After his stint at The Tonight Show was cut short by Jay Leno violating the “No take-backsies!” rule, Conan O’Brien ended up taking the high road. Which for a comedian? SUPER HARD. But he did it because he’s a gentleman like that. Anyway, with Jay now “retired” in the same way Michael Jordan retired, Conan decided to get in one last joke at Leno. Via Us Weekly …
“The Olympics start airing tonight on NBC. It’s very cool. That’s right, NBC has the Olympics,” O’Brien said. “It’s a big deal. NBC will finally get to show somebody who is OK with passing the torch.” After the audience cheered for the Leno joke, O’Brien gave a big thumbs up to the camera and started laughing. “I allowed myself one,” he explained. “But it was a good one.”
He earned that one. He really did. Although if it’s any consolation to Conan, Jay did get serenaded by Kim Kardashian, so now he’s privy to a level of Hell of which most mortals wouldn’t dare inquire. You dodged a bullet on that one, Coco.