Jimmy Fallon Does 'Empire' Skit on 'Tonight Show,' Gives 'Jimpire' to Donald Trump [Watch]
Jimmy Fallon shot an "Empire" skit on Tuesday in which he parodied Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) as the owner of "Jimpire."
In the segment, Steve Higgins from "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" parodied Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson). Higgins, who was "out" on hiatus, returned to claim "Higgy's" 50 percent of the talk show.
"What about me?" Higgins screamed at Fallon. "I'm the first voice you hear when you come out of that curtain every night."
As in "Empire," Fallon completed the skit with a battle between three heirs. Fallon's heir, however, would take over the Jimpire and tell jokes, should the host stub his toe in a future accident. Higgy even lifted up his mink coat to show Fallon his derriere in lingerie, just as the diva Cookie did in an "Empire" scene.
"I need to see which one of you got what it takes to tell jokes on the show," Fallon said to a fake Jamal Lyon (Jussie Smollett) and Hakeem Lyon (Bryshere Y. Gray).
The real Cookie stormed in at the end of the meeting, calling Higgy a "wannabe Cookie." She then threw a drink in his face and beat him up, replaying the scene in which she and Anika (Grace Gealey) got into a fist fight on "Empire" Season 1.
In the end, Fallon gave his talk show to neither of them, instead giving it to GOP hopeful Donald Trump.
"I decided that my legacy could only be entrusted in one person. Ladies and Gentleman, I give you the true heir to the 'Late Night Show,'" he said, introducing the billionaire.
"I'm back Boo Boo Kitty. I'm back," Trump said.
In early September, Fallon did a skit with Donald Trump where the host played the billionaire's reflection in a mirror as he interviewed himself.
"How are you going to create jobs in this country?" Fallon asked. "I'm just going to just do it," Trump answered, joking that he would elect Kanye West as his vice president.
Tune in to Fox on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EDT to catch all new episodes of "Empire." Check out a YouTube video of the parody below.
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