The first time Oscar host Conan O’Brien roasted nominated and industry in his 2025 Academy Awards Open monologue on Sunday evening. He takes over for repeated host Jimmy Kimmel, who sat this year but came up in O’Brien’s starting set.
Karla Sofía Gascón, the controversy-based, historic spouse’s best actress nominees leading “Emilia Pérez,” After all, attended the event. Otherwise she has refrained from participating in American Awards show and events since her inflammatory past tweets resumed at the end of January. Gascón, a Spanish actress who has spoken in his narrative language during the award season, seemed to get English translations of O’Brien’s comments from a companion sitting next to her.
“A little fact for you: ‘Anora’ uses the F -word 479 times,” said O’Brien. “There are three more than the record established by Karla Sofía Gascón’s publicist.” O’Brien then imitated one of Gascón’s representatives, with a high voice: “You tweeted what?”
He then added, “Karla, if you will tweet about Oscars, remember that my name is Jimmy Kimmel.”
Earlier in the set he also aimed at Streamer Netflix. “Netflix leads all studios with an impressive 18 – count them – 18 price increases. I think they can beat it next year. “(Netflix earned a total of 18 nominations, including 13 for” Emilia Pérez “, which made the Spanish -speaking musical one of the most nominated films of all time.)
He also joked and attached to a controversy that obsessed with Hollywood right now, “I want you to know that we didn’t use AI to do this show. We would never do it. We use child labor. “
O’Brien also made fun of various nominees by showing baby and school pictures (including one in uterine fetuses that were meant to represent Timothée Charamet), as well as Jeff Bezos and Amazon Studios. He joked about how Amazon MGM has recently taken over control of the James Bond franchise, with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson sign the rights.
“Big News recently, Amazon has taken over the 007 franchise, and they announced the next James Bond. Did you know that? Yes, it is Amazon Senior Vice President of Global Affairs Steve Goldstein. Ladies love him, ”said O’Brien.
