Conan O'Brien reveals bizarre Oscar restrictions you never knew existed
Conan O'Brien has revealed two bizarre restrictions regarding the statuette.
Speaking on the latest episode of his podcast "," the presenter revealed that he had several ideas for a promotional video ahead of hosting the 2025 Academy Awards earlier this month.
However, two of his ideas were shut down due to the strict guidelines, which say that the statuette must not be presented horizontally or be wearing clothes
In one pitch, Conan suggested portraying himself and a 9-foot-tall Oscar statuette as a domestic couple.
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"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. This is a religious icon."
O'Brien also suggested putting an apron on the statuette to depict it as a housewife, to which the Academy told him: "No clothing on Oscar. Oscar is always naked."
The 2025 Oscars saw Mikey Madison take home the Oscar for Best Actress and Adrien Brody for Best Actor, while Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Actor and Zoe Saldaña won Best Supporting Actress. Best Picture went to "Anora."
Brody's speech at the ceremony set the record as the longest in Oscars history, clocking in at a whopping five minutes and 40 seconds.