--- title: Danny DeVito on Robert De Niro Tonight Show VIDEO description: Turns out celebrities have embarrassing moms, too canonical: https://time.com/4651739/danny-devito-on-jimmy-fallon/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-27T17:52:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:31.916Z og:title: Danny DeVito Saw Jimmy Fallon’s Mom Interrupt Robert De Niro og:description: Such a classic mom move og:url: https://time.com/4651739/danny-devito-on-jimmy-fallon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Danny DeVito Saw Jimmy Fallon’s Mom Interrupt Robert De Niro twitter:description: Such a classic mom move twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Danny DeVito Was There When Jimmy Fallon’s Mom Dared to Interrupt Robert De Niro by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 27, 2017 5:52 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 27, 2017 5:52 PM UTC One of [Robert De Niro’s](http://time.com/4324305/jimmy-fallon-and-jodi-foster-joke-robert-deniro/?iid=sr-link4) most famous lines came in the film _Taxi Driver_, where he uttered the words: “You talking to me?” It was a fearsome performance that made most people in the audience slightly scared of upsetting the actor. “You don’t want Bob to have a chip on his shoulder,” [Danny Devito](http://time.com/3584415/danny-devito-best-roles-movies/?iid=sr-link1) said when he stopped by _The Tonight Show_ on Thursday. Jimmy Fallon’s mom apparently didn’t get the memo. DeVito, who co-stars with [DeNiro](http://time.com/4636913/robert-de-niro-on-inauguration-boycott/?iid=sr-link6) in the film _The Comedian,_ and recounted a delightful tale of witnessing Fallon’s mom interrupt De Niro on Broadway. The story began when Fallon and his mom went to go see De Niro star in a play. At some point, during a very quiet scene, Fallon’s mom began unwrapping candy. When DeVito started to tell the story, Fallon was confused. “Wait, you heard that?” he asked. “Everybody heard it!” yelled DeVito, at which point Fallon crumpled on his desk in humiliation. Turns out that celebrities have embarrassing moms, too. Of course, this is not the first time that Fallon has [embarrassed himself in front of De Niro.](http://time.com/4462648/robert-de-niro-jimmy-fallon-impression/?iid=sr-link1) Still, when DeVito takes his own turn on Broadway in _The Price_, he will know who to blame if he hears candy being unwrapped during the show. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4651739/danny-devito-on-jimmy-fallon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4651739/danny-devito-on-jimmy-fallon/"},"headline":"Danny DeVito Was There When Jimmy Fallon’s Mom Dared to Interrupt Robert De Niro","datePublished":"2017-01-27T17:52:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:31.916Z","description":"Celebrities have embarrassing moms, too","url":"https://time.com/4651739/danny-devito-on-jimmy-fallon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","jimmy fallon","The Tonight Show","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4651739/danny-devito-on-jimmy-fallon/","name":"Danny DeVito Was There When Jimmy Fallon’s Mom Dared to Interrupt Robert De Niro"}}]}] ```