After hosting the 2025 Oscars ceremony, Conan O'Brien is offering insight into the origin of his memorable monologue bit with Adam Sandler. O'Brien told Entertainment Tonight after the telecast that he initially reached out to his former Saturday Night Live colleague to involve him in a different way for the Academy Awards.
ABC and the Academy allegedly didn't want Conan O'Brien's Kendrick Lamar and Drake joke to be told. However, one producer fought for it.