Conan O’Brien took the Oscars stage at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday night and launched into a rapid-fire monologue that verged into more political territory than the host had predicted it would in interviews leading up to the event.
O’Brien dished out jokes ranging from mocking Timothée Chalamet’s ballet and opera controversy, making cracks about Sean Penn and Ted Sarandos and taking aim at the lack of arrests over the Jeffrey Epstein files. He also mocked the American health care system and right-wing Super Bowl counter-programming. O’Brien closed his monologue by sincerely addressing the current moment of global uncertainty amid the war in Iran.
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Here’s a rundown of his monologue’s best moments:
“I’m Conan O’Brien and I’m honored to be the last human host of the Academy Award. Next year it’s going to be a Waymo in a tux.”
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