told CBS News New York.<\/a><\/p>\nBrooklyn bar owner Debbie Shields riffs with Conan O\u2019Brien aboard an F train during an appearance on \u201cSubwayTakes\u201d on Oct. 20, 2026. SubwayTakes\/YouTube<\/p>\n
Shields spotted Rahma and O\u2019Brien shooting the episode \u2014 which consists of Rahma interviewing guests on board a moving subway car \u2014 and introduced herself as she brought the show to a halt with her fast-witted riffing alongside the former talk show host. <\/p>\n
\u201cI said, \u2018Save my seat. I\u2019m going over,’\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Shields sat down next to Rahma and instantly hit it off with O\u2019Brien, running with the joke that they were married a long time ago and shared two sons, one in medical school and the other in jail.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry I haven\u2019t sent any money,\u201d O\u2019Brien quipped, as Shields took the joke and ran with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s OK, don\u2019t worry I still love you,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour pictures are everywhere in the house,\u201d Shields fired back, earning a belly-busting laugh from O\u2019Brien. \u201cThey have your hair, that\u2019s OK, we\u2019ve figured it out and what we draw in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shields\u2019 was quick to riff with Conan O\u2019Brien as the told rolled with the story they had been married long ago and shared two children. SubwayTakes\/YouTube<\/p>\n
After the two broke character, O\u2019Brien formally introduced himself, telling Shields she was \u201cso funny.\u201d SubwayTakes\/YouTube<\/p>\n
O\u2019Brien claimed he had the happiest marriage with the subway stranger, adding that it was \u201cthe best year-and-a-half of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m trying to tell you, I\u2019ve heard that from my other three husbands too,\u201d Shields said.<\/p>\n
The video has been viewed 1.3 million times as of Sunday. <\/p>\n
After the two broke character, O\u2019Brien formally introduced himself, telling Shields she was \u201cso funny.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Shields took the lull in the conversation to advertise her bar, revealing she had to \u201ckick\u201d O\u2019Brien out twice, breaking the comedian into another round of laughter in less than a minute.<\/p>\n
Rahma asked Shields if they could get a free round of drinks if they showed up to her bar.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s my babies\u2019 daddy, he\u2019ll get two,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Shields also earned recognition from across the internet, where people praised the businesswoman for her humor. CBS News New York\/YouTube<\/p>\n
Shields beamed at her virality saying it was a much needed change to her everyday life.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt used to be them pulling up saying, \u2018Get out of the way, old lady,’\u201d Shields said. \u201cNow it\u2019s, \u2018I seen you on TV. We love you.\u2019 I love you, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Confessions Bar gained over 7,000 followers on its Instagram page since the \u201cSubwayTakes\u201d episode aired, according to social media tracker SocialBlade. <\/p>\n
Confessions Bar has also introduced a new drink in honor of O\u2019Brien, called \u201cThe Baby Daddy O\u2019Brien\u201d that features an orange garnish.<\/p>\n
Shields also earned recognition from across the internet, where people praised the businesswoman for her humor. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat lady was a comedy gem,\u201d one user said. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou just know Conan LOVED ridding with that woman SO much,\u201d another added. <\/p>\n
\u201cConan always talks about how his fans are hilarious, but this spontaneous interaction really shows it,\u201d a third fan said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A New York City bar owner said her viral subway interaction with comedian Conan O\u2019Brien \u201cchanged her life\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[55308,374845,7567,236,38974,16237,88,5871,276988,194],"class_list":["post-893950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bars","tag-bedford-stuyvesant","tag-brooklyn","tag-celebrities","tag-comedians","tag-conan-obrien","tag-entertainment","tag-metro","tag-subways","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}