David Letterman wants Jay Leno as show guest

David Letterman wants Jay Leno on his US chat show.

The 66-year-old star – who has been fronting ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ for 32 years – wants to rebuild relations with the former ‘The Tonight Show’ host who he famously fell out with.

Show producers have had the idea in the works for a while but wanted to wait until former ‘Saturday Night Live’ star Jimmy Fallon – who replaced Jay as show host – made his debut on ‘The Tonight Show’ on February 17.

A source told New York Daily News’ newspaper column Confidenti@l:  »There’s been quiet talk behind the scenes for months that Dave will have Jay Leno on as a guest.

 »(Letterman’s) producers waited until Fallon debuted (on ‘Tonight’), give him space out of respect, but are now ready to pull out all the stops. »

Jay and David were good friends but are said to have had a dispute after the 63-year-old presenter landed a spot on popular ‘The Tonight Show’ in 1992, when he replaced Johnny Carson as host, but many expected David to be Johnny’s successor.

They reportedly had a 20 minute phone chat to smooth over any bad feelings.