{"id":268635,"date":"2026-01-28T16:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/268635\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:40:25","slug":"jimmy-fallon-uses-steamy-gay-drama-to-mock-trumps-falling-popularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/268635\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Fallon Uses Steamy Gay Drama To Mock Trump&#8217;s Falling Popularity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entertainment\/topic\/jimmy-fallon\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Jimmy Fallon\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6979e2bde4b0b19ebcab3099\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/entertainment\/topic\/jimmy-fallon\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jimmy Fallon<\/a> on Tuesday made a saucy comparison to spotlight President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Donald Trump\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6979e2bde4b0b19ebcab3099\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/news\/topic\/donald-trump\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s falling popularity for his immigration crackdown. (Watch the video below.)<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entertainment\/topic\/the-tonight-show\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Tonight Show\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6979e2bde4b0b19ebcab3099\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/entertainment\/topic\/the-tonight-show\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tonight Show<\/a>\u201d host pointed to a Reuters\/Ipsos poll indicating that his approval rating on that front <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trumps-immigration-approval-drops-record-low-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2026-01-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"sank to 39%\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6979e2bde4b0b19ebcab3099\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trumps-immigration-approval-drops-record-low-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2026-01-26\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sank to 39%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not saying it\u2019s bad but \u2018Heated Rivalry\u2019 has a higher approval rating at the Vatican,\u201d Fallon joked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/heated-rivalry\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Heated Rivalry\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6979e2bde4b0b19ebcab3099\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/heated-rivalry\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Heated Rivalry<\/a>,\u201d a hit streamer on HBO Max, features two pro hockey players steaming up the screen in a gay romance.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward to 1:32 for the zinger:<\/p>\n<p>Trump has appeared to back down a bit as the outrage grew in Minneapolis after the second dubious shooting death of a protester by federal officers. Trump said this week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/trump-homan-minneapolis_n_6977c61de4b01cc3c1ad72c3\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"he was sending White House border czar Tom Homan\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6979e2bde4b0b19ebcab3099\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"6977c61de4b01cc3c1ad72c3\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he was sending White House border czar Tom Homan<\/a> to the city to oversee Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents, whom the president deployed to round up migrants. Trump also noted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/border-patrol-greg-bovino-agents-expected-leave_n_6977e0bbe4b09961fe714d95\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"productive phone calls\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6979e2bde4b0b19ebcab3099\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"6977e0bbe4b09961fe714d95\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">productive phone calls<\/a> with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday made a saucy comparison to spotlight President Donald Trump\u2019s falling popularity for his immigration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[131908,969,93,105687,61,60,3721,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-268635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-approval-rating","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-heated-rivalry","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-jimmy-fallon","15":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}