O'Brien: 'NBC unhappy over Twitter Account'

By Justin Harp

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 O'Brien has disclosed that NBC executives were unhappy over the launch of his official Twitter account.

O'Brien told Fortune magazine that once he developed a strong following on the social networking site after being replaced as The Tonight Show's host in early 2010, NBC execs expressed their displeasure with his online postings.

Restrictions on the star's media appearances were included in his agreement to leave the network, but O'Brien's legal team surmised that Twitter had not been explicitly banned.

The Conan host said that he instructed his attorneys to convey a message to NBC: "Tell them I would be thrilled if they shut down my Twitter account… I'd love it if that got out. You think PR's been bad up till now? Wait till you take away my Twitter account."

O'Brien also conceded that he did not initially understand the appeal of social networking websites.

"I'm a Luddite when it comes to computers… [I] didn't understand why anyone would do Twitter. I'm not on Facebook," he admitted.

Since joining Twitter last February, O'Brien has attracted more than 2.3million followers.

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