Jimmy Fallon pushes back against criticism that he's too easy on guests

Comedian Jimmy Fallon is well-loved for a few reasons: his utter inability to keep a straight face, his epic lip sync battles, and his knack for churning out viral videos. But grilling politicians is decidedly not among his strengths, something made abundantly clear when he lobbed softball questions at Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on The Tonight Show in September.

In an interview with Sirius XM's Bill Carter, Fallon challenged the notion that he should be hard on his guests:

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.