Anyone who watched The Johnny Carson Show felt they knew the man. He just seemed to put it all out there for the world to see. But as the years have gone by since Carson hung up the hat for his talk show and after he passed away in 2005, secrets about him and what happened on set have started to emerge.

Some are hilarious, and others are more serious, but the truth still remains – we might not have known the real Johnny Carson as much as we thought.

Carson was one of the first people to have a late-night show. He became a pioneer in the genre and was always hosting great interviews and celebrating talent on air. While he was a mainstay in the media, Carson also pushed boundaries.

And that meant he ran into controversy at points during his career.

Click below to see the secrets that they kept about the king of late night television.