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It was a joyful night on the set ofThe Tonight Showon Monday, whenQuestlovereturned home with a shiny new trophy.
The celebration was for Questlove’s big win the night before, when he took home the Oscar for Best Documentary for his filmSummer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised).
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Questlove, whose real name is Ahmir Thompson, previously worked as a composer and musician onThe Tonight Showfrom 2014 to 2018. He also serves as the frontman forThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’s house band, The Roots.
In the behind-the-scenes clip from Monday, posted toTwitterand Questlove’s Instagram Stories, the newly minted Oscar winner holds his cameraphone as well as his golden trophy as he makes his way down the hallway to the studio while staff cheer him on.
Once in the studio, Fallon and others are seen holding champagne flutes as they sing and toast the Roots drummer.
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Fallon is heard saying in the clip, “We love you dude! We are so proud of you! Oh my god! You did it!”
During his appearance on the show, Questlove discussed the moment when he won his Oscar, immediately following theWill Smith-Chris Rock smack.
While Questlove was presented his Oscar after a brief commercial break following the incident, the drummer said he was completely unaware of the chaos that proceeded his big moment.
“Of course, that happened in the cyclone of a whole other situation with two very good friends of mine,” Questlove said ofRockandSmith. “I really wasn’t aware of that. It’s weird to say, because they tell you ahead of time, ‘This is your category,’ so in that moment, you’re either going to be full of anxiety or, for me, I’ve been meditating for the last two years.”
The drummer said he was meditating in his seat when the scuffle between Smith and Rock occurred.
“So when I opened my eyes, I was like, ‘Why is everyone so quiet?’ I literally was not present for that whole entire moment,” he recalled.
“As I’m walking to the stage, I’m kind of putting two and two together, and I realize that that was a real moment maybe three seconds before I spoke words,” he continued. “But in my mind they’re just doing a sketch or whatever and I’m like, ‘OK, Ahmir, remember to thank your mom, dad,’ so I was not present at all.”
source: people.com
