--- title: Villanova Piccolo Player Tells Jimmy Fallon Why She Was Crying: Video description: Crying Villanova piccolo player tells Jimmy Fallon why she was sobbing at the March Madness game against NC State canonical: https://time.com/3756035/villanova-piccolo-girl-the-roots-jimmy-fallon/ author: Olivia B. 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With Jimmy Fallon [Watch (HLS stream): Late-Night Highlight: Michelle Obama Does 'Ew!' With Jimmy Fallon](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6b08MrLm.m3u8) (0:54)  _Published 2014-02-21. The First Lady joined Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell for some 'Ew!' talk, and she even brought chips. Well, kale chips._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 24, 2015 3:45 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 24, 2015 3:45 PM UTC On _The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_ Monday night, the late-night host interviewed the young woman who became a meme over the weekend when a Jumbotron caught her crying while playing the piccolo after NC State defeated Villanova in the March Madness tournament. “My dad was at the game, and I didn’t want him to see me crying, but then it turned into, like, everyone saw me crying,” Roxanne Chalifoux said, prompting Fallon to burst out laughing. But the point of the segment was not only to laugh at Chalifoux, but also to let her play the piccolo with the Roots and give her a goodie bag of ice cream for her dorm and two tickets to Taylor Swift’s world tour (which Fallon claimed was a gift from the pop star herself). ## Transcript >> For your Late- Night Highlight, First Lady Michelle Obama stopped by The Tonight Show Thursday and her appearance was just so EW! >> I think exercise is ew! >> Exercise is not ew! >> Dancing is exercise? >> Sure. >> Ew! Dance party! >> Yes, float is joined Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell for Fallon's famous " Ew !" sketch to promote her Let's Move! Campaign. She even offered the guys, we mean girls, some kale chips as an alternative to potato chips, so " ew !" Obama also talked The Affordable Care Act and gave updates on her daughters. Malia turns 16 this summer. You can check out more of the interview and more " Ew !" on The Tonight's Show website. Thanks for watching. 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