Conan OâBrien Fired By TBS After Reportedly Tweeting Joke About Muhammad
Late night talk show host Conan OâBrien has reportedly been released from his show,Â Conan,Â by TBS executives for tweeting a joke about the prophet Muhammad. The tweet was only posted for a matter of minutes, before a slew of complaints forced Twitter to remove the offending joke.Â âI would like to personally apologize to the Muslim people for whatever Conan has said,â said TBS executive Bart Brennan. âI did not personally see the joke, but I want to make it clear TBS had nothing to do with it. I hope our swift firing of Conan, even before knowing any facts, proves that TBS cares about minorities and religious dogma. In closing, we at TBS are really, really sorry. As I said, we never even saw the joke, butÂ I want to make it clear that we never really liked him anyway.âSeveral famous friends of Conanâs were reached out to for their thoughts on his firing, but most celebritiesÂ reached by Empire NewsÂ said that they were either âtoo busyâ to comment, or that they âdidnât care enough to have an opinion.ââI want to let the Muslim people know that Conan OâBrien is no longer my client, and that we parted ways the minute I heard about the tweet,â said Sol Simmons, Conanâs former agent. âI want to apologize to the Muslim people, and I want to stress, I never saw the joke. The truth is, my partners and I never liked him anyway.âMost late night television viewersÂ say that wonât miss Conanâs show, as there were too many others to choose from as it was, with most people preferring Fallon, anyway.âHe has always been a disappointment,â said Conanâs mother Mary. âHe was always a little pain, and I told him, âConan, comedy is definitely not for you.â I just want to apologize to the Muslim people and I want to make it clear that I have severed all ties with my son. I never saw the joke myself; I donât even know what Tweeter is. Truth is, though, we never liked him anyway.âOâBrien says that heâs not really too worried about finding more work.âSomeone out there probably likes me,â said the comedian. âAs it is, I really donât see the big deal. I wrote the joke myself, so it obviously wasnât even funny.âTBS has stated that they are considering replacing OâBrien with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and re-working the name toÂ Late Night With Conan The Barbarian.Â