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His delivery was ice-cold.
Mayor Mamdani popped in for a surprise appearance on the “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” to crack a cringe joke about the snow storm as bitter cold rocked New York City this weekend.
Hizzoner hopped on stage in the middle of Fallon’s monologue Monday night, which was full of “It’s so cold in New York City” cracks after Winter Storm Fern dumped more than 11-inches of snow on the Big Apple.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a surprise appearance on the “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” where he made a cringe joke about this past weekend’s major snow storm that dumped over over 10 inches of snow in NYC. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
“Jimmy let me try one,” Mamdani said as the crowd burst into applause.
“It’s so cold in New York City the rent froze itself. Goodnight everybody,” Mamdani quipped — a nod to his socialist plan to halt rent hike, which critics say could lead to a spike in property taxes for homeowners and landlords.
“But seriously stay inside, stay warm, stay safe,” the mayor said, waving as he departed the stage.
Fallon caught heat recently for repeating the same joke about Mamdani and the frigid New York temperatures.
“It’s so cold in New York City the rent froze itself. Goodnight everybody,” Mamdani quipped about his plan to halt rent hikes, which critics say could lead to a spike in property taxes for homeowners and landlords. Stephen Yang for NY Post“It was so cold in New York City this morning, walking to work, I saw a Wall Street stockbroker spooning with Zohran Mamdani,” Fallon said for the first time during his show on Dec. 9 — before dropping the same joke two more times.
The long-time “Tonight Show” host had a slew of new jokes about the cold Monday night.
“It is so cold my belly button went from an outie to an innie,” he said.
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