Conan O’Brien hosted this year’s Academy Awards and he has revealed some golden ideas he and his writer weren’t allowed to execute. In an episode of his “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, O’Brien and Mike Sweeney, who served as his head writer for the Oscars, discussed some behind-the-scenes moments from the recent event.

At the 2025 Academy Awards, host Conan O'Brien joked about making Conclave actor John Lithgow the signal that winners' speeches were getting too long. Social media quickly turned it into one of the biggest memes of the night. Here are 13 funny "slightly disappointed John Lithgow" memes from the Oscars:

Late night talk show host Conan O'Brien hosted the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, but there were some jokes that he was banned from telling. The comedian received mostly positive reviews for his performance on the night as a whole,

Conan O'Brien is shedding light on the strict rules that involve the Oscars. Speaking on the Wednesday, March 13 episode of his podcast "Conan Needs a Friend", the comedian, 61, revealed that there were firm do's and don'ts when it came to the Oscar statuette.

Conan O’Brien, who hosted the 2025 Oscars in Los Angeles March 2, shared some of his ideas that were ultimately cut from the ceremony due to surprising Academy rules.

Today in weird news, recent Oscars host Conan O’Brien revealed that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences refused to allow him and his team to clothe an Oscar statue or lay it horizontally for promotional ads they pitched for the ceremony.