Leno Jokes About ‘American Idol’ Finale

Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Thursday night, “Welcome to ‘The Tonight Show’. I’m Jay Leno, the ‘American Idol’. Thank you very much. … As I’m sure you know, last night on ‘American Idol’, Fantasia Barrino beat out Diana Degarmo. ‘American Idol’, sounds more like ‘The Sopranos’ doesn’t it? ‘American Idol’ received a record 65 million votes. 65 million votes! And today Bush and Kerry both started singing lessons. A lot of people voted twice. Today John Kerry said he actually voted for Diana before he voted for Fantasia.”