--- description: It's not too bad title: Watch Jimmy Fallon's Mitt Romney Impression on 'The Tonight Show' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Jimmy Fallon's Mitt Romney Impression on _The Tonight Show_ by [Alex Heigl / People](/author/people/) ## Alex Heigl / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 26, 2015 2:48 PM CUT by [Alex Heigl / People](/author/people/) ## Alex Heigl / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 26, 2015 2:48 PM CUT When you think of _Saturday Night Live_ alumni doing impressions of GOP candidates, [Jimmy Fallon](http://www.people.com/article/ben-stiller-emotional-interview-jimmy-fallon "undefined") typically isn’t [the first name](http://www.people.com/article/sarah-palin-tina-fey-snl-40th-anniversary "undefined") that comes to mind. But the _Tonight Show_ host turned in a passable impression of [Mitt Romney](http://www.people.com/article/mitt-romney-not-running-for-president-in-2016 "undefined") Wednesday night when the former presidential candidate appeared on Fallon’s show. The segment’s conceit is a loose one. Romney, 68, is psyching himself up in the mirror before his interview, and Fallon is playing his reflection. Fallon has fun with some of Romney’s mannerisms, including his oddly intoned laugh, and Romney proves a great sport throughout. Later on, during the actual interview, Romney revealed some details on his upcoming charity boxing match with Evander Holyfield (“It’s gonna be a very quick bout,” Romney joked). Aside from discussing the charity that the fight will benefit, he showed a clip of his 2-year-old grandson Winston “training” him for the fight. Taking on Holyfield might be kind of easy after standing up to that kind of abuse. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/mitt-romney-tonight-show-evander-holyfield "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3759614/fallon-romney-impression/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3759614/fallon-romney-impression/"},"headline":"Watch Jimmy Fallon's Mitt Romney Impression on The Tonight Show","datePublished":"2015-03-26T14:48:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:03.743Z","description":"It's not too bad","url":"https://time.com/3759614/fallon-romney-impression/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","viral","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Heigl / People"}],"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/3759614/fallon-romney-impression/","name":"Watch Jimmy Fallon's Mitt Romney Impression on The Tonight Show"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Year in Space: The Mission","description":"On March 28, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly begins a historic year in Space. Time follows Kelly and his twin brother, Mark, as they work the test the boundaries of long-term space travel.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/gEqrnCPI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-24T14:30:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/gEqrnCPI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3759614/fallon-romney-impression/","duration":"PT3M59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3759614/fallon-romney-impression/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```