Jay Leno might be leaving NBC

Is Jay Leno set to follow in Conan's footsteps and leave NBC, too? No, never. But he has to make it seem like he's not a complete and total dick, so according to PopEater, yes:

Sources close to former 'Tonight Show' host Jay Leno tell me he is furious with the way NBC has treated him and Conan O'Brien and is considering walking away from the entire mess with his head held high. "Now that Conan has made it clear he is leaving the troubled network, Jay is considering doing the same. They have put Jay in a terrible position. It looks like he is the reason that Conan is now without a job. Jay is a great guy and it's not fair that due to NBC's stupidity he looks like the bad guy," a TV insider tells me.

"Plus, what happens when Jay does return to the 11:35 slot if his audience doesn't immediately follow? How can he possibly trust the same network that canceled Conan after only seven months?"

Remember yesterday when I said the only way Jeff Zucker could fuck this situation up more is if he replaced Conan with a comedian in blackface. Turns out I was wrong. He could still fuck this up more. Like, he could go back to 1939 and hire Hitler to replace Leno. "You hear about this? You hear about this? The President of Poland, Ignacy Mościcki, is upset that we invaded his country without a 'formal declaration of war.' Turns out I actually did have my secretary prepare a formal declaration . . . but my dog ate it! ZING! . . . And now Kevin Eubanks and the Third Reich Band. Kevin, take it away!"

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