--- description: James Corden doesn't agree with those who criticized Jimmy Fallon for tousling President Donald Trump's hair. title: James Corden Is Defending Jimmy Fallon's Trump Interview image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6d0186269503fea/6988adde0b72e3d1e56ebb0c/trump-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # James Corden Says the Criticism of Jimmy Fallon's Trump Interview Was 'Really Unfair'  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 23, 2017 5:05 PM CUT  Donald Trump during an interview with Jimmy Fallon on Sept. 15, 2016. Donald Trump during an interview with Jimmy Fallon on Sept. 15, 2016.NBC/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 23, 2017 5:05 PM CUT [James Corden](http://time.com/4710747/james-corden-london-attacks/ "undefined") doesn’t agree with those who criticized Jimmy Fallon for [tousling President Donald Trump’s hair](http://time.com/4496425/donald-trump-hair-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show/ "undefined") during his [September interview](http://time.com/4032423/donald-trump-jimmy-fallon/ "undefined") on _The Tonight Show_. While speaking at PaleyFest Wednesday, the _Late, Late Show_ host came to the defense of his fellow late night pundit, asserting that he felt many were too quick to judge Fallon. “There was the thing that happened with Jimmy Fallon and he got quite a lot of criticism,” he said, according to [_Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/james-corden-jimmy-fallon-donald-trump "undefined"). “I felt that was really unfair because I don’t think anyone asked him the right questions.” Corden went on to reveal that he would have played a game with Trump if the then-candidate had appeared on his show during the election cycle. “The game I wanted to play if he came on the show was called ‘Stand By It or Take It Back,'” he explained. “I would read Donald Trump things that he had said on the campaign trail. I would say, \[he’d\] have two paddles, you can stand by it or take it back. If you take it back, you take it back forever. If you stand by it, you’ve got to tell me why, and I felt like that was such a good game.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4711121/james-corden-jimmy-fallon-trump-interview-critics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4711121/james-corden-jimmy-fallon-trump-interview-critics/"},"headline":"James Corden Says the Criticism of Jimmy Fallon's Trump Interview Was 'Really Unfair'","datePublished":"2017-03-23T17:05:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:11.087Z","description":"\"I don’t think anyone asked him the right questions\"","url":"https://time.com/4711121/james-corden-jimmy-fallon-trump-interview-critics/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","jimmy fallon","The Tonight Show","TV","Donald Trump","Late Night Television","The Late Late Show","james corden","The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon","The Late Late Show with James Corden"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6d0186269503fea/6988adde0b72e3d1e56ebb0c/trump-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6d0186269503fea/6988adde0b72e3d1e56ebb0c/trump-fallon.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 3","caption":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 3","creditText":"NBC/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/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4711121/james-corden-jimmy-fallon-trump-interview-critics/","name":"James Corden Says the Criticism of Jimmy Fallon's Trump Interview Was 'Really Unfair'"}}]}] ```