CoCo may have felt like he was in a car accident after losing "The Tonight Show" earlier this year, but his wife said a seatbelt wouldn't have helped.
In the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine, which hits newsstands Friday, Elizabeth Ann Powel opened up about the sad state of the NBC show that ousted her husband.
"The truth is, ‘The Tonight Show’ was the definition of cultural relevancy for decades. And all of a sudden, it's not," she told rollingstone.com. "That's not Conan's fault. It's not anybody's fault. It just happened."
Though Powel admitted it was "very painful for him to let go of this hallowed ground," she said O'Brien needed a new goal.
"It's no longer a show he should be pinning his life's hopes on hosting," Powel said of the NBC show.
Her thoughts were echoed by the talk show host's new fans, who painted him as an indie rock icon after he was done in by The Man.
Team CoCo reared its red head and welcomed famous backers like The White Stripes.
"Conan's was the only late-night show I ever wanted to play," front man Jack White told rollingstone.com. "Letterman is so cold to people, and Leno is for senior citizens. I played a live guitar solo on Conan's desk once. If I did that on Letterman, he'd probably have had a coronary."
O'Brien's new show, "Conan," premieres Nov. 8 on TBS.
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