It’s hard to imagine a more well-liked guy than late night hostConan O’Brien.

He was so kind to me.

He came to the dressing room and talked to me like I was a normal person.

Conan O’Brien smiles with old pal Jeff Garlin

It instantly made me feel okay," Nicole Byer toldVulture.

I don’t mean that like, ‘We’re so close.’

I mean that he’s a generous friend.

Conan O’Brien makes his point to Jeff Garlin

He will reach out, be the one to extend the hand.

I can’t tell you how much that means to me."

But it wasn’t always fun and laughs.

Garlin drove a tough bargain, it seems.

“He has that power.

I didn’t say no.

I just was like, this guy is yelling at me to perform, I better do it.”

“Guys who didn’t get laid,” Garlin says, finishing his sentence.