Good point. Anyway, I think this O'Brian guy has been pickin on Axl already in 2002. Wasn't there a clip somewhere on Youtube, something about Axl joking Conan because he was believed to have said something about Axl's weight or so? Phaps because of the 2001 Rio show.
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Yeah, it's here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWOvdBMbq1o
oh no, poor little axl getting picked on.... he's a big boy, he can handle it.
conan rocks, can't wait for him to take over the tonight show