{"id":2072909,"date":"2025-10-06T18:35:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2072909"},"modified":"2025-10-06T18:35:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:35:55","slug":"jimmy-fallon-prepping-call-her-daddy-host-alex-cooper-to-be-his-the-tonight-show-successor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-fallon-prepping-call-her-daddy-host-alex-cooper-to-be-his-the-tonight-show-successor\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Fallon Prepping \u2018Call Her Daddy\u2019 Host Alex Cooper to Be His \u2018The Tonight Show\u2019 Successor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Jimmy Fallon<\/strong> has a huge soft spot towards <em>Call Her Daddy<\/em> host, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\/tag\/alex-cooper\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alex Cooper;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Alex Cooper<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 and according to a source, he\u2019s so impressed by her that he\u2019s willing to train her one day as his late night successor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty simple to see what\u2019s been going on with these two,\u201d the source tells <em>National Enquirer<\/em>. \u201cJimmy sees himself in her, specifically himself twenty years ago when he still had a lot to prove but had managed to establish himself on the national stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s also a striking departure from most of Jimmy\u2019s middle aged comedy hosting peers, who see Alex as a young upstart and are jealous of her success,\u201d the source explains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The source adds that the former <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> star, 51, sees Cooper, 31, as someone \u201cwho could eventually take over <em>The Tonight Show<\/em> or one of his other television properties while keeping the whole thing \u2018on-brand\u2019\u201d \u2014 something that\u2019s important to Fallon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency \/ MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAlex fits in Jimmy\u2019s brand perfectly, and there\u2019s just a ton of common ground there. They\u2019re cut from the exact same cloth,\u201d the source continues. \u201cThey both have East Coast roots, they\u2019re both naturally and effortlessly funny, and they both have the work hard-play hard philosophy that Jimmy credits a lot of his success to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fallon is \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/jimmy-fallon-night-fate-revealed-145915928.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:thinking about his legacy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">thinking about his legacy<\/a>,\u201d says the source, \u201cand with his mentoring of Alex, he\u2019s really thinking long term and not indulging in the doom-and-gloom pessimism that is gripping the rest of the late night TV space. Jimmy has seen the future, and that future is Alex Cooper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s not just Fallon who noticed Cooper\u2019s potential \u2014 as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/siriusxm-betting-house-call-her-132424535.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:National Enquirer previously reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><em>National Enquirer<\/em> previously reported<\/a>, insiders believe Cooper is SiriusXM\u2019s favorite media darling, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Fallon has a huge soft spot towards Call Her Daddy host, Alex Cooper \u2014 and according to a source, he\u2019s so impressed by her that he\u2019s willing to train her one day as his late night successor. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty simple to see what\u2019s been going on with these two,\u201d the source tells National Enquirer. 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