Conan O'Brien landed in Seoul on Monday morning, and went about having a pretty busy day despite flying some 14 hours to get there.
The talkshow host is in the country to film a special segment, and is live-blogging it on Instagram. He's also posting on Korean social network, Kakao, which quickly verified him ahead of his visit.
He started his day big. Upon arrival at Incheon airport, he was mobbed by a hall of screaming fans:
A video posted by Conan O'Brien (@teamcoco) on Feb 14, 2016 at 6:10am PST
Incheon is pretty crazy now but its about to go down #ConanKorea pic.twitter.com/jMMSsdK0NJ— Jason Munoz (@Earshot_Audio) February 14, 2016
Later, at the Noryangjin fish market, he posed with an octopus in a bag. This octopus was likely sold to be eaten alive, which is a local delicacy in South Korea, so Conan may have saved the little critter from a gristly fate.
Went to the fish market today and bought a pet octopus. I named him Samuel. #ConanKorea #southkorea #travel A photo posted by Conan O'Brien (@teamcoco) on Feb 14, 2016 at 7:00pm PST
He signed this laptop, apparently remarking to its owner: "Now your laptop is worthless."
Now your laptop is worth less - Conan #ConanKorea @teamcoco A photo posted by Min Lee (@_minl) on Feb 14, 2016 at 10:02pm PST
After O'Brien announced his trip to Seoul last week, fans started laying out the red carpet for him.
A photo posted by 학대 글리코겐 (@gyakutai__glycogen) on Feb 13, 2016 at 7:16pm PST
Welcome to Korea I love you . . #conanobrien #graphic #graphicart #graphicartist #graphicdesign #art #artwork #design #photoshop #photoshopart #collage #collageart #collageartist #collageartwork #pic#picture#korea#southkorea#visualdesign#conankorea A photo posted by 수진 (@ohssuu) on Feb 14, 2016 at 10:55pm PST
I signed up for Instagram because of #conanobrien lol He is taking pictures himself for his #teamcoco account while he is in Korea so now I can check what he does in my country lol #conankorea A photo posted by Ashelly Kumja Han (@ashelly_han) on Feb 14, 2016 at 7:25pm PST
The lanky host is probably a bigger star in the Asian country than you thought.
Who would've guessed that Conan would have so many fan girls in South Korea? #ConanKorea— Eunji SONG 은지 (@Swansong719) February 14, 2016