Conan O’Brien looks back -- and ahead
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It’s with mixed emotions that the ‘Late Night’ host tapes his final show today before beginning final preparations to assume Jay Leno’s ‘Tonight Show’ duties June 1.
Reporting from New York -- ‘I’m someone who’s very uncomfortable saying goodbye,’ Conan O’Brien admitted. ‘I tend to lie to people. I never say goodbye. I always say, ‘No, I’ll be back in five minutes,’ and then I just scram.’
The comedian will have trouble avoiding a farewell scene this afternoon, when he tapes his final show as host of ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien,’ the NBC program he has hosted for 16 seasons.
O’Brien refused to divulge what he has planned for his last performance, though he did shoot down one possibility. ‘There is a rumor that people are going to see my naked body for the first time,’ he deadpanned. ‘But that’s not going to happen.’
-- Matea Gold