r/conan • u/blondebuilder • 18h ago
I flew with Conan yesterday.
I was at JFK waiting to board, then some massive figure strolled past me. I looked up and there he was, standing there with David Hopping.
Conan is literally the only celebrity I admire. Not only has he always been a consistent source of joy, but he's been a guiding light on how to be as a person. Work unbelievably hard, and always stay kind and humble and great things can happen. That formula worked for me in life thanks to him. When my wife was expecting our baby, we kept the gender a mystery until birth; If it was a boy, it was 100% going to be called Conan because of him. My baby ended up being a girl, so we went with a different name.
I approached him and told him I almost named my child Conan and he said "oh you dodged a bullet there". I told him "but it was only because it was a girl" and he snapped back "Why not Conita??"