Ariana Grande has made a rare return to television, crashing Jimmy Fallon’s opening monologue on The Tonight Show on Sunday, 8 November 2026, alongside her Focker-in-Law costars Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller.
The appearance comes after months away from the spotlight on an indefinite career hiatus since September, and Grande made it count — the three stars joined Fallon to sing “O Christmas Tree”, with Grande taking lead vocals and Stiller and De Niro joining in. De Niro’s vocals were dubbed at the end, according to Just Jared.
It was a rare Sunday episode of the show, airing after NBC’s Sunday Night Football between the Buccaneers and the Bears. The stars also played “True Confessions” and set up a dinner-table scene from the film in which Grande gives Stiller the Heimlich maneuver.
Focker-in-Law is the fourth film in the Meet the Parents franchise, written and directed by John Hamburg, and it opens in theatres on 25 November 2026. Grande also debuted a new bob haircut on the appearance.
For a star who has been deliberately out of the public eye for months, the exuberant Tonight Show visit was a clear signal that her break is over — and that the Focker-in-Law promotional run is under way in earnest.
The film brings back De Niro and Stiller alongside Grande in a new chapter of the long-running comedy series, and the late-night appearance gave audiences their first real taste of the trio’s chemistry together.
It has been a big week for Netflix and film, from Black Doves Season 2 arriving with a 100 per cent Rotten Tomatoes score to Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass hitting Netflix. Focker-in-Law opens in theatres on 25 November.
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