Conan O’Brien takes aim at Karla Sofía Gascón, Adam Sandler, Timothée Chalamet in 2025 Oscars monologue

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Oscars. In a playful opening, O’Brien was introduced as a “four-time Oscars viewer.”On the stage, he was full of self-deprecating jokes and seemed relaxed as he goofed around.“A Complete Unknown.

A Real Pain. Nosferatu. These are just some of the names I was called on the red carpet….I think two were fair,” the comedian began.O’Brien also didn’t waste time on commenting on the elephant in the room: “Emilia Perez” star Karla Sofía Gascón, 52, the first transgender woman to get a best actress nomination – before she fell from grace after her controversial social media posts resurfaced in January.“‘Anora’ uses the f-word 479 times,” he began, referring to the nominated film, before adding, “that’s three more than the record set by Karla Sofía Gascón’s publicist.”He added that the actress “is here tonight….And Karla, if you are gonna tweet about the Oscars, remember, my name is Jimmy Kimmel.”As an Oscars host, O’Brien follows Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted in both 2023 and 2024 – as well as in 2018 and 2017 – Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes, who co-hosted together in 2022, two years in a row (2020 and 2021) when the ceremony had no host and Chris Rock, who hosted in 2016.O’Brien then took a jab at “Best Actor” nominee Timothée Chalamet, who was wearing a bright yellow suit.“Timmy Chalamet is up for best actor tonight.

Love that suit, you will not get hit on your bike tonight. Safe!” he teased.O’Brien said that instead of playoff music, to give actors an incentive to shorten their acceptance speeches, he would either show John Lithgow in the audience looking not mad but disappointed, or he’d show a headshot from the beginning of their careers.