When it comes to late night television, certain hosts become synonymous with the gig.
Carson considered it a betrayal and never forgave her.
Show business is often a cutthroat place, and late night television is no exception.
Unless Jay Leno wants to do it, too" (via Cafe Mom).
Leno effectively sided with the connection and expressed little empathy for O’Brien.
“Look, they’re ratings-based shows,” he said.
“People act like it’s your decision.
‘Well, you know, I think I’ll go back.’
The data pipe makes these decisions.
They decide when you’re going to leave and they decide they want you to come back.
So there’s not a lot different I would have done” (viaYouTube).
It never happened" (viaPeople).
The pair appeared friendly with one another when being interviewed on each other’s shows.
Leno, for his part, placed the blame on the media for over-inflating the issue between them.
“I don’t hold any grudges,” Leno said (viaYouTube).
Rivers said she called Carson immediately to tell him the good news.
And then denied that I called him.
I would see him in a restaurant and go over and say hello.
He wouldn’t talk to me."
He didn’t like that as a woman, I went up against him."
According to the New York Post, Carson and Rivers never settled their differences.
Carson died in 2005 (perthe New York Times) and Rivers in 2014 (perCNN).
