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Conan O'Brien credits his young fans for helping him get through losing 'The Tonight Show'

After Conan O'Brien's 'Tonight Show' stint blew up, a whole generation gave the talk show host 'a groundswell of love and appreciation' via social media.

But his seven months on The Tonight Show, which involved shifting time schedules and a previous host ( Jay Leno) who wanted to come back to late night, caused some anguish. "But lo and behold, this thing called the internet rose up, and I got this huge groundswell of love and appreciation that I didn't expect," he shared. O'Brien continued, "You don't get a chance to understand fully that there's a generation of people out there that have been watching, they're younger than me, and they all knew how to use the internet.

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