Conan O'Brien delivered a real zinger during his opening speech at the Oscars

[highplainsdem]

Oooph. Conan O’Brien delivered a real zinger during his opening speech.

"It's the first time since 2012 that there are no British actors nominated for Best Actor or Best Actress. A British spokesperson said, 'Yeah, well, at least we arrest our pedophiles.'"

— The Times & Sunday Times (@thetimes.com) 2026-03-15T23:21:23.278Z

[mnhtnbb]

1. And then he went on to add another one!

"We're coming to you live from the 'Has a Small Penis' theatre. Let's see him put his name in front of that."

[dalton99a]

2. +1

[highplainsdem]

3. I was going to post it separately, but oh, well... Video:

"Welcome back, we're coming to you live from the has a small penis theater... let's see him put his name in front of that"

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) 2026-03-15T23:34:45.490Z

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. From the guy who said comedians are lazy if they do Trump jokes...nt

[Whiskeytide]

17. That's not exactly what he was saying. He was being critical ...

… of some comedians abandoning sharp humor for “fuck that guy”, angry outbursts. He said Тяцмp is already a parody, and simply expressing hatred for him is not clever. He clarified that he was not saying it was wrong to criticize him. He’s clearly not a Тяцмp supporter.

[Snackshack]

22. 100%

A year of pointing out djt's dislikes, hypocrisy and outright lying has not made a dent is any of djt's disasters.

I am not sanguine relentless mockery will do any better but at this point what is left to lose. It worked for Zelenskyy.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

14. DUzy. NT

[malaise]

18. The Oscars are fabulous tonight

The vibe is seriously decent

[underpants]

4. They are considering a sequel to "F1", it's called "Caps Lock"

A stupid little hilarious nerdy joke.

[highplainsdem]

5. I loved that, too.

[liberalla]

7. ??? I'll have to see the video of this...

The way I read it, the zinger was said by the British spokesperson!
?

[SunSeeker]

8. Conan said that, quoting a fictitious Brit. nt

[liberalla]

9. Ah! thank you!

[Skittles]

11. "fictitious Brit"

love it

[SunSeeker]

20. I'm sure there are many real Brits who would have said that arrest line.

[Skittles]

10. PREACH IT BROTHER CONAN

[mnhtnbb]

12. Jimmy Kimmel gets in on it

while presenting documentary short film with a snide comment about Melania walking around the White House trying on shoes.

And then for Documentary feature film another slam about how angry 'he'll' be his wife wasn't nominated for this.

[BattleRow]

16. Were they Florsheims?

I once knew a guy who called them Floorshines...

Well...if the shoe fits....

[Ilsa]

13. And his skit/coronation for winning an Oscar

could be construed as making fun of Trump's dream of becoming a king. At least for me it did.

[malaise]

15. I love that they invited Kimmel

He hit it out of the park

[Cha]

19. WOW... Did the Audience Go Wild!!

TY and Conon O'Brien!

[LisaM]

21. I thought the tone was exactly right.

He straddled a really fine line between obvious jokes and having a clear POV, like when he said Kid Rock was hosting an alternate show with "tickets available".