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Late Night Legend Reveals His Secret to Looking Young at 70

The comedian credits an unorthodox regimen for his age-defying appearance.

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PublishedJul 24, 2026, 6:21 PM EDT

UpdatedJul 24, 2026, 6:21 PM EDT

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Arsenio Hall has revealed his secret to looking decades younger at 70—and it has nothing to do with green juice or a grueling workout regimen.

The late-night legend offered a considerably greener explanation during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday.

Guest host Colman Domingo stopped the interview to marvel at Hall’s youthful appearance.

“You don’t look like anybody’s 70,” the 56-year-old actor declared. “What are you doing?”

“Smoking weed,” Hall replied with a smile as the audience erupted in cheers.

While Hall may have been joking, cannabis has recognized medical uses, including short-term relief from chronic pain.

There is no evidence, however, that marijuana slows aging or helps people look younger. Smoking cannabis can damage the lungs, while THC can impair memory, attention, coordination, and reaction time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Coming to America star’s youthful aesthetic may have had more to do with his 26-year-old son, Arsenio Cheron Hall Jr., who helped him prepare for the late-night appearance in style.

Hall recalled watching Domingo host the show with Cheron the previous night.

“My son and I were watching last night, and he said, ‘Dad, what are you going to wear? Because Colman be raising the bar,’” Hall said.

Domingo, whose portrayal of Ali Muhammad in Euphoria earned him an Emmy in 2022, frequently appears on “Best Dressed” lists following red-carpet events.

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Hall decided to go in the opposite direction, arriving in a cream eyelet-knit short-sleeved shirt, white sneakers, and dramatically oversized trousers that he and Domingo jokingly called “death pants.”

“When you’re 26, like my son, you can wear these,” he joked. “But when you’re 70, these are death.”

The pants also came covered in strategically placed fake dirt—a designer detail Hall found difficult to accept.

“I worked so hard to get where I am as a kid from Cleveland with dirty clothes,” he said. “I’m not going to Gucci and buying no dirty clothes.”

Hall then suggested that luxury brands might as well start selling stained underwear.

“I want new clothes,” he declared.

The comedian’s outspoken approach to fashion dates back to the beginning of The Arsenio Hall Show, which ran from 1989 to 1994.

Hall recalled that members of the Black community would personally call him after watching the program and offer to improve his appearance.

One woman volunteered to fix his haircut. A tailor later began making his suits so he would no longer have to shop at Macy’s.

“The village stepped up and got my fade right,” Hall joked.

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Following his early career success, Hall took time away from the spotlight to be with family. The comedian previously revealed that period was spent taking Cheron to school, helping with homework, and reading bedtime stories.

“I love being a father,” Hall told USA Today in 2013.“I have no regrets. I’ve had an incredible time away,” he said.

His son eventually encouraged him to return to entertainment.

Decades later, the age-defying comedian is still commanding late-night television audiences with the same rapid-fire humor that made his original talk show a cultural phenomenon.

He is also looking back on those years in Arsenio: A Memoir, released in March. The book chronicles his journey from performing magic tricks as a child in Cleveland to becoming a groundbreaking late-night host.

Hall has not slowed down much at 70. He continues to perform stand-up and is touring alongside former Tonight Show host Jay Leno during his latest run of live shows called Kings of Late Night.

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