surprised by the news, right?
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Tariq Trotter
I was Undertaker. And yeah, look, as the, you know, I run the creative for wwe, so in the last few years, I've been like, I'm not putting myself in the hall of Fame. It is just not. Yeah, you can't do that. Right. And so I wasn't going to do it. We had plans for hall of Fame this year for other people. And we were at a town hall where I was talking to our. You know, WWE's about 800 employees or so and doing a town hall, and it's all business stuff with WWE President Nick Khan. And at the very end of this, all of a sudden, out walks Shawn Michaels and the Undertaker. And I'm thinking, like, damn, I should have probably read this format better.
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Jimmy Fallon
Like, what's going to go down right now?
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Tariq Trotter
No idea. They were coming out there and they started. I was very confused. And then they started to get into the hall of Fame and I was like, oh, man, they got me good for. For to be inducted or to. To have it be done that way by two guys. You know, Sean's my best friend, and the Undertaker is just one of the biggest legends and one of the guys that I respect the most in the industry. It was just very, very. It's very meaningful.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yeah. Here's them surprising you right here.
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Tariq Trotter
Usually if taker's out there with me like that, he was choke slamming me through that eventually.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yeah. Yeah. And they were very. This is very, very nice. Before you were a Hall of Famer, Triple H, early in your wrestling career, you went by different names.
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Tariq Trotter
Very many.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yeah. I just thought maybe we could revisit some of them.
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Tariq Trotter
Let's do It.
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Jimmy Fallon
This is the first character that you wrestled as your name was Terror Rising.
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Tariq Trotter
Yes.
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Jimmy Fallon
Terrorizing. There you are. And that's good. He's terrorizing. Come on. No, no, look at the hair. Come on. Look at that. It's fan. Fantastic.
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Tariq Trotter
Like many people, I'm sure I had the Farrah Fawcett poster when I was a kid. It made an impact on me. And I went. I went. I went with the hair. Yeah, yeah.
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Jimmy Fallon
Oh, my God, it is so cool.
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Tariq Trotter
This goes to show you that sort of, at any point in your life, no matter what you look like right now, you can overcome that. So, hey, there's still hope.
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Jimmy Fallon
Thank you. I appreciate that. Yeah, thank you very, very much. Then you ended up changing your name to Jean Paul.
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Tariq Trotter
I didn't change my name to that. The company I worked for changed my name to that because.
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Jimmy Fallon
Why? Because your last name is.
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Tariq Trotter
Because my last name is Levesque. They, you know, as a company that was based in Atlanta, in the south, they thought the last name Levesque was this unique name, which it is not. And I had been called to do interviews, and they called me in and they said, we're changing your name from Terrorizing, which is bad enough, to John Paul Levesque, which I thought for a moment might be worse. And they said, we like your last name. It's French. Now go in the other room and cut promos in French. And I was like, it's a big misunderstanding. You're like, I don't speak French at all. And they were like, well, great. Go in the other room and speak in a French accent.
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Jimmy Fallon
And you really don't speak.
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Tariq Trotter
You didn't speak French?
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Jimmy Fallon
No.
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Tariq Trotter
At all.
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Jimmy Fallon
Well, thank God there's no footage of you as John Paul anywhere.
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Tariq Trotter
Why do I feel like that's a setup?
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Jimmy Fallon
Here's a look at Jean Paul in 1994. Take a look at this. Let me start by apologizing to all the people here today, because I know the men. They see the look in the eyes of their women when John Paul walks into the building. They fall to the ground. They fall to their knees in awe of John Paul. There you have it. The comments from Jean Paul. There you go. Fall to Zainis. You fall to your knees, Jean Paul.
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Tariq Trotter
At least my hair was wet and I didn't have the full fluff going.
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Jimmy Fallon
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You made your WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania 12.
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Tariq Trotter
Yes.
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Jimmy Fallon
It was you versus the one and only, the ultimate warrior. And what's this is you up here.
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Tariq Trotter
That is. That is me. That is me before I would tragically land in the middle of the ring before getting beat.
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Jimmy Fallon
What goes through your brain as you're being thrown in the air? I mean, this is not. This is. First of all, the fact that anyone can lift you up in the air is insane.
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Tariq Trotter
Yeah.
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Jimmy Fallon
Throw you this.
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Tariq Trotter
Actually, it's a funny thing. For me, this is my first WrestleMania that I would compete in. And for a lot of people, they think this is almost an embarrassing moment in my career for me, where I was basically squashed in a couple of minutes by the Ultimate Warrior. But for me, one, it was my first WrestleMania, and two, the Ultimate Warrior is one of the biggest stars ever in the wwe. So when they came to me and said, you're going to get to work with the ultimate warrior at WrestleMania, I was just out of my mind, excited and sort of. That, to me, is one of my. My greatest memories of just it being. It's like going to the super bowl and, you know. Yeah, you just. You. You got to throw against Brady or something like that was just such a great experience for me, and I enjoyed it immensely.
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Jimmy Fallon
What a great career you've had of your whole wrestling life. But here you are. You started as we're just saying, all these different characters. Now you're the chief content officer of wwe. You and Dwayne the Rock Johnson is the board of directors.
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Tariq Trotter
Yeah.
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Jimmy Fallon
Could you ever think that those two would be in charge of all this?
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Tariq Trotter
No. Look, if you go back in time and take the Farrah Fawcett hair guy and the Pineapple hair guy and say, hey, these two guys are going to be running all of this, you would not invest your money in that.
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Jimmy Fallon
Isn't that wild?
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Tariq Trotter
Yeah, it's really crazy. You know, I remember meeting Dwayne for the first time and just thinking, God, this guy is just. His charisma is off the charts. Like, if they can. If he's at all. Because I just met him backstage. If he's at all athletic, he's going to be a huge star and, you know, not only becomes a huge star as the Rock in wwe, but would go on to be the biggest box office attraction in Hollywood ever. That's right. And what's really cool about it is all these years later, that was like 96. All these years later, he and I are still collaborating on things and working together behind the scenes to make WWE as great as it can be.
- [25:59]
Jimmy Fallon
For.
- [26:00]
Tariq Trotter
For him, it's in his blood. You know, his. His grandfather, High Chief Peter Maivia, his mother was a promoter. His dad was a wrestler, Rocky Johnson. So you know, it's in his blood. It's in his DNA. I, I make a joke with him all the time. When he would do the people's elbow, which I took, like, every night while he was kicking my ass, he would stand over you, and as he was getting ready to do the run, you would see him break out and goosebumps all over him. Because the, The. The energy and the electricity that come from a live crowd in WWE is like nothing else. And I say to him all the time, you can't get that in Hollywood, man.
- [26:40]
Jimmy Fallon
No.
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Tariq Trotter
And it's. You know, when he comes out now, he still does a thing where he. He'll hit his arm and show it to the camera because it's covered in goosebumps. And that energy, that electricity that our fans bring to what we do and, and we give back to them, it's just. It's magic. It's like nothing else. WWE is just incredible.
- [27:00]
Jimmy Fallon
It is the great. You could see how much love goes into all of it.
- [27:03]
Tariq Trotter
It really is. It's. It's a. It's a passion project. And, you know, I didn't, I didn't grow up in the business. I was just a kid sitting on the couch in my pajamas watching wrestling every Saturday morning for all hours of the day that just wanted to do it more than anything in the world.
- [27:17]
Jimmy Fallon
This could be you one day. This could be you one day. Yeah. But let's talk about WrestleMania 41. This is a big deal. This is Cody Rhodes versus John Cena.
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Tariq Trotter
Yeah. Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, next weekend. So it's two nights, and the big main event on the second night is John Cena versus Cody Rhodes.
- [27:39]
Jimmy Fallon
Las Vegas.
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Tariq Trotter
Yeah.
- [27:40]
Jimmy Fallon
WrestleMania in Las Vegas. What is it? What can we expect?
- [27:43]
Tariq Trotter
They say everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but with us, everything that happens in Vegas that weekend will be heard worldwide.
- [27:50]
Jimmy Fallon
It's going to be fantastic. John. Is John excited.
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Tariq Trotter
So John Cena, who is the ultimate good guy and has been, you know, his whole mantra, his entire career. Hustle, loyalty, respect. He has just been the ultimate good guy, you know, as a human being, has done more wishes for make a wish than any other celebrity in history. Yeah, he's incredible. But the challenge on this is he's in his retirement run. He will end his career in ring career in December with wwe. So he's. He's kind of got this year's farewell, and he came back and turned into a bad guy in our business. He turned heel and he beat the crap out of Cody Rhodes with the Rock and with Travis Scott, and they beat the crap out of Cody Rhodes. And it's amazing to see that transformation of Jon from like the most beloved character in WWE to just Darth Vader. They hate him and. And he is working very hard to. To make them hate him. So it's good.
- [28:55]
Jimmy Fallon
It's gonna be something great to watch. Next week on peacock. I want to say congrats on Wrestlemania, but really congrats on the hall of fame. You, des. Thank you. Thank you for coming back to Triple H. Everybody. Catch both nights of WrestleMania 41 next Saturday and Sunday live on peacock. We'll be right back with more tonight shows. Stick around, mesmerize state of the art caffeine above your head like omniverse green not the average savage the cursed queen something from his worst dream first we're handling first date. I'm subsurface unseen rat a whole plant about a person. My thanks to Gigi Hadid, Triple H, Ed Sheeran, Katriel, Jaco Amoroso and Baruch right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Good night, everybody. Get involved, better get involved get, get, get involved get into it get into it city just let the best that's right tonight stopping so hard working Mr. D work, work, work, work, work, work, work yeah, baby going up y let's be the mic hold it now get involved better get involved get, get involved get into it do thanks for listening to the Tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon. Don't forget to subscribe to get the latest episodes weekday mornings, wherever you get your podcasts. Watch the Tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon. Weeknights on NBC and streaming on Peacock.