David Letterman Calls Jay Leno "The Most Insecure Person I Have Ever Known"

After all these years, rival late-night hosts David Letterman and Jay Leno have yet to bury the hatchet.

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But in an upcoming interview with Oprah on Oprah's Next Chapter, Letterman actually pays Leno a compliment. Then again, it's of the backhanded variety.

"I will say, and I'm happy to say, that I think he is the funniest guy I've ever known," Letterman said of Leno. "Just flat out, if you go see him do his nightclub act, just the funniest, the smartest, a wonderful observationist and very appealing as a comic. Therefore, the fact that he is also maybe the most insecure person I have ever known — I could never reconcile that."

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Watch a first look at the interview below. Letterman's full sit-down on Oprah's Next Chapter airs Sunday, Jan. 6 at 9/8c on OWN.