Fallon Calls Zuckerberg Out for Viral Birthday Performance: ‘You’re a Billionaire, Just Hire Benson Boone!’ | Video

“That looks like something I would do,” the “Tonight Show” host jokes

Jimmy Fallon stands in front of a blue curtain on the March 3, 2025 edition of "The Tonight Show."
"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" (NBC)

“The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon took issue with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg‘s decision to dress up as “Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else” singer Benson Boone for his wife’s 40th birthday party during his Monday monologue.

Zuckerberg posted a video Saturday from the party on his Instagram. In it, he can be seen dancing and singing onstage in front of his wife, Priscilla Chan, whilst wearing a replica of the light blue jumpsuit Boone wore during his recent, breakout Grammys performance. “Your wife only turns 40 once!” Zuckerberg captioned the post. “Shoutout to [Boone] for the jumpsuit and new single.”

Reacting to the video, Fallon paused for a moment of stunned silence before joking, “Benson Boone was like, ‘Untag me in that.’” The NBC comedian then added, “Mark Zuckerberg, come on. You’re a billionaire, just hire Benson Boone!”

Fallon, who is no stranger to imitating famous musicians, further noted, “That looks like something I would do!”

Fallon isn’t the only person who has joked about Zuckerberg’s Boone-inspired stunt. The Facebook founder’s Instagram video went viral after he posted it, and social media users didn’t hold back online. One X user wrote, “Exhibit A in the case for not being able to buy cool. Mark Zuckerberg remains one of the most cringe humans alive.”

In his wide-ranging monologue, Fallon also took shots at President Trump, two-time Best Actor winner Adrien Brody and even Hulu for its Oscars livestream glitch. Discussing Trump’s Saturday executive order declaring English the official language of the United States, Fallon joked, “Yup, Trump made English our official language. Then he was asked about bringing down the price of eggs, and he was like, ‘No hablo Inglés.’”

The longtime “Tonight Show” host also made a few cracks about “The Brutalist” star’s record-breaking acceptance speech Sunday night. “‘Anora’ director Sean Baker became the first filmmaker to win four Oscars for the same movie,” Fallon observed. “That’s right. He made four acceptance speeches and still talked less than Adrien Brody.”

You can watch Fallon’s full “Tonight Show” monologue in the video, above.

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