While Jay Leno is full of praise for Jimmy Fallon as he prepares to hand over his "Tonight Show" desk next month, there's another Jimmy he doesn't think much of - ABC's late-night host, Jimmy Kimmel, Yahoo TV reported.
Comparing the "Late Night" host to his legendary predecessor, Johnny Carson, Leno has been gracious to Fallon about the transition.
"I don't get into public feuds with other comics," Leno said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Over the last few years, Kimmel has taken many shots at Leno. It all began years ago when Leno took over "The Tonight Show" instead of Kimmel's idol, David Letterman.
Since then, it only intensified after the debacle that took place when Conan O'Brien took the reins from Leno. O'Brien was quickly ousted to put Leno back in the host's chair, according to Yahoo TV.
In an interview on the Kimmel's primetime show, he was clearly Team Coco as he ambushed Leno. Since then, he's said that Leno "totally sold out" and once told a New York City audience, "F--- him."
Responding to Kimmel would serve no purpose, Leno said. "Rich people whining and complaining? Shut up," he said. "You make more money than 99 percent of the population and you're complaining and whining. My job is to go out there and be a comedian."
Leno said there's a difference between this so-called feud with Kimmel than with his "interesting relationship" with Letterman, Yahoo TV reported.
"Is it a joke? Is it funny? You know, Letterman and I have had a fun relationship because when Letterman says something, it's funny," Leno said.
Letterman recently told Oprah Winfrey that Leno was "the funniest guy I've ever known."
"I learned from Dave the subtleties of doing a joke, and I think he learned from me how to really sell a joke," Leno noted. "So there was always a mutual admiration, and we always made each other laugh."
According to Yahoo TV, since Leno left NBC to do his own show on TBS, he hasn't spoken to O'Brien and has no plans of doing so in the future. "Why would I do that?" he said. "No. God no."
Fallon, however, told Matt Lauer on "Today" that he doesn't foresee any tension. "I don't think for me. I don't think there's ever going to be anything tense."
