Conan O'Brien makes savage dig at Drake and Kendrick Lamar with ‘pedophile’ joke at Oscars
Oscars presenter Conan O'Brien has taken aim at Drake half-way through the 97th Academy Awards ceremony.
The 97th Academy Awards ceremony kicked off earlier today (March 3) and saw late night talk show host Conan O'Brien kick off the night with an opening skit which left people divided.
However, it would appear he was certainly only getting started...
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On February 9, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles took to the field at the Super Bowl LIX to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2024 season however, the real star of the day was Kendrick Lamar, who took to the stage during the halftime show and delivered a performance bursting with 'hidden' messages.
While making a dig at Trump and commenting on the divide in America right now, Lamar also performed his Drake diss track 'Not Like Us' - which Drake has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group over as a result of being referred to as a 'pedophile' - joking, 'I want to perform they favorite song, but you know they love to sue,' before going ahead anyway, just dropping the word 'pedophiles' from his rendition.
And O'Brien couldn't help but refer back to the moment during the 'halftime' of the 2025 Oscars, stating: "Well, we're halfway through the show, which means it's time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile."
And it's not taken long for viewers to flock to social media to weigh in.
One Twitter user said: "Ok that was actually pretty funny."
"Drake getting wacked at the Oscars, Grammys, AND Super Bowl?" Another added.
Not only did Lamar sing 'Not Like Us' during his Super Bowl halftime show, but he also brought Serena Williams out on stage too.
With rumors of romance between Williams and Drake, and Drake having mentioned the tennis player and her husband Alexis Ohanian within his 2022 album Her Loss.
On the track 'Middle of The Ocean,' Drake rapped: "Sidebar, Serena, your husband a groupie / He claim we don't got a problem but / No boo, it is like you coming for sushi."
Ohanian responded on Twitter at the time and within 'Not Like Us,' Lamar states: "Better not speak on Serena."
And so including her in his Super Bowl halftime performance? Oh and bringing out SZA to perform too who was also romantically linked to Drake.
*Mic drop* or 'GAME OVER' - according to the words spelled out in the crowd at the end of the set at least.
Oscars 2025 results: the nominees and winners announced so far
Best supporting actor
Yura Borisov - Anora
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain - WINNER
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
Best animated feature
Flow - WINNER
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best costume design
Wicked - WINNER
Nosferatu
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Best original screenplay
Anora - Sean Baker - WINNER
The Brutalist - Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain - Jesse Eisenberg
September 5 - Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David
The Substance - Coralie Fargeat
Best adapted screenplay
A Complete Unknown - Jay Cocks and James Mangold
Conclave - Peter Straughan - WINNER
Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard
Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing - Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Best make-up and hairstyling
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance - WINNER
Wicked
Best film editing
Anora - WINNER
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Best supporting actress
Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande - Wicked
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez - WINNER
Best production design
Wicked - WINNER
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Conclave
Best original song
'Never Too Late' - Elton John: Never Too Late
'El Mal' - Emilia Pérez - WINNER
'Mi Camino' - Emilia Pérez
'Like A Bird' - Sing Sing
'The Journey' - The Six Triple Eight
Best sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two - WINNER
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best visual effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two - WINNER
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Best original score
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best international feature
I'm Still Here - Brazil
The Girl with the Needle - Denmark
Emilia Pérez - France
The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Germany
Flow - Latvia
Best cinematography
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu
Best actor
Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice
Best director
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker - Anora
Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
James Mangold - A Complete Unknown
Best actress
Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison - Anora
Demi Moore - The Substance
Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here
Best picture
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I'm Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Topics: Oscars, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Celebrity, Film and TV
Poppy Bilderbeck