Conan O’Brien Takes His Late-Night Show to Cuba
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Meghan Sinclair/Team Coco(HAVANA) — Conan O’Brien has made history by taping segments for his late-night show, Conan, in Cuba. It’s the first U.S. late-night show to film in the country since the United States embargo began back in 1962.
In a series of tweets Monday, the 51-year-old talk show host posted a message to his followers that explained, “I just spent the last four days shooting my show all around the city of Havana. I made countless friends and had one of the best experiences of my life.”
O’Brien concludes by noting there were “many laughs, but that could also be the rum.”
The episode, set to air on March 4, is intended to give O’Brien’s audience a rare glimpse into Cuban daily life, representatives of the show tell Deadline.com.
Jack Paar famously interviewed former Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro for The Tonight Show back in 1959.
Conan’s visit to Cuba follows President Obama announcing in December he would normalize relations with the country.
Conan airs 11 p.m. weeknights on TBS.
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