Former Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien confessed that if he was in Jay Leno’s shoes he would have handled things differently in his first interview after leaving NBC with Steve Kroft for 60 Minutes (watch video below).

“He went and took that show back, and I think in a similar situation, if roles had been reversed, I know — I know me, I wouldn’t have done that,” O’Brien told Kroft. “If I had surrendered ‘The Tonight Show’and handed it over to somebody publicly and wished them well – and then … six months later. But that’s me, you know. Everyone’s got their own, you know, way of doing things.”

“I think this relationship [with NBC] is going be toxic and maybe we just need to go our separate ways,” he told Kroft. “That’s really how it felt to me … and I started to feel that I’m not sure these people even really want me here…. I can’t do it [anymore].”

After a very bitter divorce, Conan left NBC more popular than ever with a $33 million settlement, a successful comedy tour and more importantly a new late night talk show to premiere in November on TBS (read more details here).

Conan O’Brien 60 Minutes Interview Video Below