Conan Wants To Help His Assistant Meet Hilary Duff | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

hey there welcome to Conan O'Brien needs. a friend I just hit Sona with a pen yeah. on the hand um it was my way of trying. to control you it was childish and I. admit that it was wrong when I did okay. do you apologize no I do not oh okay you. just admit you did something wrong but. you don't want to apologize exactly uh. welcome uh this uh this is Sona messian. who's speaking. now regular on the show my assistant and. we have a little treat today uh Matt. gorley I don't want to say it like it's. an exciting news Matt G Matt gorley.

couldn't be with us today but uh sitting. in his stead uh is my backup. assistant uh who took who took over he's. kind of your main assistant now not kind. of he is my assistant because you do. nothing D David hopping David hopping. welcome to the show thank you David. hopping just in case you're not familiar. with him David hopping came in to sort. of take over Sona when you uh were with. child Yes actually with two children.

yeah Mikey and Charlie you called rub. and tug I called them in the womb I. called them rub and tug but then they. were born and you christened them Mikey. and Charlie great Armenian names uh Real. Testament to your love of your Homeland. and then. um and then I really was thinking it was. going to be like Grau and and and goror. you know wow no but I mean that like. those are legitimate names right I. thought they'd be cool no the ones you. just said yeah. noan. gibberish greo and gole I don't know.

I was doing my best to honor your. culture and then I realized I didn't do. any research which is a terrible way to. honor someone's culture no you doubling. down I am doubling down even better so. uh we're joined by uh someone who's. really taken up the slack and then some. David hopping you've done a wonderful. job oh thank you I mean I just want to. say everything I learned about being an. assistant I learned from oh oh and he's. doing a great job hey what's positive. reinforcement like great oh okay do you. think uh I give you positive. reinforcement yeah yeah I treat you I.

treat you so much better than son you. send me like text saying like I'm doing. a good job what those aren't. me that's who is it AI that's an AI bot. that's uh we had that constructed Aaron. bler made that for me when you get those. every now and then and it just says. you're doing a good job and I value you. and things like that I have nothing to. do with that oh yeah have you noticed. that they're signed Cronin c i o n a n I. just figured you were losing it yeah. even the ones that say I'm so sorry for. your loss those are randomly General.

ated cuz you haven't had a loss recently. and doesn't it confuse you when you just. wake up in the morning it says David I'm. so sorry for your loss Cronin yeah that. is a little weird but I just checked to. make sure no one I know. died oh my God David uh you tell us a. little about you're from uh I've I ask. you a lot about your your childhood your. youth you uh you grew up in a very rural. area of Southern Illinois called. Carlinville yes and I actually went. online and you know you can do street.

views it is very flat in Carlinville. very flat and a lot of corn and I looked. at your house and there's just literally. like a house yes you told me your. address I asked you I went I looked the. street view it was your house and then. just corn uhuh and and way in the. distance a silo and um and then I took a. stab and said I bet you guys spent a lot. of time hanging out at the local DQ and. you said yes the DQ was huge and that's. not a put down cuz I love a Queen Dair.

Queen. awes yeah but um you did right that's. pretty much your childhood was watching. the corn grow from your back window and. then hitting the DQ I mean I wouldn't. just like sit and watch it grow but yeah. I would like do other things did you. make little markings on the window like. that's the top of the Corn now no but. then come back an hour later and it's a. little higher mm I would never do that. okay can I ask you a question when you. found out where he's from did you Google. and look at where he's from just so you. could come up with things to make fun of.

him for yes I did okay I thought so I. thought so okay yes I did you were doing. your research yeah yeah just as I did. with you yeah I know I know that's why. I'm I immediately got a globe of the. world and I found Armenia not a real. globe yeah and the last guy who I walked. past a computer and went to a 1940s. globe and looked up Armenia and when I. say looked up I mean spun it around. until I found it oh wow yeah.

uh but anyway um you're doing a very. nice job and I bet you uh your your. family your folks back home must be. proud of you I think so yeah yeah what. do you mean I think so you're working. they do they say what's Conan like uh. people ask a lot about what you're like. yeahuh and what do you say I usually say. that you're like. nice a glowing report yeah from David. hopping um yeah you're welcome in. Carlinville anytime I'd like to go there. with you actually you play remember you.

you I did some sketches with you back in. the day when you first came on and you. weren't even really my assistant yet I. forget what you were doing at the show I. think just hanging around PA well I was. your PA R your errands okay and uh I. can't remember some of the bits you did. you want to refresh if if they want to. check out David hopping you can see. these on YouTube I did that one where. they gave me a wig and I was your uh. successor yes I want I wanted to groom a. successor in case something happens to. me or I'm injured grievously injured we. want someone who could step right into.

the breach and so we put a Conan wig on. you and I tried to train you to be me. yeah you chose the most awkward. person but it's funny though it was. really funny but you were really funny. it's very good if you want to you know. see what uh and I know you have your own. podcast I do called back to the best. back to the best where you explore n the. '90s '90s and 2000s yeah yeah and and. one of your big obsessions is just in. general well yeah a specific actress who. I'm thinking of oh of course Hillary. Duff yeah yeah yeah Lizzy Maguire no.

she's not here this is an Oprah where. look look under your seat it's Hillary. Duff but you know you could probably get. her here right uh she won't pick up the. phone for me I can't I no I will one day. it's my quest to get you to meet Hillary. Duff oh man I don't know her I don't. really know Hillary Duff what about Sher. he really loves Sher too what can you. meet can we meet Shar no Sher is I mean. come on that's Sher what she's like a. goddess she's there's no way she's it's.

just you're saying to David hey you're. doing a great job hey I'll introduce you. to your idol and then I'm over here and. it's like where's share I'll do an. impression for you okay uh Hillary. Duff's at home um and someone calls from. the Next Room Hillary con O'Brien would. like to speak to you my guess is she. says huh okay I'll talk to him right. reasonable now let's go to the share. World share what is it.

share it's it's me your assistant Conan. O'Brien would like to who the. [Applause]. cares I thought he was. dead that's the impression and I think. those are fairly. accurate so you're not meeting Sher come. on but you are but you are definitely. going to meet Hillary Duff I'm going to. wear yeah so I'll take care of that the. best day I'm having the best time oh.

good I love it here I got compliments. and Hillary D coming in this is great. for you thanks for having baby yeah yeah. does he call your dad jepetto no okay. okay cool you know it is nice to see. David so happy I haven't seen him this. excited since they fixed the blizzard. machine at the. DQ.