Now It's Personal: Jay Leno Jokes About Dave Letterman's Marriage

By PopEater Staff Posted Jan 21st 2010 08:17AM

Dave Letterman teed off on Jay Leno earlier this week in relation to the NBC 'Tonight' mess, and now Leno is fighting back directly at his nemesis -- only this time, it's personal instead of business. While Letterman generally kept his Leno insults showbiz-related, Leno fired off a marriage joke on Wednesday night that will surely hit close to home -- literally -- for Letterman, who last year admitted to having extramarital affairs. Did Jay go too far? What He Said After the Jump!

During his monologue, Leno admitted that "Letterman has been hammering me every night," addressing the attacks to his crowd and band leader Kevin Eubanks. Leno continued, asking Eubanks: "Hey Kev, you know the best way to get Letterman to ignore you? Marry him. He will not bother you. He won't look you in the eye."

Leno, of course, was referencing Letterman's infidelity, which he announced on his show in 2009 in order to stave off an alleged extortionist. Letterman admitted that he had sexual affairs with members of his staff while he was married.

Letterman reamed Leno earlier this week, calling his current actions -- which many view as muscling Conan O'Brien out of NBC and the 'Tonight Show' chair -- "vintage Jay." "So last night, Jay gave his state of the network speech, and he said that we should not blame Conan for what's going on. And I said to myself, 'No one is blaming Conan,'" Letterman told his crowd.

The feud between Letterman and Leno goes back decades, thanks to the two dueling for the 'Tonight Show' throne in anticipation of Johnny Carson stepping down.

Related: Conan O'Brien, NBC Reach $45 Million Divorce Deal

Tags: Dave Letterman, DavidLetterman, jay leno

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Thursday 21 January

By Sandy

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Personally, I think it would be great if Conan O'Brien replaced David Letterman (can't stand him)over at CBS and then we can see the true late night battle. My guess is that Conan would whoop Jay's butt. Muwahahahahahaha!!

By MURDER

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Conan would never do that. If he has shown anything in all this, it is that he has principles .

By dcpasquali

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enough already .. Quite crying .. ALL of them .. do their show .. don't need to be hurtful for a FEW CHEAP LAUGH'S .. mind your own business .. count your Blessing's .. THAN go home COUNT your MILLION"S . I SHOULD BE SO DAMN LUCKY

By pooltoys

David Letterman has been seeing his wife since February 1986 and married her officially March 2009. His affairs were during his relationship with his wife.

By cclb6924

FINALLY everyone stayed on the subject. it's a miracle. and dave is funnier than jay...just my opinion.

By Mary Young

Letterman's payback for the personal cruelty he has shown Paylin. I think Leno is infinitely funnier than Letterman.

By Rebecca

I'm not watching ANY of them! My DVD collection will carry me through just fine! Who needs a bunch of children giving each other black eyes for entertainment. My advice to any and all late night hosts. GROW UP!

By Donna

I like Dave and Leno I record any of the late night shows that have someone I'm interested in seeing and I also liked Leno on at 10:00 pm. But I think it says some thing about Jay when the only thing he could find to send a jab at Dave was about his personal life...

By delacourte

Best talk show hosts: Craig Ferguson and George Lopez! The rest are tired and played out,not to mention the fact that Leno is painfully unfunny. NBC screwed up by taking scripted drama off the air at 10 and putting that tired hack on.

By Frank

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Letterman is a hypocrite. He should keep his damn fool gap-toothed mouth shut. After the way he trashed Sarah Palin and her daughter, he deserves all the barbs thrown his way. He couldn't keep his pecker in his opants where it belongs. He tried to sample all the female help on his show before and after his marriage to the mother of his child.
Keep up the good work Jay and beat his butt in the ratings. I wish Conan good luck too.

except FB had to bring nancy into it. oh well,there is always one.

By Shelly

GREAT IDEA!! LET'S GIVE CONAN LETTERMAN'S SHOW. HE ISN'T FUNNY, A GRUMPY OLD MAN AND HE SHOULD RETIRE. PUT CONAN ON AT 11:35 ON CBS!! YEAH!!!

By mary ann larssen

no, it's not like the cartoon network.........it sounds just like the US Congress...how bizarre is that?

By Joe C

Wait So Dave can rip apart Sarah Palin and her teenage daughter on national television but he is off limits. I used to like Letterman but now he is just another media tool Ahole on the air.

By Tara

Good for Jay. Letterman is now getting a dosage of his own
posion. I hope Jay continues. Letterman cheater...Old bald man.
Give it up. OLD MAN!

By Tena

Stop blaming Jay, and start blaming NBC.

I thought Jay's joke was funny! The truth hurts.

By Rene

Jay Leno is a selfish and self-absorbed ego maniac. He is both mean-spirited and under-handed . . . and all of his peers in show business have KNOWN this for the past 18 years!!!

S l o w l y . . . the public is seeing the real Jay Leno and it's not pretty!!!

Wake up, people . . . Jay Leno is not the 'nice' guy he represents himself to be.

I have just one word for you, Jay . . . K A R M A!!!

By slick

Letterman is safe - he made his public appologies for sins preceding his current marriage. What he needs is an official "penetente" self flagilation whip so if he wishes to respond he can say, "Well, I'm sorry and we all know it", give himself a symbolic over the shoulder whip lash, and go on to another professinally related Jay Leno joke.

By Nancy

Unless it was a specific guest I wanted to see I didn't watch The Tonight Show, until Conan. Love him, always have. I'm just not a Leno fan. I did'nt watch even one episode of his new show. I will now avoid The Tonight Show once again. If I'm channel surfing Letterman stops me every time. Next fall I look forward to hopefully see Conan again on another network. You'll be missed buddy! Have fun spending those millions!!! :o) *wink wink*

By Lynda

Letterman has been road kill for Leno before!! He has the right to point that out. After all what person do you know could quite his job to go to a new job then get fired from his new job and then go back to his old job. Oh and don’t forget the person who took his old job is now out of a job. And you think that Leno took the high road???
Leno couldn’t find the high road if someone pointed it out to him and even then he wouldn't take it.

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