VIDEO: Conan O'Brien Says He Would Never Do To Jay Leno What Was Done To Him
May 1 2010, Published 5:03 a.m. ET
In what is sure to be a blockbuster edition of 60 Minutes Sunday night, Conan O'Brien opens up about Jay Leno, TV's late night wars, and the "toxic" atmosphere at NBC.
Speaking to 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft, a bearded Conan said if he had "surrendered" the Tonight Show to someone else, as Jay Leno did, he would not have returned six months later and reclaimed it. "But that's just me," he said.
O'Brien also spoke with emotion about what he called the "toxic" environment at the peacock network.
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"I put everything in to what I do," O'Brien said somberly. "And when it started to get toxic and I started to feel....I don't even know if these people even want me here...I can't do it."
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