Greg Gutfeld reveals wild first encounter with Jimmy Fallon on ‘Tonight Present’

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Fox Information' Greg Gutfeld revealed how he first met fellow late-night host Jimmy Fallon throughout his Thursday look on NBC's "The Tonight Present."

After giving Fallon a heat embrace, Gutfeld quipped that it "introduced again recollections."

"That is hilarious – we have met earlier than," Fallon started.

"Sure, you haven't any reminiscence of it," Gutfeld responded. "Which is comprehensible, as a result of we have been wasted."

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Fox Information host Greg Gutfeld revealed how he and Jimmy Fallon first met throughout his look on "The Tonight Present." (Todd Owyoung/NBC by way of Getty Pictures)

The "Gutfeld!" host mentioned their encounter occurred at an "unlawful speakeasy" in Hell's Kitchen roughly 15 years in the past owned by their mutual good friend Tracy, saying the within appeared "like a spot the place particular ops forces waterboard terrorists."

"You are not making this up. I completely know what you are speaking about," Fallon interjected as his reminiscence was coming again to him. "I believe I keep in mind bringing beer into the bar, after which him charging me for my very own beer."

"That is Tracy. He is very low cost, however in order for you someone useless, he'll do it," Gutfeld joked.

Gutfeld then mentioned he and Fallon noticed one another, and the latter's eyes lit up.

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Gutfeld made his broadcast late-night debut on Thursday's "Tonight Present" on NBC. (Todd Owyoung/NBC by way of Getty Pictures)

"And also you run in the direction of me, and also you deal with me, such as you're an enormous golden retriever," Gutfeld recalled. "You are like on high of me. And so we're wrestling. We're wrestling. And then you definitely change, and also you begin wrestling my buddy Andy, and also you're wrestling him. And also you guys get on the bottom. You guys at the moment are on the bottom wrestling."

"What?!" Fallon reacted in disbelief.

"Sure," Gutfeld advised him. "So I pull out a cigarette. I gentle a cigarette, and I am smoking it, and also you cease, and also you come over to me, and also you seize it, and also you crinkle it, and also you go, ‘These items will kill you!’ and also you threw it. After which I am going, ‘Dude, I’m not wealthy. You are wealthy.' Cigarettes are costly in New York Metropolis. I yell, and swiftly, your face modified, and also you appeared unhappy, and then you definitely left."

However, Gutfeld revealed, Fallon returned with a contemporary pack simply 5 minutes later and handed it to his future visitor.

"I am going, ‘That was actually candy. You need me to die,'" Gutfeld mentioned, as Fallon and the viewers laughed.

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Greg Gutfeld gestures throughout a narrative on "The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon" Thursday evening. (Todd Owyoung/NBC by way of Getty Pictures)

"I am sorry I tackled you," Fallon mentioned later with a smile.

"It was all very good-natured, and it was an incredible reminiscence," Gutfeld advised the NBC host. "And I am so glad I lastly acquired to let you know!"

"I am so blissful," Fallon replied. "That is a real story… I keep in mind. All the small print you mentioned are appropriate."

Gutfeld and Fallon additionally mentioned his FOX Nation recreation present, "What Did I Miss?" , the place contestants who've been remoted for months attempt to choose actual information from faux information, in addition to Gutfeld's winding path to his top-rated internet hosting gigs on "Gutfeld!" and "The 5."

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Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox Information Digital. Story suggestions will be despatched to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.