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Conan O’Brien Writer Defends Oscars Joke About Kendrick Lamar and Drake
The writer behind Conan O’Brien’s joke about Kendrick Lamar and Drake at the Oscars said the comedian wasn’t taking sides
Skyler Higley, O’Brien’s joke writer, told TMZ on Monday, March 3, that the quip was all about tapping into the pop culture zeitgeist and not a diss toward either artist. “The idea that it’s being taken as a real call-out or taking sides in any way in the beef is absurd,” Higley, who worked on O’Brien’s former TBS talk show, told the outlet. When the 97th Academy Awards kicked off on Sunday, March 2, outside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Dancing With the Stars judge Julianne Hough was among the first on the crimson rug.
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