{"id":829007,"date":"2026-11-09T11:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/829007\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T11:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:38:08","slug":"ariana-grande-robert-de-niro-perform-o-christmas-tree-on-fallon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/829007\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande, Robert De Niro Perform &#8216;O Christmas Tree&#8217; on &#8216;Fallon&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/ariana-grande\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ariana-grande\" data-tag=\"ariana-grande\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ariana Grande<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/ben-stiller\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ben-stiller\" data-tag=\"ben-stiller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Stiller<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/robert-de-niro\/\" id=\"auto-tag_robert-de-niro\" data-tag=\"robert-de-niro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert De Niro<\/a> appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-tonight-show\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-tonight-show\" data-tag=\"the-tonight-show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Tonight Show<\/a> to discuss collaborating on the upcoming comedy film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/focker-in-law-trailer-ariana-grande-ben-stiller-1235548071\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Focker In-Law<\/a>. The trio talked about making the sequel and took the opportunity to participate in a few skits and games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIt was very surreal,\u201d Grande said of joining the film franchise, adding that she had first met Stiller when he directed her in an orgy scene in Zoolander 2. \u201cSo right off the bat we had a comfortability,\u201d she quipped. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tGrande described her first scene with Stiller in Focker In-Law, which involved her giving him the Heimlich. She explained she expected to get to know each other first, but the actors were thrown straight into rehearsal. \u201cWe met the stunts team and they were amazing and they were like, \u2018Alright Ben, bend over. Ariana you\u2019ll get behind and just put your arms around him,&#8217;\u201d Grande recalled. \u201cMy mom was like, \u2018How was your first day honey?\u2019 I was like, \u2018Well, I gave Ben Stiller the Heimlich for a few hours.\u2019 It was crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAhead of their interview, De Niro, Stiller, and Grande interrupted Fallon\u2019s monologue to sing a rendition of \u201cO Christmas Tree.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe actors later joined Fallon for a game of \u201cTrue Confessions,\u201d which saw Grande convincing the group that she fell into a tank at the Boca Aquarium when she was four. <\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe trio participated in a skit dubbed \u201cSlow Clap Soap Opera,\u201d which dramatically parodied the slow clap. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFocker In-Law is in theaters on Thanksgiving. It stars Grande as Olivia Jones, and sees Stiller\u00a0and\u00a0Niro\u00a0reprising their roles as Greg Focker and Jack Byrnes, respectively.\u00a0Owen Wilson,\u00a0Blythe Danner,\u00a0and\u00a0Teri Polo\u00a0also return for the fourth installment of the franchise, with additional newcomers Beanie Feldstein and Skyler Gisondo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande, Ben Stiller, and Robert De Niro appeared on The Tonight Show to discuss collaborating on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2868,38182,6491,96,10202,61568,20578,10342,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-829007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ariana-grande","tag-ben-stiller","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-jimmy-fallon","tag-late-night-tv","tag-robert-de-niro","tag-the-tonight-show","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}