{"id":391638,"date":"2026-11-03T03:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T03:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/391638\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T03:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T03:28:58","slug":"brooklyn-bar-owner-debbie-shields-stars-on-subway-takes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/391638\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn bar owner Debbie Shields stars on &#8216;Subway Takes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brooklyn bar owner who became Internet famous last week after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/10\/27\/bed-stuy-bar-owner-in-viral-conan-obrien-subway-video-ready-for-sitcom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">matching wits<\/a> with Conan O\u2019Brien got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DfPfRzyOyGj\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">her own \u201cSubway Takes\u201d episode<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Confessions operator Debbie Shields\u2019 chance encounter with O\u2019Brien while the funnyman was taping an episode of \u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SubwayTakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Subway Takes with Kareem Rahma<\/a>\u201d had comedy fans begging for more of the Bed-Stuy businesswoman. On Monday, that\u2019s what they got.<\/p>\n<p>She used her big break to get a few more laughs and help her customers understand when it\u2019s time to go home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast call means last call, people. Get the f\u2013k outta my bar!\u201d Shields jokes with show host Kareem Rahma as the pair rode the subway together.<\/p>\n<p>Rahma suggests she play the 1998 Semisonic song \u201cClosing Time\u201d to get people moving. When at first Shields doesn\u2019t seem able to place that tune, he begins singing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease don\u2019t switch careers, honey,\u201d the bar operator wisecracks.<\/p>\n<p>Shields also shared that she doesn\u2019t need to carry a backpack on the subway because of her big bosom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can carry a fifth of liquor in these suckers \u2014 we\u2019re going to the damn party!\u201d she tells her jaw-dropped interviewer.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien said after his chance encounter with Shields that he\u2019d consider doing a show with her. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/asithappens\/nyc-bartender-conan-obrien-subwaytakes-viral-improv-9.7393860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Shields told<\/a> the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that she\u2019s been in contact with him and Rahma about future collaborations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/confessionsbar_bk\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Confessions Bar<\/a> hosts a Friday night comedy show that Shields emcees.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn bar owner who became Internet famous last week after matching wits with Conan O\u2019Brien got her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,36589,140613,140614,9,24,63,141681],"class_list":["post-391638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-conan-obrien","tag-confessions-bar","tag-debbie-shields","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-subway-takes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}