Conan O'Brien to break silence on '60 Minutes' May 2nd

[WyldeMan45]

Conan O'Brien to break silence on '60 Minutes'

Conan O'Brien is nearly ready -- and legally permitted -- to talk.

The late-night host will give his first interview since departing NBC's "The Tonight Show" to CBS news magazine "60 Minutes."

O'Brien will break his silence on Sunday, May 2 in an interview with veteran corespondent Steve Kroft.

He's not wasting much time -- O'Brien agreed to not give any interviews until after May 1 in his exit deal with NBC.

Those looking for O'Brien to come out swinging might be disappointed, however, as the host will still be prohibited from disparaging NBC (at least, that's assuming he wants to keep his enviable severance package -- NBC would gladly take a few insults in exchange for its tens of millions back).

Also, because of the restrictions CBS cannot promote the segment in advance with clips of O'Brien talking during the interview (there's creative ways around that, though, a network can easily build anticipation for the event without footage -- witness ABC handling the final season premiere of "Lost").

[emoxley]

I guess that most of Team Coco knows he's gonna be doing a late night talk show on TBS? I think it starts in November, at 11:00pm.

[OrlandoEastwood]

Coco for Brobros!

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by emoxley

I guess that most of Team Coco knows he's gonna be doing a late night talk show on TBS? I think it starts in November, at 11:00pm.

Oh yes, we at Team CoCo are all very much aware

[Q?]

I've been meaning to find out, why Coco?

[Secretagentnumber6]

Originally Posted by Q!

I've been meaning to find out, why Coco?

Tom hanks was one of his first guests and wanted to give him a nickname so he coined the name Coco which Conan wanted to quash but it stuck and he embraced it but the fans embraced it more so.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by Secretagentnumber6

Tom hanks was one of his first guests and wanted to give him a nickname so he coined the name Coco which Conan wanted to quash but it stuck and he embraced it but the fans embraced it more so.

I never thought when Tom called him CoCo it would catch like wildfire, but we are sure ran with it lol. He still hates it, but it makes for a catchy slogan for web campaigning and merchandising in his support.