
Conan O’Brien, Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
Wireimage (2); Pictures of gettyConan O’Brien I was not taking sides in the beef between Kendrick Lamar and MarkThe writer said behind his Oscars joke.
During the Sunday, March 2, awards ceremonyO’Brien, 61, set aside: “We are in the middle of the program, which means that it is time for Kendrick Lamar to go out and call a pedophile to Drake.” The joke was an apparent reference to Lamar’s escat Super Bowl LIX Performance at half an hour In February, where Lamar interpreted his Drake Diss, “Not Like Us” track. (Lamar accused Celevering Drake of Pedophilia on the court of 2024, which Drake has denied.)
Skyler hygleySaid the writer of O’Brien, he said Tmz On Monday, March 3, the Quip was about playing the zeitgeist pop culture and not a dissipation towards any of the two artists.
“The idea that is taken as a real call or to be taken in any way in the beef is absurd,” he told The Outlet Higley, who worked on the old O’Brien TBS TBS program.
During Sunday’s Oscars, O’Brien also handed over some tips Best candidate actor Timothée Chalamet and the best candidate actress Karla Sofía Gascón.

Conan O’Brien talked to the stage during the 97th annual Oscars at the Dolby Theater on March 2, 2025 in Hollywood, California.
Pictures of Kevin Winter/Getty“Timmy Chalamet is for the best actor tonight, you are amazing and you find it incredible. I love this dress. You won’t hit your bike tonight,” O’Brien told the Dolby Theater Audience in Los Angeles, referring to the actor who received a fine for a bike on a walk London premiere of A complete stranger. “Sure! Incredible actor. Timothée is nominated for his portrait of Bob Dylan, yes. Bob Dylan wanted to be here tonight, but not so bad. “”
Directing -in Gascón whose past Offensive X Publications resurfaced Following his candidacy for Oscar for Emilia PérezO’Brien joked, “Karla, if you go to tweet on the Oscars, remember, my name is Jimmy Kimmel.”
After the Sunday ceremony, O’Brien revealed that he made changes to his jokes the night.
“There are times you think,” We have a good joke here, but I won’t. Does not feel good. We made a lot of changes in the stage, “said O’Brien And! News at her 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. “Just decide,” Ah, this is a better joke, “or think of something right now, and you only go there, and these can be blessings.”
Fortunately, O’BIrien’s lodging style went well with the Listers to attendees.
“There is the agony of before, the preparation, the preparation, and this continues for months. Then we worked so hard that when we got to the point where it was time to go, I couldn’t wait. And it was a really fantastic crowd. They were laughing, thank God,” he said And! News.



