Conan O’Brien joined Twitter on Wednesday — proving that Coco Fever is still alive and well.
In his first-ever Twitter post and first public comment since his hosting final Tonight Show on Feb. 12, O’Brien sent his first Tweet on the microblogging site on Wednesday afternoon: “Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me,” Conan wrote, later adding: “I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account.”
A firestorm followed; within the first three hours, an average of 1,000 new fans were signing up to follow Conan every minute.