Jimmy Fallon dropped in on The Voice to prank the judges by giving a blind audition on Tuesday night time (March 7), and his longtime good friend, Blake Shelton, outright refused to press his buzzer for the comic and speak present host.
Shelton has made many appearances on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon over time, and he and Fallon have a simple rapport. Fallon took the stage of The Voice to provide a blind audition by singing Michael McDonald‘s “I Maintain Forgettin,'” delivering the music in a comical approximation of McDonald’s signature soulful rasp that ordinarily wouldn’t have handed muster.
Nonetheless, it did not take lengthy for Kelly Clarkson to hit her buzzer, bursting into laughter when she noticed who was really on stage. Fellow coaches Niall Horan and Probability the Rapper adopted swimsuit, however Shelton steadfastly refused to hit his buzzer as Fallon continued singing and performing in a really exaggerated method.
Within the video beneath, Fallon lastly walks up behind Shelton as his crimson chair continues to be turned away from the stage, and Shelton bursts into laughter as Fallon reaches round to hit Shelton’s buzzer for him, turning him round and ending the prank.
“You may’t do this!” Shelton protests by means of a broad smile, including, “You broke the foundations!”
Fallon explains that he was filming his personal present close by when he obtained the thought to shock Shelton in honor of his remaining season on The Voice. Shelton has introduced he’s departing the present on the finish of Season 23.
“Congratulations, you are a legend,” Fallon says, and whereas Shelton appears very glad to see him, he is nonetheless not executed pulling his chain fairly but.
“It did not take me lengthy to determine that it was Jimmy Fallon, and there was no approach I used to be gonna hit my button,” Shelton says on the finish of the clip. “He doesn’t deserve a chair activate this present. Jimmy’s impersonation is the equal of strolling as much as Michael McDonald and slapping him within the face as laborious as you’ll be able to.”
The Voice Season 23 air Monday and Tuesday nights on NBC.
