Conan O’ Brien and Madeleine Albright engage in a Twitter war, and the results are grand

 

Coco should know better than to try matching wits with a world-class diplomat.

O’ Brien brought the heat against longtime non-nemesis Madeleine Albright, the former US Secretary of State, and he did so using the most joke-friendly medium of them all.

His friendly jibe:

I picked out my Halloween costume. I’m going as “Slutty Madeleine Albright.”

— Conan O’Brien (@ConanOBrien) October 23, 2014

Well. There is perhaps something of a passing resemblance, yes….But Conan is well-known for making fun of his super-pasty, super-Irish goofball appearance. Nonetheless, Albright countered:

.@ConanOBrien I’m considering going as hunky Conan O’Brien – but that might be too far fetched.

— Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) October 23, 2014

It’s nice to see what Albright’s wits remain as sharp as the time she kept us out of an international embarrassment after President Clinton broke a Kremlin vase. (“Yes,” she famously pointed out, “but, in the President’s home state, tacky vases are a dime a dozen.”)

 

 

Conan, rather than letting things escalate, chose to back down and enjoy the laughter.

.@Madeleine YES – My first twitter war with a former Secretary of State! You’re next, George P. Shultz!

— Conan O’Brien (@ConanOBrien) October 23, 2014

To which Albright, with a smile in her tone of voice, left the comedian with a warning:

.@ConanOBrien Never get into a word war with a diplomat. We talk even more than comedians.

— Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) October 23, 2014

Stay sharp, James Baker. Patton Oswalt is gunning for you.