Conan O'Brien reveals how his young fans supported him after he lost 'The Tonight Show'

Conan O'Brien has credited his young fans for helping him bounce back after losing The Tonight Show.

The 62-year-old American television host and comedian appeared on Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler's podcast MeSsy this week and discussed the good and bad parts of his career.

Thanking a group of people who supported him, O'Brien called to mind a difficult time in his life when he lost The Tonight Show in 2010.

He said, “I've had multiple times in my career where things kind of blew up or went sideways.”

For the unversed, O’Brien first became known as a writer for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons. Then he received a big opportunity to host The Late Night Show after Letterman.

However, his time on the show was short-lived, as he could host the show for only seven months because the show's time was moved and Jay Leno wanted to return, which eventually made things difficult for O’Brien.

The Lookwell star recalled, “I had no regrets about giving [The Tonight Show] a shot. And when, for all these complicated reasons, it blew up, I was deeply upset. I thought, 'I'm in real trouble and this could be the end of my career [at 46].’”

He continued, "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. Because [when] you're doing a show like [Late Night], day in and day out, for 16 years, it's submarine duty."

"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. So, they all got on social media and it was this big thing,” Conan O'Brien noted.