Jimmy Fallon returns to 'Tonight Show' with Taylor-made tribute to late mom

Taylor Swift burnished her reputation, and Jimmy Fallon secured his legend as a caring guy Monday as they combined to mourn his mother, Gloria.

Television show host Jimmy Fallon talks to reporters on the red carpet for the taping of the Mark Twain Prize for Humor ceremony and performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington October 19, 2014. — Jimmy Fallon talks to reporters on the red carpet for the taping of the Mark Twain Prize for Humor in 2014. Photo by Jonathan Ernst via Reuters

Fallon returned to “The Tonight Show” after canceling a week’s worth of shows in the wake of Gloria’s Nov. 4 death at at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City.

“She was the best audience,” Fallon said. “She was the one I was always trying to make laugh, and she was such a fan of the show and everything I did.”

His telling of a hand-squeezing custom and Swift’s performance of a song tailor-made to the moment brought tears to many viewers.

Jimmy Fallon returns to ‘Tonight Show’ with Taylor-made tribute to late mom

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