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Gillian Anderson

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

August 17, 2026

Actress Gillian Anderson feels nonplussed about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.
Speakers: Conan O'Brien, Sona Movsesyan, Gillian Anderson, Blake Henderson, Matt Gourley, David Hopping

Topics: Comedy

**Conan O'Brien** (0:03)
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Have you ever had a cat, Sona?

**Sona Movsesyan** (0:46)
Never.

**Conan O'Brien** (0:46)
Okay. I have had multiple cats.

**Sona Movsesyan** (0:48)
Yeah.

**Conan O'Brien** (0:49)
I had a cat growing up. It was my cat. My wife and I now have three cats.

**Sona Movsesyan** (0:53)
That's a lot.

**Conan O'Brien** (0:54)
Yeah. We have three cats and two dogs.
I have to say the dogs are so appreciative. Cats are hard to win over.

**Sona Movsesyan** (1:00)
Yeah.

**Conan O'Brien** (1:01)
Cats are cats. They're tricky.

**Sona Movsesyan** (1:02)
Yes.

**Conan O'Brien** (1:03)
Sometimes I feel like I'm working for them.
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**Gillian Anderson** (1:55)
Hi, my name is Gillian Anderson and I feel nonplussed about being Conan O'Brien's friend.

**Conan O'Brien** (2:07)
I sometimes go into this thinking I want an honest answer and now I don't want an honest answer.
Hey there, welcome to Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend. Sona Movesessian, very nice to see you.

**Sona Movsesyan** (2:38)
Nice to see you too.

**Conan O'Brien** (2:39)
As always, Matt Gorley, pleasure to see you.

**Sona Movsesyan** (2:42)
And you, sir.

**Conan O'Brien** (2:43)
Have you noticed anything different about me these days? I'm driving a different car.

**Sona Movsesyan** (2:46)
Are you?

**Conan O'Brien** (2:47)
I'm not gonna name brands or anything, but I had a little difficulty with my car, and I've been leasing it for a while, and I just kept having to go into the shop. So I finally parted company with that car. Don't have a car, so my kids are out of town. They share a Subaru Forester that's maybe about, I don't know, seven years old. It's covered in dirt, and I'm tooling around in this car, which is a very fine car, by the way. And by the way, not getting a dime from Subaru. I'm just saying it's a fine machine. But it's really funny because it's just a filthy car for some reason. I don't think my kids take it to wash it much. I don't know if that's what young people do, is wash a car.

**Sona Movsesyan** (3:25)
I can't remember the last time I washed a car.

**Gillian Anderson** (3:27)
That's not what old people do either. I don't wash cars either. Really?

**Conan O'Brien** (3:31)
Also, it's not my car, and I'm not, I'm yet to take it to the car wash, so I'm tooling around in this thing. And sometimes I got the window down, I'm bopping to the tune. And someone will pull up to a stop and they'll see me and I'll give them the nod. But I know they're looking at me. Like, why doesn't he clean his car?

**Blake Henderson** (3:48)
Do you think, though, that they ever think, that can't be Conan, it's just a Subaru? They expect you to be in a Bentley.

**Conan O'Brien** (3:53)
Well, first of all, I'm gonna stick up for Subaru because I think it's a fine car. Again, not getting a dime. But no, today I saw a guy looking at me at a stop sign and he kept thinking, I think that's Conan, but he looks like he's delivering pizzas.

**Blake Henderson** (4:06)
I've always heard Christian Bale drives like a really shitty early 90s coupe because he thinks no one recognizes him if they see him in it.

**Conan O'Brien** (4:15)
Yeah. But then he has that bumper sticker that says, I am Christian Bale.

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