--- ---  # Try Not to Cry Watching Michelle Obama Surprise Her Biggest Fans on _The Tonight Show_ by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Jan 12, 2017 8:38 AM UTC  Host Jimmy Fallon and First Lady Michelle Obama surprise a guest during the "Thank You First Lady Michelle Obama" segment on Jan. 11, 2017. Host Jimmy Fallon and First Lady Michelle Obama surprise a guest during the "Thank You First Lady Michelle Obama" segment on Jan. 11, 2017.Andrew Lipovsky—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Jan 12, 2017 8:38 AM UTC In just over a week, the Obama family will move out of the White House. Michelle Obama will no longer [be First Lady](http://time.com/4625695/michelle-obama-final-first-lady-speech-livestream/). There are, not surprisingly, quite a few people rather cut up about this. Enter Jimmy Fallon, who hosted the First Lady on _The Tonight Show_ on Wednesday. The _pièce de résistance_ of her visit was a rare break from comedy — instead, Fallon solicited Americans to record farewell greetings to Obama, only then to have the First Lady herself interrupt them on set. “Yesterday I was eating pizza bites in my bed and today I’m meeting the First Lady!” one participant said when Obama appeared from behind the curtain. There were not a lot of dry eyes. Watch the clip above. The Tonight Show: Michelle Obama Surprises Her Biggest Fans ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4632607/michelle-obama-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4632607/michelle-obama-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon/"},"headline":"Try Not to Cry Watching Michelle Obama Surprise Her Biggest Fans on The Tonight Show","datePublished":"2017-01-12T08:38:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:22.342Z","description":"A lot of people are sad to see her go","url":"https://time.com/4632607/michelle-obama-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon/","keywords":["motto","Television","Michelle Obama","The Tonight Show"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltabba420f741009a0/6988b544656a3fe0ddbce5d7/gettyimages-631508082.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltabba420f741009a0/6988b544656a3fe0ddbce5d7/gettyimages-631508082.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 4","caption":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 4","creditText":"Andrew Lipovsky—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4632607/michelle-obama-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon/","name":"Try Not to Cry Watching Michelle Obama Surprise Her Biggest Fans on The Tonight Show"}}]}] ```