VIDEO: Jay Leno Says "Conan And I Got Screwed"
Posted on Mar 31, 2010 @ 01:50PM
Jay Leno got candid with Joy Behar when she stopped by The Tonight Show recently. On her video blog for CNN's HLN, she went behind the scenes and snagged an interview with the host who spoke out about the late night shuffle (and scuffle) with Conan O'Brien.
"Do you feel upset about Conan? Do you feel bad about Conan?" Behar asked Jay.
"Conan got screwed, I got screwed," Leno responded. "I mean this is TV. The reason show business pays a lot of money is so when you get screwed you've got something left over.
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"If you're a nurse or a cop, and you get screwed out of your pension, you're screwed out of your pension. In TV at least you walk away with some money. Conan was treated terribly, and I was treated terribly."
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"I think Conan will come back and he'll be strong," he added. "We'll all compete against each other. It should be me against Letterman, against Conan, against Kimmel and then you see who wins."
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Joy chimed in to point out that "Kimmel was a little bit of a turncoat." Kimmel had appeared on Leno's show only to slam him about the controversy surrounding NBC's decision to reinstate Leno to the 11:35 pm time slot which had been passed on to Conan.
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"All comics are friends," Leno explained. "When you get onstage your job is to blow the other guy off the stage. I get it. That's the way it works."
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Sounds like he might have a valid point there.
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Posted Thu, 04/01/2010 - 10:59am
Leno got everything he wanted and he's still crying "Victim". If he didn't want to leave he had 5 years to say so. No guts, but all the glory. Conan was robbed!!
Posted Wed, 03/31/2010 - 11:24pm
yeah he got screwed, when god handed out faces.
Posted Wed, 03/31/2010 - 9:31pm
Years ago, Leno was forced to announce that he would depart Tonight Show BC Conan was threatening to leave NBC if he didn't get TS. So NBC prematurely announced Jay's retirement, not anticipating Leno would still get solid ratings.
Posted Wed, 03/31/2010 - 9:00pm
How the hell did Leno get screwed? Just the opposite. What a crybaby. O'Brien got the short end & Leno helped.
Posted Wed, 03/31/2010 - 8:22pm
I'm not buying the "poor me" act from Leno. He is sitting there with Conan's job claiming they both got screwed?!! Can he even say that with a straight face?!!
Posted Wed, 03/31/2010 - 6:06pm
Both of these guys need help. That's why people watch Lopez Tonight and Wanda Sykes. They have fresh material and are current and funny. Their kind of humor is dated...
Posted Wed, 03/31/2010 - 6:05pm