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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,102 posts)
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 09:00 PM Jan 2019

Conan O'Brien Remembers When Trump Stormed Off His Show

The first time we had Trump on our show, I asked him a question that I’d always wanted to ask someone who proclaimed to be a billionaire: “How much money do you have on you right now?” He sort of said, “I don’t know, I maybe have some.” I said, “No, no, what do you have?” Then he stuck his hand in his pocket and he clearly found something. I saw his face change, and I could see that he didn’t want me to know what it was. So I reached over and I was like, “Come on, come on.” I made him pull it out — and it was a condom. He said, “Practice safe sex everybody.” He was in-between marriages at the time.

He was pissed. He was really mad. I went to commercial. He stood up. I don’t think he said goodbye to me, and he walked over to my producer and said, “That’s the last time I’m gonna be on this fucking show. He humiliated me in front of everybody.” He stormed out. Cut to me seven more times [over the years]: “Ladies and gentlemen, Donald Trump!” He got over it, clearly.

He would shoot bits for us: “Can we get Nipsey Russell to come shoot something? He’s not available? Well, then try Donald Trump. Donald will do it.” Anyone who would do that, and then is the leader of the free world, is not going to make sense to me.

Growing up, you always put the president up on a pedestal. The minute the president is someone that you know, you think, “That guy can’t be president. I know that guy. I saw that guy steal towels at the gym. He can’t be president.” That’s the feeling I think a lot of us have.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/conan-obrien-donald-trump-video-782294/

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Conan O'Brien Remembers When Trump Stormed Off His Show (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 OP
K&R smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #1
Good question underpants Jan 2019 #3
My only previous experience with Donald Trump was watching Letterman make a fool of him Rhiannon12866 Jan 2019 #4
Never saw that before, what fun. Bluepinky Jan 2019 #5
I read this and the full interview. 30 minutes? underpants Jan 2019 #2
I knew Ruth O'Brien, Conan's mother. She was a lawyer in Boston when I Raven Jan 2019 #6

Rhiannon12866

(202,985 posts)
4. My only previous experience with Donald Trump was watching Letterman make a fool of him
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 05:29 AM
Jan 2019

Trump was the guest and I was ready to change the channel, this uninformed bigoted jackass was opposed to the "Mosque at Ground Zero" and I watched David Letterman (who claimed to know nothing about politics) expose him for the fool he was. I was a big fan of Dave. And, of course, he also had people play "Trump or Monkey," LOL.

Letterman - Trump or Monkey



Bluepinky

(2,260 posts)
5. Never saw that before, what fun.
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 12:46 PM
Jan 2019

I could see using the same concept to expose some of Trumps racist and sexist statements, maybe a game called Trump or Hitler?

underpants

(182,279 posts)
2. I read this and the full interview. 30 minutes?
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 09:40 PM
Jan 2019

Kind of strange to do less time on the air but hey what do I now?

Raven

(13,872 posts)
6. I knew Ruth O'Brien, Conan's mother. She was a lawyer in Boston when I
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 01:16 PM
Jan 2019

was also practicing law there. If you can imagine a woman who was the spitting image of her son, you'd have Ruth. Conan also got his wacky humor from him Mom and his politics. Ruth was an astute judge of people and could pick out a phony. Conan clearly inherited her talent and good sense.

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