Conan O'Brien reveals he passed on hiring Ray Romano a year before his breakout success on the hit sitcom 'Everybody Loves Raymond.'

O'Brien almost hired the TV star as a monologue writer for 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien,' but passed because they didn't have a spot open.

On a recent episode of his SiriusXM podcast, 'Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend', O'Brien revealed that Ray Romano had auditioned to be a monologue writer for his show in the '90s. The comedian turned down Romano,

Conan O’Brien, on his podcast, reminisces about meeting Ray Romano in the 1990s when Romano applied as a writer for his show. Though Romano wasn’t hired due to a lack of slots, he soon soared to fame with Everybody Loves Raymond.