--- title: Suicide Squad: Jared Leto Brought Jimmy Fallon a Pet Snake description: The Joker from 'Suicide Squad' is a terrible gift giver canonical: https://time.com/4435183/suicide-squad-jared-leto-jimmy-fallon/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-02T15:21:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:59.776Z og:title: Jared Leto Brought Jimmy Fallon a Pet Snake From the Joker og:description: The 'Suicide Squad' villain is a terrible gift giver og:url: https://time.com/4435183/suicide-squad-jared-leto-jimmy-fallon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79d5aec27a36ef51/6988a0c9cf40a80e2dc444fe/jared-leto-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 3 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jared Leto Brought Jimmy Fallon a Pet Snake From the Joker twitter:description: The 'Suicide Squad' villain is a terrible gift giver twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79d5aec27a36ef51/6988a0c9cf40a80e2dc444fe/jared-leto-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Of Course Jared Leto Brought Jimmy Fallon a Pet Snake From the Joker > Sponsored content. 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Actor Jared Leto during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on Aug. 1, 2016. Andrew Lipovsky—NBC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 2, 2016 3:21 PM UTC As anyone who has ever read a [_Batman_](http://time.com/4420573/justice-league-superman-dead-batman/) comic can tell you, [the Joker](http://time.com/4417715/the-joker-suicide-squad-teaser-jared-leto/) has a terrible sense of humor. So [Jimmy Fallon](http://time.com/4414784/watch-jimmy-fallon-hilariously-mock-donald-trumps-convention-speech/) was wise to be very, very suspicious when the Joker sent him a present. Jared Leto, who plays the character in _Suicide Squad_ and reportedly went [very deep](http://time.com/4427272/a-brief-history-of-things-modern-neanderthal-jared-leto-has-done-to-get-in-character/?iid=sr-link4) into the role, brought the gift with him when he stopped by _The Tonight Show_ on Monday night. Previously, Leto as the Joker [gave](http://time.com/4420595/suicide-squad-will-smith-jared-leto/?iid=sr-link5) his _Suicide Squad_ co-star Will Smith a box of bullets, while Margot Robbie got a love letter and a live rat. So Fallon was very cautious about opening the black box. Inside was what looked like a tiny garter snake. 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