Conan O’Brien made his Academy Awards hosting debut at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday night. In a memorable monologue, he poked some fun at himself before playfully making some jokes about the star actors and films nominated at Hollywood’s biggest night.
Before the monologue, a pre-taped segment aired in which O’Brien parodied The Substance by emerging from Demi Moore’s body. “Hi, Demi. How are you?” he said while walking onto stage. “That was weird. Yeah, awkward. I’m missing some car keys.”
“A Complete Unknown, A Real Pain, Nosferatu — these are just some of the names I was called on the red carpet,” O’Brien continued, before taking on the biggest streaming platform.
“Netflix leads all studios with an impressive 18 — count them — 18 price increases. Yes, and I think they can beat them next year.”
In other jokes, O’Brien commented on topics like AI and mocked Timothee Chalamet, Bob Dylan and Antonio Banderas while alluding to films like A Complete Unknown, Babygirl, and the James Bond franchise. He also addressed Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón’s offensive social media posts.
“We did not use AI to make this show,” he promised. “We would never do that. We used child labor. Hey, they’re still people! Of course, we lost Little Billy [and] that’s sad.”
Turning his attention to Timothée Chalamet, O’Brien noted that he was “nominated for his portrayal of Bob Dylan” in A Complete Unknown. “Bob Dylan wanted to be here tonight, but not that badly,” he joked.”
“[Chalamet] is also in Dune 2,” the host continued. “I’m told director Denis Villeneuve banned smartphones on the set. Apparently, his actors kept Googling, ‘What is his movie about?’”
Elsewhere, O’Brien said Banderas played “the most challenging role of his career” while portraying “a man who doesn’t know how to give his wife an orgasm” in Babygirl.
Meanwhile, Gascón appeared to take O’Brien’s joke about her scandal in stride, giving prayer hands when the camera panned to her. “Little fact for you: Anora uses the F-word 479 times,” he said. “That’s three more than the record set by Karla Sofia Gascón’s publicist.” He continued, “You tweeted WHAT?!” while changing his voice to imitate Gascón’s reps.
He added, “Karla, if you’re going to tweet about the Oscars, remember, my name is Jimmy Kimmel.”
Acknowledging the Amazon’s recent acquisition of the James Bond franchise, he joked that the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Global Affairs Steven Belsky has been tapped as the next 007. “Ladies love him,” he quipped.
After that, O’Brien introduced “footage” of Jeff Bezos being brought in an Amazon box and tossed on the red carpet. “He seems undamaged. At least he made it. Oh wait, where’s Jeff? What happened to Mr. Bezos,” he asked before a package thief was shown taking off with the box.
O’Brien also issued a warning to those who let their speeches go on too long, saying, “Instead of playing you off with music we’ll have something much more powerful — we’ll cut to John Lithgow in the audience looking not angry but slightly disappointed.”
And if Lithgow’s disappointed face didn’t work, O’Brien threatened to show old headshots, which included those of Guy Pearce, Zoe Saldana, and an ultrasound of Chalamet
In another funny moment, O’Brien pointed to Adam Sandler in the crowd, clad in his usual uniform of a hoodie and shorts. Sandler got “kicked out” for not meeting the dress code, but not before running up to Chalamet and giving him a big hug, exclaiming “Chalamet!!!!!!!” in the process.
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