The top-rated “Gutfeld!” host made a late-night crossover appearance on the iconic program, where Fallon noted that Gutfeld’s mother Jackie served as a “senior correspondent” when he hosted the Fox News show “Red Eye.”<\/p>\n
“You know what her job was? Her job was to watch Fox News<\/a>,” Gutfeld said. “She would watch Fox News and tell me what was going on during the day.”<\/p>\n He added that his mother was so popular with his friends growing up that he would sometimes come to his house and see his friends already there.<\/p>\n GREG GUTFELD SHARES HILARIOUS STORY ON HOW HE FIRST MET JIMMY FALLON DURING ‘TONIGHT SHOW’ APPEARANCE<\/a><\/p>\n “They’d be in the backyard with my mom,” Gutfeld said.<\/p>\n “I had that too. My friends loved my parents,” Fallon said.<\/p>\n “They dumped me for my mom. So I realized at that point that she was good. She was no BS, and she was a supporter of everything I did, which is like your mom,” Gutfeld said, referring to Fallon’s late mother Gloria.<\/p>\n Gutfeld noted his mother, who passed away in 2014, saw his success on “Red Eye” and then “The Five,” which is now cable news’ top-rated show<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n JAY LENO CRITICIZES MODERN LATE-NIGHT COMEDY FOR ALIENATING HALF THE AUDIENCE WITH PARTISAN POLITICS<\/a><\/p>\n Fox News host Greg Gutfeld gestures during an interview with “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, August 7, 2025. (Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n “She didn’t see me for the rest of the stuff, but that’s probably well and good,” Gutfeld quipped.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fallon said having a supportive mother meant a lot and was no doubt proud of her son’s success. Fallon memorably paid tribute<\/a> to his mother Gloria on “The Tonight Show” when she passed away in 2017.<\/p>\n![\"Jimmy](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1200\/675\/gutfeld1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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