“ It seems likely that it was Leno’s continued complaints and sore-winner status that made him a much more appealing target for O’Brien, and for Letterman, and for Jimmy Kimmel. If Leno doesn’t talk about how NBC stands for “Never Believe Your Contract” — when he is the one getting exactly what he wants — I don’t think he turns into such a punching bag. If he settles down, if he’s quiet, if he says publicly, “I feel awful for Conan and Conan’s staff, and I wish none of this had ever happened,” if he accepts gracefully that he’s the winner and somebody else is the loser, and that maybe this is not the moment to go on and on about how hard it is to be Jay Leno, he doesn’t hurt himself so badly.
