Conan O’Brien has revealed that he turned down Ray Romano for a writing job, one year before the comedian shot to fame in the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond.
In a new episode of his podcast, the TV star, 61, explained how Romano, 67, had tried to get a job as a writer on Late Night With Conan O’Brien before landing his breakout role.
He went on to joke that when he later bumped into Romano, the Emmy winner was still “really bummed” to have missed out on the opportunity to work on the late night show, much to O’Brien’s disbelief.
Romano played the lead role of sports writer Raymond Barone in the CBS sitcom from 1996 to 2005, and received the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2002.
During their meeting, O’Brien praised Romano’s talent but had to let him down, telling him that there weren’t any jobs available at that point.
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