Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, and Ariana Grande crashed Jimmy Fallon’s opening monologue on The Tonight Show on Sunday night, November 8, 2026, to sing a festive holiday tune, according to Just Jared.
Rockefeller Center Holiday Kickoff
Jimmy Fallon introduced the arrival of the holiday season during his opening remarks on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. And finally, the Rockefeller tree has arrived at Rockefeller Center and it’s very exciting.
The holidays are coming, the spirit’s here.
The three actors then walked onto the stage to perform a rendition of O Christmas Tree,
though Just Jared reported that De Niro’s vocals at the end of the song were dubbed. The late-night broadcast also featured a musical performance by Lil Baby, as detailed by Headline Planet.
The post-Sunday Night Football episode marked the latest installment of the program, airing after the conclusion of the Bucs-Bears game and local news in most markets. The appearance by Stiller, De Niro, and Grande also coincided with celebrations surrounding the arrival of the 2026 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
Focker-In-Law Cast Interviews
Yahoo noted that the film features Stiller reprising his role as Greg Focker and De Niro returning as Jack Byrnes, alongside Grande playing Olivia Jones, the girlfriend of Greg’s son Henry. Written and directed by John Hamburg—who also co-wrote the first three films in the franchise—the fourth installment brings back Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, and Teri Polo, while welcoming newcomers Beanie Feldstein and Skyler Gisondo alongside Grande.
During their conversation with Fallon, the cast discussed filming together and played a game of True Confessions,
Just Jared reported, where participants read statements about their lives while others tried to guess the truth. My mom was like,
Grande said. The singer-actress also noted that she had previously met Stiller when he directed her in an orgy scene in Zoolander 2.How was your first day honey?
I was like, Well, I gave Ben Stiller the Heimlich for a few hours,
During the interview, the group discussed a dinner table scene from the movie where Grande gives Stiller the Heimlich maneuver and a piece of steak flies out of his mouth directly into De Niro’s mouth, a moment highlighted in the film’s trailer. Additionally, Stiller, Grande, and De Niro participated in a fictional soap opera skit titled My Family’s Money
featuring a dramatic slow clap.
Musical Nerves on Set
Ben Stiller admitted to feeling uneasy about a specific musical sequence in the movie where he sings John Legend’s All of Me
to De Niro’s character while Grande watched.
That was fun and weird because in the movie I’m singing to Bob (De Niro) and, you know, that’s its own thing. But also having Ariana there, in the scene watching me sing, or try to sing, was another level to it,
Stiller said, according to Yahoo.
Grande offered reassurance during the interview segment. You sound beautiful,
she insisted, prompting Stiller to thank her for being supportive, Yahoo reported. Stiller thanked her by telling her she was incredibly supportive, very nice, and a super positive person whom he truly appreciated. De Niro also offered his thoughts on the sequence, announcing that he was happy and felt the scene turned out perfectly.
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