He Lost Faith
Late in his life, Carson had dinner with Garry Shandling and Jerry Seinfeld where he told them that he did not have very high hopes for TV’s future. Peter Jones shared: “Apparently [he] went on about his disappointment in the direction television was going, with its tabloid nature and reality garbage…He had said he was sickened by what was going on, and was glad he got out when he did.”
He Couldn’t Take It
In his 2016 tell-all autobiography, Richard Little revealed that he believed that Carson absolutely hated him. He said that Carson couldn’t handle Little’s impressions of him. Carson’s lawyer and friend Henry Bushkin said: Richard brought out the worst in Johnny.”