Nikki Glaser Grades Conan O’Brien’s Oscars Hosting & “Selfishly” Says Her Favorite Moment Was Adam Sandler-Timothée Chalamet Joke

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Nikki Glaser shares her thoughts on the Oscars and grading Conan O’Brien’s hosting following Sunday’s ceremony. Glaser kicked off award season earlier this year hosting the Golden Globes and gave her take on O’Brien’s turn helming the Academy Awards. “Last night, Conan … A+,” the stand-up comedian said on Live with Kelly & Mark. “I mean, we know he’s funny.

We know he’s going to kill. We knew we were in good hands, but there was a silliness to it, with the Sand Worm playing the harp.

There was wild stuff happening.” Glaser said that O’Brien’s monologue “was good,” adding, “I thought he took some chances. He did the Kendrick [Lamar] joke halfway through.

They thought outside the box and it was a traditional Oscar show, but Conan injected some silliness into it.” RELATED: ‘GMA’ Anchors Channel ‘Wicked’ For Oscars After-Party Opener; Robin Roberts Defies Gravity As Elphaba The hosts asked Glaser for her favorite moment of the night and she said that “selfishly” her favorite moment was the Adam Sandler-Timothée Chalamet running joke, which she started at the Golden Globes in January. “I really loved when he was talking to Adam Sandler and then Adam Sandler ran up to Timothée Chalamet and goes, ‘Chalomeeeeet,'” she said. “That was the joke I made at the Golden Globes.