Conan O'Brien's joke writer wants everyone who missed the comedic timing of his Oscars bit about Kendrick Lamar and Drake's beef to just say that -- there was no malice

Conan O’Brien referred to the rap feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar at the Oscars 2025. O’Brien, while hosting the biggest awards night, seemingly threw shade at Canadian rapper Drake.

Conan O'Brien's confusing the Academy Awards with the Super Bowl ... 'cause he says the show's halfway done -- so, it's time for someone to quote Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like

Conan O’Brien shocked the Oscars with a joke about the ongoing beef between rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake, and it’s one that earned the joke writer some cash. Comedian and writer Skyler Higley was the brains behind the joke,

Midway through the 97th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday (March 2), host Conan O'Brien fired off a Kendrick Lamar one-liner that once again made Drake the butt of the joke - this time at the Oscars. Coming out of a commercial break,

Drake was the butt of the joke at another global broadcast this weekend when Conan O’Brien referenced Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX performance at the Oscars. The writer of the joke took to X and peeled back the curtain on how the moment came to be.

Conan O’Brien quipped about Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s years-long beef and Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show during the 2025 Oscars. A little over two hours into the Oscars broadcast, O’Brien, 61, joked, “Well, we’re halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile.”

Academy Awards mark the end of another exciting awards season ... and, the A-listers in attendance brought their best to the biggest night in Hollywood.