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Oscars Writer Wins Bet For Conan O’Brien’s Joke About Kendrick Lamar & Drake
A writer for the Oscars made a bet with one of the show's executive producers and is now $50 richer.
Conan O'Brien, Kendrick Lamar and DrakeABC / Christopher Polk / Penske Media / Cole Burston / Getty Images A writer for the Oscars made a bet with one of the show’s executive producers and is now $50 richer. “Well, we’re halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile,” O’Brien joked getting laughs from the Dolby Theater. Oscars writer, Skyler Higley, who has worked with O’Brien before on late-night show Conan and Taylor Tomlinson’s After Midnight, shared on social media he had made a bet his joke would be well received.
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