Check out this interesting excerpt from Jimmy Kimmel’s interview in the latest issue of The Hollywood Reporter where he talks about his appearance on the Leno show during the Conan O’Brien tv wars.
Following the fallout between Conan and Leno, Kimmel did an entire show dressed up as Leno, a performance that elicited an invitation to come on Leno’s show the following night. Kimmel accepted, and then spent interview verbally attacking Leno. (Weeks later, Leno told Oprah that he had been “sucker punched” by the ABC host.) A year and a half later, Kimmel feels little remorse. Instead, he shares his memories of the period. “I would be lying if I said it wasn’t a lot of fun. I was very nervous, but it was thrilling, it really was,” he tells THR. Interestingly, Kimmel has only met Conan O’Brien once and admits he doesn’t watch any of the competition, for fear of being influenced.
