Consider this the hair tussle felt around the world. The Tonight Show‘s Jimmy Fallon asked Donald Trump if he could play with his hair. The billionaire agreed, and liberals lost their damn minds.
The late night host said he wanted to play with Trump’s hair because, in a few months, Trump might be the president of the United States, and he wouldn’t be able to do it then.
“Can I mess your hair up?” Fallon asked.
“The answer is yes, but the people in New Hampshire, where I’m going to be an hour from now… I hope they understand. Go ahead, with my hairspray,” Trump responded.
Fallon’s antics got a huge reception from The Tonight Show‘s live audience, but liberals at home were horrified that the comedian didn’t attack Trump.
Awww Jimmy Fallon ruffled Trump’s hair and then goofed around with him for ten minutes. What a funny, adorable response to fascism!
— Birdy (@palebirdy) September 16, 2016
Jimmy Fallon: Don’t put Trump on TV & treat him like a buddy & muss his hair. It humanizes a monster. Stop it.
— Tim O’Donnell (@TimODee16) September 16, 2016
Jimmy Fallon’s brand is “Everything is Awesome!” which is great until “everything” turns out to include the rise of xenophobic fascism
— Arthur Chu (@arthur_affect) September 16, 2016
Jimmy Fallon inviting Trump on is part of the normalizing of hate. Should be ashamed of himself. Lost all respect from me.
— Mike Signorile (@MSignorile) September 16, 2016
Jimmy Fallon blew it tonight. Late night comedians used be the court jesters of culture. Humanizing a xenophobe is not okay. #FallonTonight
— Ateeya Manzoor (@Ateeya) September 16, 2016
In his defense, Jimmy Fallon just pulled in a 35 share among white supremacists 18-49.
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) September 16, 2016
Was Jimmy Fallon supposed to do a hard-hitting interview? Of course not. Was he supposed to shower a racist with love? No. Not that, either.
— Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) September 16, 2016
I had no idea this many people previously respected Jimmy Fallon.
— Jenny Trout (@Jenny_Trout) September 16, 2016
