Oscars 2025 Host Conan O’Brien Calls Out Karla Sofía Gascón Amid Emilia Pérez Controversy
Conan O’Brien wants a rule e book.
The 61-year-old, who hosted the 2025 Oscars earlier this month, revealed that a few of his concepts for the present have been blocked because of the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences’ strict guidelines about their iconic Oscars statue, which is aptly named Oscar.
“At one level, I assumed, ‘Wouldn’t or not it’s nice if it’s simply on the sofa?’” Conan mentioned on the March 13 episode of his Conan Wants a Good friend podcast. “Let’s lay it on a very massive sofa and I’ll be vacuuming and say, ‘May you at the least raise your toes? Or might you at the least stand up and assist? Load the dishwasher?’”
As he recalled, his humorous promo thought was met with the Oscars staff responding, “No, no no, that may’t occur.”
“One of many individuals from the Academy got here ahead and mentioned, ‘Oscar can by no means be horizontal,’” Conan continued. “That blew my thoughts. Like, wow, that is just like the thigh bone of St. Peter. It is a spiritual icon.”
However the group behind Hollywood’s largest evening didn’t simply poopoo on Conan’s sofa thought: In line with Conan, when his staff prompt they depict the trophy as a housewife in an apron serving the host leftovers, that bit was rapidly shot down as effectively.
