Speaking of Leno: In an all-new interview, airing on The Oprah Winfrey Show this Thursday, the late night veteran says there are no hard feelings between him and the guy most Americans believe Leno helped NBC send to the unemployment line, Conan O’Brien.
Jay tells O that he does want to speak with Conan — just not right now.
“I haven’t talked to him since all of this,” Jay explains. “It didn’t seem appropriate. Let’s let things cool down and then maybe we’ll talk.”
“They were jokes and that’s okay,” he tells Oprah when asked if the verbal assaults her took from O’Brien and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel were hurtful. “It’s what we do. It’s like being a fighter … when you get punched in the head and someone asks, ‘Did it hurt?’ Well, yeah, but you’re a fighter, that’s what you do.”
Jay Leno will return as host of NBC’s The Tonight Show on March 1.