Trump Throws Tantrum, Threatens Greenland Over Nobel Peace Prize Snub | A$AP Rocky, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Walker Scobell, Ontonio Kareem | Monday, January 19

Summary

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – Episode Summary

Date: January 20, 2026
Guests: A$AP Rocky, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Walker Scobell, Antonio Kareem
Main Theme: A comedic and lively blend of current events, celebrity interviews, music, and stand-up, headlined by Jimmy Fallon and featuring a particularly satirical take on recent news involving Donald Trump, plus in-depth guest conversations.

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Overview

This episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon combines topical humor with engaging celebrity interviews and performances. Jimmy opens with a sharp, joke-packed monologue skewering Donald Trump’s obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize, then welcomes an all-star guest lineup: rapper/actor A$AP Rocky, historian Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Disney’s Walker Scobell, and comic Antonio Kareem.

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Monologue and Key Topical Comedy

(00:05 – 08:59)

Jimmy Fallon kicks off the show on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, blending sharp satire and pop culture commentary.

Key Discussion Points:

• Trump’s Nobel Tantrum & International Antics

  • Fallon mocks President Trump’s claim that MLK would have wanted him to have the Nobel Peace Prize and jokes about Trump being given Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Karina Machado’s 2025 Nobel (01:16).
  • “He hung it on the wall right next to his McDonald's Customer of the Month plaque. Makes me cry.” – Jimmy Fallon (01:40)
  • The Nobel committee’s clarification that the award still belongs to the original winner, leading to Trump’s confusion about prize money (02:00).
  • Jimmy riffs on Trump texting Norway’s PM about “taking over Greenland” because of the Nobel snub, and, in a running gag, Trump’s aim to seize Venezuela for not winning a Latin Grammy (02:35).
  • “You know how mad Europeans have to be to work on a weekend?” – Jimmy Fallon (03:12)

• Recurring Gags and Satirical Innovations

  • Introduction of a “Harry Styles Album Generator” lampooning newsmakers by creating mock album titles (04:18).
  • Playful NFL animal-themed rap breakdown with Questlove, culminating in confusion over what a Patriot actually is (06:01–07:20).

Notable Moments:

• Questlove and Jimmy’s comic “rap” about NFL teams’ animal mascots and Questlove’s mini history lesson on the Patriots (06:01–07:20).
• Fake inspirational ad montage: earnest Planet Fitness ad (“Don't give up”), lampooned by Domino’s (“Give up, bitch. You know you want some cheesy bread with sauce.”) (08:13–08:33).

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Guest Interview: A$AP Rocky

(09:40 – 18:48)

Highlights:

• Discusses his new album Don't Be Dumb, his recent SNL performance, and becoming a father.
• Shares the unlikely story of meeting Rihanna outside a NYC nightclub pre-fame (10:54).
• Reflects on global fashion successes and how childhood photos foreshadowed his style influence (11:52–12:15).
• Talks about acting alongside Denzel Washington and advice from him (13:09).
  • “You know, I don't think it's too hard for a rapper to portray a rapper.” – A$AP Rocky (13:27)
• Explains how he courted Tim Burton for years just to land him for album artwork, combining German Expressionism and “ghetto futurism” (14:03–15:45).
  • “‘We call it ghetto futurism and ghetto expressionism, you know, and that’s what you get when you get Pretty Flaco and Tim Burton together.’” – A$AP Rocky (15:24)
• Shares a touching story about giving back—paying rent for all tenants in his grandmother’s Harlem building, motivated by memories of growing up in shelters and a kind stranger’s generosity (16:46–18:40).
  • “For me, when I look online... and I see TikToks of people donating... it’s usually with a camera there. For me, that’s a little pretentious or... embarrassing for the recipient.” – A$AP Rocky (16:53)

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Guest Interview: Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

(19:16 – 34:07)

Highlights:

• Discusses meeting Pope Leo and revealing his ancestry, including Black and Creole roots in New Orleans, with an epic account of creating and presenting a six-foot family tree for the Pope.
  • “We finished the Pope’s family tree going back 500 years to his 12th great grandparents. Isn’t that amazing?” – Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (21:18)
• Surprising celebrity genealogies:
  • The Pope is a distant cousin to Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton, Justin Bieber, Jack Kerouac, and Madonna (22:09).
    • “Madonna is a distant cousin to His Holiness, Pope Leo.” – Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (23:02)
• Humorous travel mishaps while bringing the family tree tube to Rome (23:47–25:46).
• Delivers the research, discusses the Pope's interest in his ancestors including Haitian roots and slave-owning forebears—handled with candor and empathy due to Dr. Gates’ wife’s expertise in Cuban genealogy (26:27).
• Interactive quiz with Jimmy: Guessing celebrity family connections. Fallon correctly identifies Bernie Sanders–Larry David and Andy Cohen–Scarlett Johansson (32:11–33:33).

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Guest Interview: Walker Scobell

(34:35 – 40:04)

Highlights:

• Talks about starring in Disney’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
• Shares his unique 17th birthday present: a patch of Scottish highland land, making him legally a “lord” (35:48).
  • “My friend T... got me a patch of land in, like, the Scottish Highlands. So now, technically, I’m like, legally a lord.” – Walker Scobell (35:48)
• Teases having “lord battles” with co-star friends.
• Dishes on meeting Rihanna, working with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Kate McKinnon, and being a fan of Stranger Things (“Team Stancy!”) (37:00–38:56).
• Toy sword-fighting segment with Jimmy Fallon re-enacting a “Percy Jackson” fight scene (39:10).

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Guest: Antonio Kareem Stand-Up Set

(41:01 – 46:21)

Highlights:

• Raw, personal, and self-deprecating comedy about post-breakup awkwardness and reentering the dating world (“You don’t come out of an 8-year relationship with game. I don’t got no game right now.”) (41:01)
• Hilarious takes on “crystal girls” (“They got a crystal for everything but success... We can’t both be unemployed.”) (44:23)
• Talks about his new blunt, older Black woman therapist (“She get right to the core of the issue... Look, sleeping with all these astrology girls not gonna bring your dad back.”) (45:33)

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Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• “President Trump said, I think we can all agree MLK would want me to have his Nobel Peace Prize.” — Jimmy Fallon (01:16)
• “He hung it on the wall right next to his McDonald's Customer of the Month plaque.” — Jimmy Fallon (01:40)
• “Wait, there’s prize money?” — Jimmy Fallon as Trump (02:00)
• “You know how mad Europeans have to be to work on a weekend?” — Jimmy Fallon (03:12)
• “A Seahawk is a animal... A Patriot’s a dude.” — Questlove & Jimmy Fallon (06:01–06:23)
• “We call it ghetto futurism and ghetto expressionism... that’s what you get when you get Pretty Flaco and Tim Burton together.” — A$AP Rocky (15:24)
• “For me... when I see TikToks of people donating... it’s usually with a camera there. For me, that's a little pretentious or... embarrassing for the recipient.” — A$AP Rocky (16:53)
• “We finished the Pope’s family tree going back 500 years to his 12th great grandparents. Isn't that amazing?” — Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (21:18)
• “Madonna is a distant cousin to His Holiness, Pope Leo.” — Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (23:02)
• “Sleeping with all these astrology girls not gonna bring your dad back.” — Antonio Kareem’s therapist (45:33)

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Segment Timestamps

• Monologue & Current Events: 00:05 – 08:59
• A$AP Rocky Interview: 09:40 – 18:48
• Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Interview: 19:16 – 34:07
• Walker Scobell Interview: 34:35 – 40:04
• Antonio Kareem Stand-Up: 41:01 – 46:21

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Tone and Delivery

• The episode is paced with Fallon's signature high-energy, fast-paced wit.
• The mood is playful, satirical, but woven with moments of authenticity and heart—especially in the segments with A$AP Rocky’s personal stories, and Dr. Gates’ historical deep dives.
• The banter between Fallon, Questlove, and guests highlights the show’s collaborative, jovial atmosphere.

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Recap

A fun, irreverent Tonight Show episode that melds headline-skewering comedy (Trump’s Nobel snub, satirical news riffs) with thoughtful, engaging interviews—from A$AP Rocky’s creative collaborations and philanthropic efforts to Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s wild Vatican genealogy story, plus fresh faces like Walker Scobell and a stellar stand-up set. A prime example of Fallon’s ability to blend the silly, the surprising, and the sincerely moving—all with his trademark Tonight Show humor.

Transcript

[Announcer]

From studio 6p in rock and roller 7 in the heart of new york city, it's the tonight show, starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guest asap rockford, Dr. Henry louis bates jr. Walker sobel, comedian antonio kareem. And featuring the legendary bruce cruz. 2242, jim. And now, here he is. Jimmy. Thank you very much.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Enjoy yourself. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome. Welcome to the Tonight Show.

[Announcer]

This is it. You're here. We made it. Thank you for watching. Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, guys, I want to wish everyone a happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It's such an important holiday today. President Trump said, I think we can all agree MLK would want me to have his Nobel Peace Prize. Yeah. Did you guys see this? During a private meeting at the White House, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Karina Machado gave Trump her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. And he accepted. Means a lot to Trump. He hung it on the wall right next to his McDonald's customer of the Month plaque. Makes me cry. That was a nasty September.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

I remember.

[Jimmy Fallon]

When asked why he won Machado's Nobel Prize, Trump said, she offered it to me. Yeah, cuz you told her to. It's the same reason your doctors let you eat fries inside the mri. I mean, it's not normal. See if you can track this one. Let's have this one. These two gonna race each other. Meanwhile, the Nobel committee said that the award still belongs to the original winner, even if they give away the medal or the prize money. Trump heard and was like, wait, there's prize money?

[Announcer]

Oh, Maria.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Everyone'S talking about this. Over the weekend, Trump texted Norway's Prime Minister that one of the reasons he's trying to take over Greenland is that he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize. Then a little bit later, Trump said he's taking over Venezuela because he didn't win a Latin Grammy. That's why he's mad. He got snubbed. You know, the Prime Minister of Norway was screenshotting Trump's texts and sending them to Europe's other leaders. Like you believe this freaking guy? Meanwhile, Trump is going to impose new tariffs on European nations unless they agree to give up Greenland. And in response, the European Union held an emergency meeting yesterday.

[Antonio Kareem]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Do you know how. You know how mad Europeans have to be to work on a weekend chocolate bleu?

[Announcer]

Are you. I just popped a cork on this Chateau Margaux.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I couldn't have. Let's make this fast, can we? Zoom. Get this. Trump announced that he is creating an international Board of Peace to keep peace around the World. Yeah. And he's charging every country $1 billion to join. I'll take a wild guess who they can make the checkout to. Yeah.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Or you can Venmo me.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Switching gears, guys, this is exciting. Harry Styles announced that he's got a new album coming in March. It is called Kiss all the Disco Occasionally. Well, this is cool. We've teamed up with the country's top scientists to create a Harry Styles Album generator. It could take any person in the news and give them their own Harry Styles album title. Oh, yeah.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Let's try it out.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So Harry's title is Kiss all the Time Disco Occasionally. But if we put it in President Trump, it says his album title is Sleep all the Time. Invade Occasionally. See what I'm saying? Yeah, I see that. Scientists. Here's one for Rudy Giuliani. It's broke all the time. Wet occasionally. A little something here. A little something. Here's one for the CEO of Verizon.

[Antonio Kareem]

It's.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Oh, oh, oh. Sorry, that didn't work. Sorry. Didn't work. Sorry, it didn't work.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

That one didn't.

[Walker Scobell]

Didn't work.

[Jimmy Fallon]

We won't. We won't air that.

[Announcer]

That'll be cut.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That one glitched. That one. A little glitz. That was a mistake. Here's one for Kevin Hart. This one is Baby Gap all the time. Oshkosh Bagash occasionally.

[Announcer]

Wow.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Here's one for Trader Joe's employee. Yeah, it's flirty all the time. Stoned occasionally. And finally, here's one for Heated Rivalry. It's sex all the Time. Hockey occasionally. I think that's a good app. Helpful invention. Well, some sports news. After an exciting weekend of games, the NFL playoffs are down to just four teams. The Seahawks, the Rams, the Broncos, and the Patriots. Even with only four left, they can be tough to keep straight.

[Questlove]

I can help you with that, Jimmy.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, thank you, sir. How?

[Questlove]

By doing a rap with you from the audience, of course.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I don't know if we have time for a rap. Awesome.

[Questlove]

Hit it, Quest. A Seahawk is a animal. A ram is a animal. A bronco is a animal.

[Jimmy Fallon]

A patriot is a. Oh, just.

[Questlove]

It's a guy. A Seahawk is a bird. A ram is a sheep. A bronco is a horse.

[Jimmy Fallon]

A Patriot's a dude.

[Questlove]

He's just a patriotic dude, I guess. But the Seahawk goes. The Ram goes.

[Antonio Kareem]

Bah.

[Questlove]

The Bronco goes.

[Announcer]

Nay.

[Jimmy Fallon]

The Patriot goes.

[Questlove]

I don't know, Jimmy. I don't know.

[Antonio Kareem]

I don't know.

[Questlove]

I don't know what a Patriot is exactly.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Calm down. It's okay.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

It's okay.

[Questlove]

No, I'm embarrassing myself. You wanted to do this rap with me and I'm embarrassed.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I don't want to do a rap with you.

[Questlove]

You told me you wanted to do.

[ASAP Rocky]

A rap with me and I.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No. You stood up in the middle of my monologue. The Madden. I do it.

[Questlove]

I'm just letting you down. I'm letting you down.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I rap with you. You want to do one with me?

[Questlove]

No, I feel like.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Be hard on yourself. Okay, look, if you had to guess where Patriot comes from, what would you say?

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

I don't know.

[Questlove]

I guess Boston's rich history is the cradle of the American Revolution, honoring the colonists who rebelled against British rule.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's exactly right.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Questlove]

Seattle Twins, Broncos and the Patriots.

[ASAP Rocky]

You got it.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

They're called.

[Announcer]

They are called the Patriots.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Cause Boston's patriotic path.

[Walker Scobell]

Got it.

[Announcer]

Thank you so much, sir, for helping. See? Ah, we got it, bud. We got it.

[Antonio Kareem]

Yeah, we're welcome. No problem.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, some business news, everybody. I saw that Beyond Meat is launching a protein drink. Finally, an alternative to my daily meat smoothies. The usual strawberry beef tallow, please. Throw a little lamb in there. Why not? Guys, we are midway through January, which means a lot of people have given up their New Year's resolutions. People are throwing in the towel. But Planet Fitness doesn't want you to give up just yet. Check out their latest app. We here at Planet Fitness believe you can do it. Come in today and stick with it, because you've got this. Planet Fitness. Don't give up. Aw, that's nice. That's nice. That's inspiring.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, hang on. I'm hearing that Domino's just put out their own ad in response.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Watch this.

[Announcer]

Give up, bitch. You know you want some cheesy bread with sauce. Planet Fitness. Yeah, Plan on fitness. Pizza in your mouth. Don't stick with it. Stick a cinnastick down your bread hole, you gluttonous, glutinous simp.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Dominoes.

[Announcer]

There's always next year. Woo. Oh, my God.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Believe that.

[Announcer]

Air that. Wow.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And finally, a new study found that major US airlines could save $580 million a year on fuel thanks to weight loss drugs. That's on top of the other 500 million they save in fuel by not taking off.

[Announcer]

We have A great show ASAP. Rocky is here tonight. Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. Is joining us. Walker Scobell is here. And we have Senna from Antonio Kareem. Stick around. We'll be right back with ASAP Rocket. Our first Guest is one of our favorites.

[Jimmy Fallon]

He's a multi talented rapper and actor. His long awaited fourth studio album, Don't Be Dumb is out now. Please welcome ASAP Rocky.

[Announcer]

Big time Rocket. Oh, welcome back to the show.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I always love having it.

[Announcer]

He's a student.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's what I'm talking about right now. Come on. First of all, you killed it on Saturday Night Live this past week. Thank you. Come on.

[Antonio Kareem]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's how to do it. Thank you. Congrats on the album. Congrats. You have a new baby.

[ASAP Rocky]

Yes.

[Announcer]

Come on. Busy, busy, busy.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's a beautiful family portrait right there. So a girl, a daughter.

[ASAP Rocky]

Baby Rocky named it right after me.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Come on. How's baby Rocky? Has it changed you at all?

[ASAP Rocky]

It's amazing and it's like uncomparable. It's just unexplainable, you know? I feel like a new man again.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And again and again. Yeah. Congratulations. Thank you. Where did you first meet Rihanna?

[ASAP Rocky]

It was crazy. We met outside of a nightclub, ironically. Here in New York.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, yeah.

[ASAP Rocky]

I wasn't famous at the time. She was obviously Rihanna and I couldn't get in. The bouncers didn't want to let me in. And I was with my friend late great Virgil Abloh and Matthew Williams. You know, we kind of was getting into it with the bouncers and she kind of came out and we locked eyes right away and I was just like in a daze and, you know, I was a little embarrassed that she caught me like, you know, bickering with the guard and stuff like that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's not me. Hey, I'm cool. I'm on the list. She helped you get in?

[ASAP Rocky]

No.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yeah, man, you gotta work for it, man.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Come on, you've been doing this for a long time. You're always into fashion. I know you for a while now and you're great at everything you do. And I found some picture of you four years old. Here's four year old asap. Rocky. Stylish, stylish, stylish.

[ASAP Rocky]

My fourth birthday.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Stylish baby.

[ASAP Rocky]

Look at that handsome fella.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, yeah, exactly. I mean, that's pretty cool, huh? And now you get to do all this great stuff with fashion labels and you're crushing it.

[ASAP Rocky]

I mean, it's funny, that photo is like. It came full circle. I mean, I modeled and I was signed to Gucci for a while. Had a Gucci link on and that guess jean suit that I had on. Our creative directed for guests, you know, in 2014 and 15. So everything came back full circle.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Came back Full. Yeah, exactly. Are those Ray Bans?

[ASAP Rocky]

I like that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Thank you. Thank you. By the way, also, what a great year for you. You were in two giant movies, Highest to lowest with Denzel. And also, if I had legs, I'd kick you. With Rose Byrne nominated for all these awards, going up to awards season, you're fantastic. I didn't even know you were in the Rose Byrne one. I was like, that's Rocky, man.

[Antonio Kareem]

It's unbelievable.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And we had Spike on the show. Spike Lee, it was awesome. Came on the show. I go, what's he really like? What's A$AP Rocky as an actor? He goes, he could hold his own against Denzel.

[Announcer]

What? What?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wait, you gotta just tell me, were you intimidated? You work with Denzel Washington, yo.

[ASAP Rocky]

It was crazy. Not at all. You know why? Like, they was just so supportive. Everybody, especially Denzel, he was just giving me mad advice, you know, telling me the do's and the don'ts. And, you know, I just took heed to everything. I soaked it in like a sponge.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, but you held your. You were great. I mean, rat a tat tat. It was, like, easy. It was like watching a great tennis match.

[ASAP Rocky]

Yo, you know, I don't think it's too hard for a rapper to portray a rapper.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, maybe if I acted as a rapper, that'd be more of a stretch.

[ASAP Rocky]

That might be a little outright.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I want to talk about your new album, by the way. It's called Don't Be Dumb. Yes, I love that. And here's what I really love. Look at this. Get the vinyl, too, if you can get everything. Yeah, stream it on Spotify, whatever you got. Apple Music, whatever you got your music. But also get the vinyl because Tim Burton did the drawings.

[ASAP Rocky]

Yes.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Come on.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's my dude.

[ASAP Rocky]

Tim Burton, man.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wait, how did you get Tim Burton to do this?

[ASAP Rocky]

Yo? So I had to basically stalk and harass him for a few years.

[Antonio Kareem]

Okay.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You know, you gotta go eat one.

[ASAP Rocky]

I hit him up and I was just like, yo, man, I'll be delighted to, like, kick it with you, play you some vibes and stuff. So I went out to Malibu to kick it with him when he had a break, and he was just, you know, he was into it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So we was like, you play him the album?

[ASAP Rocky]

Like, I played him the album, the early rendition of it, and he was rocking with it. So I was just like, yo, you think maybe you could do the illustration for it? Like, you know what I mean? And he was, like, keen to it. And next thing I knew, he had Like Wednesday and shout outs to that. Beetlejuice too, and stuff. And I was just like, damn, now that means this thing is prolonged.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Hey, come on. Remember you said, you're gonna get through that. Just give me a little sketch. Give me a little taste of what you're gonna do.

[ASAP Rocky]

The interesting part is when I went there, I saw a sketch laying on the table and I was just like, yo, you did this. He was like, yeah, but, you know, every morning, me and my daughter, what I do is I do half of a sketch and then she comes and she revises it or just completes it. So every day, that's what they practice. And they looked at it as a bond. I looked at it as like, oh, nah, this is valuable.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

We need to.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I'll take that right now.

[Announcer]

Give me that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And that's my album cover. Yeah, exactly. Yo, dude, what's the connection with Tim Burton? You just like him as a director.

[ASAP Rocky]

I'm heavily inspired by German expressionism.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Right.

[ASAP Rocky]

And I just feel like there's never been any kind of connection or correlation between like, just urban sci fi and German expressionism. So I wanted to establish my own kind of, like, sub genre or, you know, style. And we call it ghetto futurism and ghetto expressionism, you know, and that's what you get when you go get, you know, pretty Flaco and Tim Burton together.

[Announcer]

A little bit, you know?

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's right. I will say we waited for this for a long time.

[ASAP Rocky]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

As a fan, I mean, come on. I mean, I know how much work goes into it. I couldn't. I mean, it's just a crazy amount of work. But do fans come up to you and go, rocky, what's up?

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Where's our.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Where's the album? Let's go, bud.

[ASAP Rocky]

You don't know the half. I mean, between me and my lady, I mean, oh, man, I could imagine. They're like, yo, yeah, I'm kind. I was scared for a while, scared for my life. But.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, but you finally did it and.

[ASAP Rocky]

You'Re happy with it, man, I'm so pleased that it's finally out.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

You know what I mean?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, come on, everyone pick it up.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

It's good.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I also want to say another cool thing that you did, and I don't know how much press it got or anything, but you did a thing with Bill. You partnered. Could you tell me what you did? Because this is the coolest thing. I was like, I love this dude, man, but this is good. You give him back.

[ASAP Rocky]

Well, some people might not know much about, like, my early days. My past and my background. So I grew up in, you know, the homeless shelter system.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Right.

[ASAP Rocky]

Me and my family. And for me, you know, when I look online and stuff, and I see, like, tiktoks of people doing things like donating to, you know, homeless people, it's usually with a camera there. And for me, that's a little pretentious or, like, you know, it's a little embarrassing for the recipient.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Right, of course.

[ASAP Rocky]

And so I wanted to do something that felt like, you know, giving back, but without, like, trying to be too much. Yeah. Flashy about it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So I found about it somewhere, and I wanted to bring it up because I thought it was cool. Yeah.

[ASAP Rocky]

So we paid the rent for everybody, all the tenants in my grandmother's building that I grew up with in Harlem on 148th and Lenox.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's gotta feel great.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yeah, it feels amazing. Feels amazing.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I also read that somewhere in that little. The article, I read that someone did this to you or they gave you something or they got you a movie ticket or something.

[ASAP Rocky]

Yeah. So I was in a shelter called Volunteers of America. Voa. Right. And basically, they would let, like, different volunteers come and, you know, do things with the kids or donate anything. This particular weekend, Harry Potter had came out. I'm a huge Harry Potter fan.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Right.

[ASAP Rocky]

And so I couldn't afford to go see the movie, obviously, you know, due to circumstances at the time. And this lady, whom I never met, she just, you know, came through, and they took about, like, 10 of us kids, and each person had an adult to, you know, pay for their way. So when it was over, we were walking back to the shelter, and I'm just like, lady, you must be rich. Like, how did you. How could you afford to do this? She was like, honey, no, I'm a substitute teacher. I can't even make ends meet right now. And I'm like, so why would you take your little bit of money to take me to the movie theater and stuff like that? She was like, because it just feels great to do something like that. You know, I was just like, people do that, right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And did you ever see her again?

[ASAP Rocky]

I don't even know the lady's name, but God bless you. Thank you so much. You know, I mean, it sticks in your head, right? It's stuck in my head.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I love you, bud. Congrats on the new record asap, Rocky.

[Announcer]

His new album, Don't Be Dumb, is available right now. Stick around, everybody. Come on back.

[Antonio Kareem (performing)]

I switch swords and cups now it's too quick to bite and record Them right now I float like the blood.

[ASAP Rocky]

On a murder scene all she ever.

[Antonio Kareem (performing)]

Do is play it cool for real she pushing pop up so when her shoes is down her hand keeps slipping.

[Announcer]

We're joined right now an Emmy winner.

[Jimmy Fallon]

A Harvard professor, and a prominent historian. He's also the host of Finding youg Roots, which airs Tuesdays at 8pm on PBS.

[Announcer]

Everyone, please welcome Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Thank you, buddy.

[Announcer]

Yeah, always. Always a pleasure.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You look sharp.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Thank you. Happy Martin Luther King Day.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Happy Martin Luther King Day. Thank you for being here.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

I appreciate this. My pleasure.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I always love having you on the show. We have so many things to get to. But one thing I have to ask you about, because this is unbelievable. You went to the Vatican and you actually talked to Pope Leo.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

I did.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And you showed him his ancestry.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

My wife and I had a 30 minute audience with the Holy Father.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wow. Talk to me. What is this experience like? This is one in a zillion.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Well, the Pope was elected on May 8th. Yep. And I had given a lecture in Phoenix. And I'm flying back and I get a text from Darren Walker, who is now the former president of the Ford foundation, and Dean Baquet, who's the former executive editor of the New York Times. And he said, the Pope is black. I go, like, what? The Pope is black? That is. You know, I couldn't believe it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I can't believe it either. So.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

And Darren said, dean, you know, knows a family in New Orleans. And so I thought, wow, that's amazing. The next morning, front page of the New York Times, a brilliant genealogist from New Orleans named Jari Honore breaks the story that he had uncovered the Pope's blackened Creole roots in New Orleans on his mother's side. And so right after that, get this emergency call from Jake Silverstein, the editor of the Sunday Times magazine. And he says, zoom meeting. We need to talk. He goes, how quickly can you do the Pope's family tree? The whole family tree? And I go, well, how much time do I have? A year?

[Jimmy Fallon]

I don't know. It takes years.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

He said, can you do it in two weeks?

[Questlove]

What?

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

I said, if you let me hire these two fantastic genealogical companies. One is American Ancestors, the oldest genealogy society in the United States, in Boston. And the other is the Cuban Genealogical Club of Miami. And we've worked with both of them before. And they said, deal. And two weeks later, they had finished the Pope's family tree going back 500 years to his 12th great grandparents. Isn't that amazing? That is just amazing.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's What I love about your show, Finding youg Roots. What part of his family history did that blew him away? Did anything. Did you see his reaction to anything?

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yeah, I wanted to get this right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, good.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

So this is what this. So I had my little cheat sheet.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

We went back to his 12th great grandparents who were from the Cantabrian region in Spain. He had 42 French ancestors, 24 Italian, 21 Spanish, eight Cuban, six Canadian and 18 black ancestors. Okay. So the first thing that he asked, oh, by the way, now this is cool. You'll like this. He is also, through one Canadian ancestor, distant cousins with Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton, Justin Bieber, Jack Kerouac, and you ready for this? Madonna.

[Announcer]

Yes. What?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Madonna is related to the Pope?

[Announcer]

This is Headline News.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Thank you for saving it for our show.

[Announcer]

Madonna.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Madonna is a distant cousin to His Holiness, Pope Leo. Right. So we get this tree, man. It's six feet long, four feet wide, and we want to give it to him. So, you know, how do we get it to the Pope? You can't just say to the Pope at the Vatican, right?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, exactly.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

My wife and I had planned a week's vacation in Rome the first week of July. And so I figured, well, I could take it to him. But how do you get to the Pope? So I tried in a couple ways. I tried through the front door.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And it's always open, right?

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yeah, the door's open. I got a letter back saying, you're cute kid. But I didn't.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Nice try.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Cute kid.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

They said, His Holiness is aware of the family tree that you. I mean, the thing went viral when it was published in the Sunday Times Magazine. The Pope, His Holiness is aware, but he's on vacation and. No. And he's very busy trying to be the Pope, so. Exactly. Then I said, maybe I can play the brother card. I looked at all of the members of the College of Cardinals who elect the Pope. And I looked for the African American Cardinal, Wilton Gregory from Washington dc. And I reached out to him and he thought it would be a very good thing if I hand delivered the family tree to the Holy Father. And he arranged the whole thing. But I am flying to Rome on Friday, right. As of Wednesday, nothing.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I love that type of stuff.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

And 10 o' clock in the morning, I look at my email. You are expected at the Vatican for a private audience with the Holy Father.

[Antonio Kareem]

I went nuts, Holy Father.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

I went crazy. So we had the tree hand delivered. It was printed out here in New York, hand delivered to me. I Live in Cambridge. And Friday morning, I took off for Rome via London. And I thought, oh, my God, if the TSA mess up with me, what's in the Tube? Because you can't. If you unwrap it, if you unfurl it, you never get it back in the Tube. So at one point, I was talking to the pilot on the connecting flight from London to Rome, and I said I had put in the overhead luggage from Boston to London. And the flight attendant said, there's not enough room. So I go, this is really unique. It's one of a kind. I have the family tree of the Pope. And the flight attendant looked at me like, that is the biggest lie I ever heard in my life.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Just say, you want to check?

[Announcer]

Come on.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

So I said, let me speak to the pilot, because I didn't want it to be all messed up in luggage.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, no, no, you can't mess with this.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

The pilot comes out and he looks at me, and I said, I'm a professor. I have a TV show. This is what I do. And I happen to have the family tree of the Holy Father. And the way he looked at me was like, no black guy could make this up and expect anybody to believe, right? This has to be true. And he goes, let the man. Let the man bring on the family tree.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Of course, you got to do it.

[Antonio Kareem]

And you got it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You delivered it.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yeah, we delivered it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Delivered a message to the Holy Father.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

And the first thing he asked, he wanted to know if he had Haitian ancestors. And I said yes. And then he wanted to know if any of his African American ancestors had owned slaves. And eight of them had owned slaves themselves. And I told him about his fourth great grandmother in 1772, who eventually owned inherited slaves and eventually owned 20. But my wife, who is a brilliant Cuban historian, she had helped with the research because as you. As I read, Pope has a lot of ancestors in Latin America. And half of our time together was in Spanish with her, telling him about his really famous, famous ancestors, like Antonio, Jose Antonio de Sucre, who was the first democratically elected president of Bolivia and was Simon Bolivar's right hand band. And then when I'm waiting, my wife and I were waiting to go in, you know, going to the Vatican, man, that's a, you know, big thing, right? And I had arrived in our hotel at 1am I took a Xanax and glass of wine. I went to bed because it had all the stress it carries.

[Announcer]

Of course, you're freaking out.

[Jimmy Fallon]

This huge thing.

[Antonio Kareem]

Yeah.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

What do you wear?

[Jimmy Fallon]

What do you Say, how do you do it? What do you genuflect? Do you kiss the ring? What do you.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

I kiss the ring big time.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You did.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

I kissed the ring big time. Well, it's hard not to because he kind of presents it in your face.

[Jimmy Fallon]

But what else you gotta do? Shake his hand up here.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

So, 7:30 espresso's delivered. 8:30, the driver comes and a tour guide. We go to the Vatican. And it's Saturday, the 5th of July. And nobody's at the Vatican, you know, nobody's at the Swiss Guard. We were not wanted. We were not searched. Nothing. I gave my name. They said, fine, they know everything. We're sitting outside of the Pope's private office and something wasn't right, you know, And I was terrified. I was so nervous. And I couldn't figure out what was I missing? What was I missing? You know what I was missing? The family tree. We left it in the car.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're joking.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

We left it in the car.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're joking.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

So the travel guy jumped up. I said, you got to go get it. And he ran out to the Vatican parking lot, got the family tree, comes back in, and we made it in the nick of time.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Imagine being there and going, I have this gift. Yeah, I have this gift for. Wait closer. I run, run, run. That is the greatest.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

But then American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club then partnered with the Historic New Orleans Collection, which is the organization that Jari Honore, that genealogist I mentioned, is part of, and the Office of Archives and Records at the Archdiocese of New Orleans. And they did more research. After I got back, they created a tree much bigger, ten by four. And I was invited back to the Vatican to deliver. Yep, there was a time we leave it. There was a.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Come on, I'll do a Carry on. Come on, I'll fit in the tube.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

There was a conference on September 12 called the World Meeting on Human Fraternity. I was invited and I was instructed the Holy Father was here, about 100 of us sitting, and he gave a speech. And Cardinal Gambetti, who runs the Vatican, he's a powerful dude. I was instructed he would come. And I gave him the 10ft tall tree and a bound leather book explaining so that he didn't have to figure out who these people were. And I got a really nice letter that the Holy Father was very pleased with receiving. The secondary as well, I think.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Come on. Well done. Well done.

[Antonio Kareem]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's great that you stepped up. Said, yeah, I'll do it. And did it.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

It pays off well, I Have Jake Silverstein to thank because it was all his idea.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're pretty amazing yourself, I got to say. I watch you, and you've been great to be on our show many times. But I love. I watch every season, and even if it's someone I don't really know, I find out about them. I think everybody has an interest, interesting story. And you do it so well. By the end, you're crying your eyes out. You're like, wow, phew, man. It's just because you watch their reaction and they're learning about themselves and their family. I know Questlove has been on the show, and that was a great one to watch as well. And the fact that you always have, like, these. These things, you go, well, you end up you're related to. Blah, blah, blah. And this person's related to this person. And I never know which one who's related. Like, Questlo's related to Melanie Lynskey.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

That's right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Do you know Quest. Do you know that? I just found that out. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

On their 15th chromosome. And they're related, obviously. Questylove is 18% white or European, and obviously that's how they're related. Word.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I thought it'd be kind of fun because I always play these games with our guests on the show where I'll ask them questions, but I thought it'd be fun if maybe you wrote up a couple questions and asked me.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Oh, yes, of course.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And see if I can guess who's related to. All right, these are real.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

It's going to be multiple choice. I'm going to read the name of a famous person and give you three options. Who their cousin is, and you guess which one's right. Okay, perfect. Sound good?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Okay, here's the first one. Bernie Sanders. Is he related to Deion Sanders? Larry David or Elizabeth Warren?

[Jimmy Fallon]

If he's related to Larry David, that would be the greatest thing that ever happened in the face of the earth. I would be. I would open with that. If going to Pope Leo, I would. I'm gonna say Larry David for fun.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Bingo.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No.

[Announcer]

That's so funny.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

No way. That is correct.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Does Larry know this?

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yes. Yeah, they were on an episode and they both cracked up. They couldn't believe it. We couldn't believe it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's great.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

We couldn't have made it up better.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, my gosh.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

All right, you're on a roll. All right, here's the next one. Andy Cohen.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, I love him.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Is he related to Scarlett Johansson, Derek Jeter, or Anderson Cooper?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Again, that would be so weird if he's related to Anderson. Scarlett Johansson, Derek Jeter, or I'm gonna say Scarlett Johansson.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yes, Scarlett Johansson.

[Announcer]

I should be your sidekick. We're going to the Vatican. Let's do this. I'm proving my worth.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

All right, the last one.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay, Bob.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Wow. I mean, two out of three, that's pretty good. And the last one. Bill Hader. Is Bill related to Martha Stewart, Kathryn Hahn, or Carol Burnett?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, my gosh. He would flip out if he's related to Carol Burnett. I'm just gonna risk it all. Carol Burnett.

[Announcer]

Carol Burnett. Got it.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Whoa.

[Announcer]

That's the best.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

You got it.

[Announcer]

That's the best.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I love it.

[Announcer]

Dr. Henley, Louis Gates, Jr. Finding youg Roots airs Tuesdays at 8pm on PBS and donate to PBS. More tonight's show after the break. Stick around, everybody.

[Antonio Kareem (performing)]

I'm kind of a big deal. I can feel ecstasy without popping a pill. On top of the world.

[Announcer]

Our next guest stars as Percy Jackson.

[Jimmy Fallon]

In Disney's Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The season two finale streams this Wednesday on Disney and Hulu. Please welcome Walker Scobell. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the show. I am such a fan of yours. I love Percy Jackson. You're fantastic. You're great in it.

[Walker Scobell]

Thank you. I'm a big fan of you, too. This is.

[Jimmy Fallon]

There's a lot of people here.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You don't have to speak into this microphone. You can just use.

[Antonio Kareem]

Oh, okay.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, you just talk regular.

[Antonio Kareem]

Yeah.

[Questlove]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I'm so happy you're here. You're in New York. You're doing everything you can while you're in New York. I know you went to SNL this past weekend.

[Walker Scobell]

Yeah, I did, I did. I made some. I have some. Made some good friends. Rihanna's a good buddy of mine now.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, my God.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Really?

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Is that right?

[Walker Scobell]

Yeah.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

She.

[Walker Scobell]

She smiled at me.

[Jimmy Fallon]

She did. She.

[Walker Scobell]

She did.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I want to wish you a happy birthday, too. You turned 17.

[Walker Scobell]

I did, yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, happy, happy 17th.

[ASAP Rocky]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's a big deal.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Thank you. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You get any good gifts?

[Walker Scobell]

Well, I got one. I got a lot of great gifts, but the one that I think sticks out is my friend T, who plays Thali on the show. She got me a patch of land in, like, the Scottish Highlands. So now, technically, I'm, like, legally a lord.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Wow.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Wow.

[Walker Scobell]

I can put that on, like, my driver's house.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I wanted to kneel in front of you, in your presence. Wait, she got you a piece of land?

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yeah.

[Walker Scobell]

It's like. It's like, oh, that About.

[Antonio Kareem]

It's about.

[Walker Scobell]

Yeah, it's about this big.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That big. Okay, well, that's. That still counts, Lord.

[Walker Scobell]

Oh, yeah, of course it does.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wow, that's a great gift. I want to be friends with her as well.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Has life changed since you've become a lord?

[Walker Scobell]

Well, the plan is Arion, who plays Grover on the show, he's going to get a patch of Millennium right next to mine and we're both going to be lords and then we're going to try to like have lord battles. Like, we're both gonna try to take over each other's kingdoms and like fights and stuff like that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

But you'll be standing this close to each other.

[Walker Scobell]

We'll be pretty close.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay. We're being pretty close. Yeah. Let's talk about Percy Jackson and the Olympians. You play Percy, who is a demigod. You are so good.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You are so great. The show is fantastic. It's well done. The writing, the direction, the. It's like little movies. They're not just shows. I mean, these are like movies that you're making right now. And our pal Lin Manuel Miranda's in it as well. Yeah, he's the best. How is he to work with?

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

I think.

[Walker Scobell]

You know what? In the nicest possible way. It's really hard because I can't not laugh when he, like, improvs or. I'm really bad at that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, it's difficult. I wouldn't know what that's like. I'm pretty professional, so I'm.

[Walker Scobell]

I also worked with Kate McKinnon recently.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Come on. These are heavy hitting.

[Walker Scobell]

Awesome. Yeah. And it was a similar thing. It was like, I just have to cover my face. Cause I just can't do it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No. She's unbelievable. She will make you cry. Ellie Crumple. Yeah. Were you fans of other sci fi shows growing up? That made you kind of like, oh, this is cool. I'm kind of in that world now.

[Walker Scobell]

I guess Stranger Things is the one that sticks out right now. Cause it just ended.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, me too. I'm big stranger. Who are you a fan of on that show?

[Walker Scobell]

Steve was always my favorite character. I always liked Steve and Dustin.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, Steve Harrington the best. And Dustin too funny.

[Walker Scobell]

Yeah, I was, I was. It was. You know, going into season five was big for me because I. I really wanted like Nancy and Steve to end up together. I don't know if that's like a hot take or anything.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I think three people with the same reaction. Everyone just like.

[Walker Scobell]

But you know what I mean? I rewatched it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Mm girls. We got the MM girls here tonight.

[Antonio Kareem]

Mm. Mm.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I think so too.

[Walker Scobell]

I'm coming around on Jonathan, though.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

I'm coming around.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, I love Jonathan too. I love their whole scene. And. No, I want Steve and Nancy.

[Walker Scobell]

I feel like that kind of has to. I don't know. In my mind, it's like it ends and then they immediately get back together after the show ends. That's. You know what I mean?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. You could make your own ending.

[Walker Scobell]

Exactly.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So you're a total stancy.

[Walker Scobell]

Stancy.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

I think.

[Antonio Kareem]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes. Your team stancy. All right, Team Stancy. All right, let's set up. Percy Jackson in the show. You do a lot of awesome stunts. I thought it'd be kind of fun if you could show me one here tonight. I have. Oh, I'm sorry.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

I have your. Oh, wow.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Sword.

[Walker Scobell]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And I have a sword for me. And I was just wondering if you could show me a little. Maybe a little fight scene and what we could. Let's do that.

[Walker Scobell]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Do you want to set the. Set the stage a little bit?

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Oh, wow.

[Walker Scobell]

Okay.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Ow.

[Jimmy Fallon]

All right, I'm gonna come at you pretty hard, so, uh. Oh, I'm not gonna joke around. This is like. I don't fool around. Oh, this is serious.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

This is serious.

[Jimmy Fallon]

This is too. When I have a plastic sword, it's go time. What are you looking at, you crazy dude?

[Announcer]

Walker Scobell, everybody. The season finale of Percy Jackson and the Olympians streams this Wednesday on Disney and Hulu. We'll be right back with stand up from Antonio Kareem. Stick around, everybody.

[Antonio Kareem (performing)]

The man in hand to pull the school and reach and teach the blind to find their way from A to Z Reach the most abroad so loud and proud to gain the rain and remain When I do that thing and the heat is on you feel the.

[Questlove]

Fire.

[Antonio Kareem (performing)]

The way that I burn I tell them. Yeah.

[Questlove]

True.

[Announcer]

Our next guest can be seen at.

[Jimmy Fallon]

The Comedy Store in Los Angeles January 31, making his tonight show debut. Please welcome the very funny Antonio Kareem.

[Antonio Kareem]

All right, all right. Don't embarrass me in front of the gym. How y' all doing? We good? Everybody good? That's good. I'm not doing good, man. I'm going through a breakup right now. Aw, thank you. I'm going through a breakup. It's weird. Anybody in long term relationships in here? Okay, long term for the fellas, real quick. If you a guy and you in a long term relationship, you've been with your lady for a long time. My only advice to you is. Just stay in it, dawg. Just stay in it. No matter how cool you think you are. You gonna be so creepy if you gotta come back to these street. Oh, you can't come back to these streets. I thought, it's happening to me right now. I didn't even know I could be creepy. I was cocky when my girl broke up with me, I was cocky. I was like, oh, you breaking up with me? We breaking up. Do you know who I am? Do you know you messed up? Cause all the girls about to be on me. Yeah. All the shorties about to be on me. All the girls about to be. But the thing is, they not. I'm creepy as ever right now, dawg. I was in my relationship for eight years.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, eight years.

[Antonio Kareem]

You don't come out of that with game. I don't got no game right now. I don't know what I'm doing. For three months, I just been in girls DMs, like, well, well, well, what do we. Creepy as ever, man. I've been talking to girls like I'm a Scooby Doo villain, dog for three months, just commenting on girls Instagram pictures. I'm like, zoinks, girl. It look crazy in Miami. I like being in relationships, but I'm terrible at them. Bad at relationships. I'm realizing it's not 100% my fault, though. I had terrible role models growing up. Anybody grew up in the hood in here, okay, not that many.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Actually.

[Antonio Kareem]

I kind of saw that. It's too much whimsy in here. Too much whimsy going on. I had terrible role models, man. Like, all the people I looked up to, all I heard from them growing up was that toxic stuff, you know? Like, all I heard growing up was stuff like, you know, these girls ain't loyal. You know, money over hoes. And it's crazy. Cause when your mom talking to you like that, man, you gotta do a deep dive.

[Announcer]

You like, yo, what?

[Antonio Kareem]

Why is my mom and Lil Wayne saying the same thing right now? This is not a healthy household. My mom was the most toxic dude I ever met. It's crazy. I'm immature when it comes to dating. That's my problem. I think I'm immature. I still do immature stuff, you know? Like, I still got a. I still have a type. Yeah, that's dumb. Shouldn't have a type as a man. Cause it's not based on anything real. It's not based on character or morals. It's just what's exciting to you, you know? Like, my type, right? Now is dumb. My type right now is witches. Yeah, Crystal girls. That's my favorite thing.

[Announcer]

Yeah, I love y'.

[Antonio Kareem]

All. Y' all fun. Y' all sexy. Y' all outside manifesting love manifesting. But that's just my type. I can't. I'm like. I can't settle down with a crystal girl. I'm sorry. I'm not talking mess, okay? If there's any crystal girls in here. I love y', all, okay? I love y'.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

All.

[Antonio Kareem]

I wish I could marry one of y'.

[Questlove]

All.

[Antonio Kareem]

Honestly, I do. But I can't. Cause the thing is, I just never seen one of y' all doing well in life. You know what I'm saying? It's like they got a crystal for everything but success. Like, which one of these crystals gon help you finish up this resume? You know, we can't both be unemployed. I'm trying to be better. I'm not trying to be toxic anymore. I'm going to therapy now. Going to therapy. I think I found a good therapist. Man, she old, She a black woman. Uh huh.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Yeah.

[Antonio Kareem]

This lady, she look like Harriet Tubman does. But I love her. She perfect. Cause if you don't know what that means, she old, she black. That means she don't give a damn about my feelings at all. She don't care about none of that. She get right to the core of the issue. She don't waste no time. You know, like, when I first met my therapist, she didn't even say hi to me or nothing. She ain't say nothing. I walked in and she looked at me and she was just like, mm, mm, mm. Look, sleeping with all these astrology girls not gonna bring your dad back. You right, Harriet. You're right. The amethyst ain't working no more. All right, I'm Antonio Kareem. Y' all have a good night. Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, well, well.

[Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.]

Look.

[Announcer]

Antonio Kareem. See him at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles. January 31st. My dance days. SAP, Rocky, Dr. Henry, Lewis Gates Jr. Walker Scobell, Antonio Perrine once again. And the Roots right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Good night, everybody. Thank you.

[Questlove]

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