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Conan O’Brien Gets In Dig At Trump With ‘Anora’ Joke: “I Guess Americans Are Excited To See Somebody Finally Stand Up To A Powerful Russian”
O'Brien quipped about Donald Trump's support for Vladimir Putin
Conan O'Brien dings Donald Trump at the Oscars with 'Anora' jokeFilmNation / ABC / Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images Conan O’Brien steered clear of politics in his opening monologue, but as Anora has collected a number of Oscars, he got in a quip directed at Donald Trump without naming him. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian,” O’Brien said, to huge cheers in the Dolby Theater. Anora is the story of a sex worker who falls a client, the the son of a Russian oligarch, only to have his family go to extraordinary measures to try to get their marriage annulled.
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