The Tonight Show chair is still moist from 22 years of Jay Leno‘s sweet-ass ass sweat, but you might be surprised to learn how quickly other late night hosts embraced the changing of the guards!
Jimmy Fallon came out swinging last night and his competitors from other networks were right there to cheer him on!
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel, for one, hopes they’re rivals for decades to come!
He confessed:
congratulations @jimmyfallon – I look forward to doing this side-by-side until our suits look funny and our hair turns white #FalPals
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) February 17, 2014
Awww!
TBS’ Conan O’Brien, who is likely still bitter over only being allowed to host The Tonight Show for about seven-and-a-quarter cumulative hours, was nothing but class!
He tweeted:
As the only man alive who’s hosted The Tonight Show & Late Night, I want to congratulate @JimmyFallon & @SethMeyers. They’ll both do great!
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) February 17, 2014
As for Craig Ferguson?
Well, he couldn’t resist taking one last crack at the NBC’s whole Leno/O’Brien debacle!
Referencing the network’s issues with a pink-eyed Bob Costas in Sochi, he joked:
“I’m surprised NBC let him back. Usually when they replace a host, they stick with their decision.”
Hey-oh!!!
Good luck, Jimmy F.! We can’t wait to see what becomes of these new rivalries!
[Image via NBC & WENN.]