Conan O'Brien Finds Some Friends In Central Mass; Redeems Himself At Pizzeria

Comedian and former late-night television host Conan O'Brien recently surprised students and staff at Worcester Polytechnic Institute when he visited the university earlier this week.

Conan O'Brien in 2019. The former late-night TV host was recently spotted in Worcester.
Photo Credit: *Wikimedia/Gage Skidmore*

One of the signed pizza boxes.
Photo Credit: *Sally's Appiza*

Josh Lanier

03/31/2023 3:00 p.m.

A lucky fan took a photo with the host of the popular "Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend" podcast and shared it on social media.

The photo is undated, but Worcester School Committee member Jermoh Kamara tweeted that O'Brien was at WPI on Tuesday, March 28, and happily took pictures with a few students as he made his way across campus.

A Harvard University alumn and Brookline native, O'Brien was spotted a day earlier at Sally's Apizza in New Haven, Conn., while visiting his daughter, who is attending Yale University.

He stopped in at the iconic pizzeria after he'd been turned away last year because he didn't have a reservation. Though Rylan, the manager, was horrified when she realized who she'd snubbed, the restaurant posted on Facebook.

O'Brien didn't take it as a slight, and the interaction made for a unique autograph for manager Rylan.

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