VIDEO: Jay Leno -No More Mr. Nice Guy
Posted on Jan 21, 2010 @ 05:18AM
The gloves are off, finally: Jay Leno shot back at David Letterman with a joke about his sex scandal on Wednesday's edition of The Jay Leno Show, a night after Letterman characterized Leno pushing Conan O'Brien out of the Tonight Show chair as "vintage Jay."
"Letterman had been hammering me every night," Leno said. "Hey Kev, you know the best way to get Letterman to ignore you? Marry him. He will not bother you. He won't look you in the eye."
The personal jab, unusually for the normally mild mannered Leno, was in reference to the scandal that erupted this past October, when Letterman admitted to cheating on his wife with women who worked for him, and the alleged $2 million extortion scheme that followed.
Letterman went for Leno's jugular on his Tuesday broadcast, claiming Leno has been guilty of backstabbing, lying and plagiarism over the 35 years he has known him.
The battles between Leno and Letterman for Johnny Carson's chair are well-chronicled in the 1994 book, The Late Shift, and 1996 film of the same name.
Leno was likely in better spirits Thursday, as NBC and O’Brien agreed on a $44 million deal for O’Brien to leave The Tonight Show, paving the way for Leno return to the chair he held from for 17 years.
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Why is it that so many of his peers (fellow comedians) dislike Leno and make barbs about him? Has he treated them badly in the past?
Posted Thu, 01/21/2010 - 8:59pm
Ooh, low blow, Jay.
Posted Thu, 01/21/2010 - 8:56pm
Goooooooooo! JAY LENO! Gooooooooo!! letterman IS a JACKEL, worthless!!!!!! I sooooo PRAY that JAY LENO crushes letterman in the ratings!!!!!!! GOOOOOOOO JAY LENO!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Posted Thu, 01/21/2010 - 4:57pm
NBC made the choice. Regardless of past differences Leno has been a gentleman, however when you keep pushing you are going to get push back. Dump Conan & Letterman. Oh and take Rosie with them.
Posted Thu, 01/21/2010 - 3:56pm
Letterman is a man ho.
Posted Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:28pm
Letterman/Ferguson/CoCo. rules. NBC sucks. Helen black balls would be proud of her Jay, closet hider.
Posted Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:17pm
Leno is a Tool !
Posted Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:14pm
Oh give me a break with all this, Leno has been a gentleman garbage. What is he supposed to do?! He pushed Conan out of a job for all intents and purposes. It isn't like he can go on the attack here.
Posted Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:12pm
He did exactly what he should have done after pulling such a crappy move, sat back and kept his yap shut. Leno is weak. He changed his act so he could get his prime spot
Posted Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:12pm
. He is a backstabber and you don't have to be personally involved with the situation to see it.
Posted Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:13pm