It seems like Conan O'Brien has been hosting things for a million years. Since 1993, O'Brien has been one of the kings of late-night talk shows, starting with Late Night with Conan O'Brien, then The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien,

Conan O'Brien: The Golden Assassin! The 2025 Oscars made history in its usual fashion, as the coronation of this year’s winners has added another chapter to the history books. It also saw the show being hosted by first time emcee and late night comedy legend Conan O’Brien, which was a pretty brilliant hire.

Conan O’Brien was funny, witty, heartfelt, and sincere. He’ll go down as delivering one of the best Oscar opening monologues in history. Oh my god please let Conan O’Brien host every Oscars ceremony from now on

Roughly halfway through the broadcast ( which we live-blogged with reckless abandon ), during a break between Oscars being handed out, O’Brien delivered a perfectly timed quip referencing Kendrick Lamar’s now-infamous Super Bowl LIX halftime show performance.

Conan O’Brien shocked the Oscars with a joke about the ongoing beef between rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake, and it’s one that earned the joke writer some cash. Comedian and writer Skyler Higley was the brains behind the joke,

Oscars joke writer Skyler Higley defended the Kendrick Lamar and Drake joke he wrote for the 97th Academy Awards monologue. He explained the joke was in reference to the cultural moment and that O'Brien was not taking sides in the rappers' feud.

TV funnyman Conan O'Brien took the stage as host of the 97th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night as the 2025 Oscar nominees competed for top honors . O'Brien inherited hosting duties from fellow comedian and late-night star Jimmy Kimmel, who presided over the Oscars four times before.

The Oscar ceremony had its flaws, as usual, but the humor was surprisingly good thanks largely to host Conan O'Brien.

The host then turned to Timothée Chalamet, who he noted is “nominated for his portrayal of Bob Dylan” in “A Complete Unknown.” “Bob Dylan wanted to be here tonight, but not that badly,” O’Brien joked.

Conan O'Brien came to play at the 2025 Oscars, spotlighting The Substance, Karla Sofía Gascón, Timothée Chalamet, The Brutalist and more at the March 2 ceremony held at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.

Karla Sofía Gascón shared her approval of Conan O'Brien's joke about her controversy during his opening monologue at the Oscars 2025 on Sunday, March 2

The comedian joked about the length of “The Brutalist” and the “Emilia Pérez” actress Karla Sofia Gascón’s offensive social media posts.