Hillary and Trump have already shown their funny side on his show, so it was perhaps only a matter of time before Ted Cruz sat down to do a skit with Jimmy Fallon.
Appearing on The Tonight Show, Cruz took part in a mock phone call with his Republican rival ‘Donald Trump’ – who was actually played by Fallon in a wig.
The Texas senator poked fun at his notorious ‘New York values’ comment, saying he actually meant he ‘valued New York’ – but was saying it backwards, ‘like Yoda would say it’.
Ted Cruz mocks his infamous ‘New York values’ comment during phone call with ‘Donald Trump’ on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
‘When I said “New York Values” I was saying I value New York’
- Ted Cruz appeared during skit on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
- Mocked his own ‘New York values’ comment saying he was ‘speaking like Yoda’ and meant to say he ‘valued New York’
- Pair also poked fun at Trump’s insecurity over his hands, with Fallon saying: ‘I’m the bigger man with the bigger hands, and the bigger….’
- Cruz’s skit comes after Trump and Hillary also appeared on the show
Cruz also told ‘Trump’ that he was watching his favorite movie Princess Bride, that he mentioned during a CNN family town hall this week, for the ‘843rd time’.
Cruz is not the first Republican candidate to appear on the show after Trump stopped by the studio and even faced off in a mirror with Fallon’s impression of himAt the start of the sketch, ‘Trump’ calls Cruz in order to discuss Thursday night’s Democratic Debate in Brooklyn, and attack the performance of Hillary Clinton.
Fallon, reviving the Trump impression that he once did alongside The Donald, accuses Clinton of ‘going back and forth’ on key issues, comparing it to her trying to use a Metrocard on the subway.
n an attempt to polish her ‘everyman’ image, Clinton rode two stops on the subway earlier this week but took five swipes to get through the Metrocard reader, an incident also mocked by Kate McKinnon on Saturday Night Live.
‘Trump’ then offers to help prepare Cruz for his appearance on the Tonight Show, which he admits is ‘very generous’, adding ‘I appreciate you being the bigger man’.
‘Trump’ replies: ‘Oh I’m the bigger man with the bigger hands, and the bigger….You can’t see me but I am pointing at my Trump Tower.’
‘I’m really glad not to be on FaceTime right now,’ Cruz responds.
Cruz is not the first Republican candidate to appear on the show after Trump stopped by the studio and even faced off in a mirror with Fallon’s impression of him
Getting on to the subject of New York, Cruz is challenged over his comment during the South Carolina debate in January when he accused the actual Trump if having ‘New York values’.
Cruz tells the fake Trump: ‘Look, Donald, I’m not going to pander to New Yorkers. I love New York City.
‘It is the greatest city in the world with the best looking audiences in the world, so when I said “New York Values,” I was merely trying to say that I value New York – except I was saying it backwards the way Yoda would say it.’
Trump shoots back: ‘I love Yoda – I watch her every morning with Kathie Lee [Gifford],’ confusing the Today host Hoda Kotb, with the Star Wars Jedi master.
Cruz is expected to be clobbered by Trump in Tuesday’s New York primary, thanks in no small part to his ‘New York values’ comment.
The Donald, a native of the city who occupies the penthouse of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, is leading Cruz by 35 points in the latest polls.
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