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During tonight ’s 97th Oscars , host Conan O’Brien could resist expend a Kendrick Lamar / Drake gag , tote up that he ’s already " lawyered up . "
Did you really think that the 97th Oscars was going to roll its remainder citation without hostConan O’Briengetting in a joke about Kendrick Lamar and Drake ? As if the pop music culture beatdown that Drake suffered at the hand of Lamar during the Super Bowl LIX halftime show was n’t bad enough ( here ’s a look at our staring rundown of it ) , O’Brien go there with his logical argument heading into the next ravel of nominees . " Well , we ’re midway through the show , which means it ’s clock time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile , " O’Brien joked , surprising us by including the " a pedophile " accusation part . But in slip anyone ’s care , O’Brien added that he ’s " lawyered up " ( a dig at Drake ’s late run of lawsuits and undertake lawsuits against his record company and others ) .
Here ’s a look at O’Brien ’s joke from earlier tonight – followed by a looking at back at highlight from his monologue :
Conan O’Brien at the#Oscars : " Well , we ’re halfway through the show , which means it ’s time for Kendrick Lamar to occur out and call Drake a pedophile . “pic.twitter.com / KmbX3QjnlM
— Variety ( @Variety)March 3 , 2025
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After a record segment that see him come out from insideDemi Moorea la The Substance ( though coming out not exactly younger or well looking ) and before a melodic numberin which he promise not to waste our time , O’Brien get hold of the stage for what everyone was wait to hear — the opening soliloquy . And it was everything Conan O’Brien that we hop it would be . Seriously ? How can you not love a admonition that cut to a disappointedJohn Lithgowwhen an acceptance actor’s line blend too long ? What were some of the joke highlight ? Here ’s a look :
On Karla Sofia Gascon/“Emilia Pérez " Scandal : " I enjoy ' Anora ' — ' Anora ' uses the farad - word 479 times . That ’s three more than the record place by [ Emilia Pérez star ] Karla Sofia Gascon ’s publicist .
On Netflix ’s Oscar Nominations : " Netflix leads all studios with an telling 18 toll increases . "
On " Wicked " : " ' Wicked ' is nominated tonight in 10 categories . It ’s the double-dyed movie for anyone who finished ' The Wizard of Oz ' and thought , ' But where did all the minor characters go to college ? That ’s the level . ' "
On Timothee Chalamet/“Dune 2 " : " Timothee Chalamet is up for right actor . He ’s nominate for his portrait of Bob Dylan . Dylan wanted to be here tonight , but not that badly … He ’s also in ' Dune 2 . ' ' Dune 2 . ' I ’m told director Denis Villeneuve banned smart phones on the exercise set . plain , his doer kept Googling , ' What is his movie about . ' "
On Antonio Banderas/“Babygirl " : " In ' Babygirl , ' Antonio Banderas plays a man who does n’t know how to give his married woman an climax . He said it was the most challenging role of his career . "
On " Conclave " : " If you have n’t seen ' Conclave , ' its logline is : ' A movie about the Catholic Church , but do n’t worry . ' "
' Emilia Pérez ' star and Best Actress candidate Karla Sofía Gascón respond to host Conan O’Brien make a jape about her recent contestation over resurfaced racist tweetspic.twitter.com/tiGvhGJc6U
— Deadline ( @DEADLINE)March 3 , 2025
O’Brien also twisted the knife on Amazon – first , with the news show that it now controls the creative right hand to James Bond . " They just announced the next James Bond . It ’s Amazon Senior Vice President of Global Affairs Steve Belsky ! " O’Brien said before winkle an image of Belsky ( ? ? ? ) and add , " Ladies love him ! " As for Jeff Bezos , O’Brien shows how the Amazon head go far at the event . " Speaking of Amazon , we have some footage of Amazon ChiefJeff Bezosarriving tonight , " O’Brien share before point a cartridge holder of a fake Amazon delivery mortal dropping off Bezos at the ceremony in not the nice direction potential . When O’Brien notices that Bezos is n’t in the consultation , we see extra footage of someone stealing Bezos from the violent carpet .
Jeff Bezos arriving at the#Oscars 🤭 🤭 🤭 pic.twitter.com / YhyCpD8X0b
In addition , Adam Sandler joined in on a cracking segment of the opener where O’Brien called out Sandler for wearing a hoodie and basketball short circuit to the conventional ceremonial – but Sandler turned it around on O’Brien , calling out the Oscars server for judge him as he undertake to rally the audiences to his side – and have some fun with Chalamet along the way . " Nobody even thought about what I was bust until you brought it up , " Sandler yelled at one point . " I care the room I look . Because I ’m a upright person . I do n’t give care about what I wear and what I do n’t wear . My snazzy gym shorts and downlike sweatshirt offend you so much that you had to bemock me in front of my peers ! "
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