Conan O’Brien on stage at the Oscars on March 2, 2025. REUTERS “It was the idea that, ‘Oh, Conan’s now going to goof on all the movies,’” O’Brien said on the podcast.

O’Brien remembered, “One of the people from the Academy came forward and said, ‘Oscar can never be horizontal.’ And that blew my mind. Like, wow, this is like the thigh bone of St. Peter.