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"Jimmy Fallon didn&amp;apos;t think that one was very funny.\r\nOn Monday, the comic welcomed rising Republican star Michele Bachmann on his eponymous late night NBC talk show.\r\nPHOTOS: Nastiest celeb feuds\r\nAs Bachmann, 55, made her entrance to join Fallon on the couch -- and house band The Roots played the 1985 Fishbone song &amp;quot;Lyin&amp;apos; Ass Bitch,&amp;quot; in a reference to the Minnesota Congresswoman&amp;apos;s oft-scrutinized remarks in debates and other appearances.\r\nAfter considerable backlash, Fallon apologized for the surprising partisan snipe via Twitter.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m honored that @michelebachmann was on our show yesterday and I&amp;apos;m so sorry about the intro mess. I really hope she comes back,&amp;quot; he wrote.\r\n\r\nRoots drummer Questlove told Us Weekly that Fallon and the show&amp;apos;s producers weren&amp;apos;t warned in advance about their controversial song choice.  &amp;quot;The performance was a tongue-in-cheek and spur of the moment decision. The show was not aware of it and I feel bad if her feelings were hurt. That was not my intention.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nFox News&amp;apos; Todd Stames savaged the incident. &amp;quot;Could you imagine if the network had pulled a similar stunt with First Lady Michelle Obama or Secretary of State Hillary Clinton? NBC is not commenting and Fallon doesn&amp;#x2019;t appear to have the fortitude to respond. So allow me to fill in the blanks: NBC, you disgust me,&amp;quot; he said.\r\nWatch the video of the controversial entrance -- in which The Roots substitute the rather profane lyrics with &amp;quot;la la la&amp;quot; -- now."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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