Jeff Daniels/Mary J. Blige/Taylor Swift

Jimmy Fallon: As some of you know, my mother Gloria passed away recently, and I cancelled our shows last week to be with my family and make arrangements. She was the best audience; she was the one I was always trying to make laugh, and she was such a fan of the show and everything I did. Um, when we were little, my mom would walk us to the store - me and my sister - and we would hold hands. And she would squeeze my hand three times and say, "I love you"; and I would squeeze back, "I love you, too." And... and last week I was in the hospital, at her side... and I grabbed her hand, and I squeezed "I love you"... I just knew we were in trouble. You know? But, uh, I feel so grateful to be able to do this every single night, and I'm very appreciative of all the support from all of you that my family received over the past week. We're gonna continue to work really hard to bring some light, and some laughter, into the world. Thank you for watching; thank you for helping me and my family recover from this loss. Mom, I'll never stop tryin' to make you laugh. I love you.