jake owen is on the way.old, our next guest has already reached the pinnacle of her profession. you can see her -- almost all of her -- on the cover of and inside the 2012 "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue. please welcome the very beautiful kate upton. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] how are you? >> good. >> jimmy: eric decided to stay over in this segment. >> i had stuff to do. but i just put it on hold. >> i'm excited. i love "modern family." >> thank you. >> jimmy: do you like clowns? [ laughter ] >> yes. i like this clown. >> look. i'm seeing someone, kate. >> jimmy: well, there's obviously some chemistry there. i won't interfere. you two go ahead with whatever. how are you? congratulations, first of all, on being on the cover of the magazine. i've been a subscriber since i was a teen. i've never been on the cover. >> what are they thinking? that's ridiculous. maybe next year. it's the 50th anniversary. >> jimmy: yeah. that's a big one. is this something you wanted to be on? >> i'm from

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[ cheers and applause ] see him on tour this summer with tim mcgraw and jake owen.you tomorrow, everybody! stay tuned for carson daly! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

out on the edge ♪ and i know it would kill ♪ don't slip your hand [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: jake owen steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh! hey. how are you, everybody? nice to see you. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. [ cheers ] it's gonna be fun tonight. man, oh man, the 2012 election is pretty nasty. it's getting pretty nasty out there. it's -- yesterday on cnn, white house advisor david ploufee referred to the republican presidential race as a "clown show." [ light laughter ] that's as rough as it gets on cnn. i mean -- [ laughter ] >> steve: rough. >> jimmy: yeah. and then -- then, romney, santorum, paul, and gingrich all called the statement ridiculous. and then they piled into one tiny car and drove off. [ laughter ] i mean, they were just furious. >> steve: awful!

[ cheers and applause ] see him on tour this summer with tim mcgraw and jake owen.u tomorrow, everybody!