Report: Jay Leno To Appear On Oprah In Hopes Of Good PR
Jan. 22 2010, Published 5:00 a.m. ET
Jay Leno is in talks to appear on the The Oprah Winfrey Show next week, in an interview in which the former -- and next -- host of the Tonight Show will try and restore a reputation that has been tattered by allegations he pushed his successor, Conan O'Brien, out of the coveted gig.
"Oprah and Jay love each other," a source told the NY Post, hinting that Oprah will be friendly and understanding toward the beleaguered comic. "They talk constantly."
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Leno tried to put out the public relations fire on his show earlier his week, giving a long speech illustrating his innocence in the shakeup at NBC, to no avail. He has been bashed for his role in the affair by a variety of entertainers that reads like a who's who of comedy: David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Rosie O'Donnell, Howard Stern and even O'Brien, at times.
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"I'm glad I’m not in late night, because it seems like they throw everybody to the wolves, including their own," O'Donnell told New York Magazine this week. "It was really a crappy move on Leno’s part... classless and kind of career-defining, if you ask me.”
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