Conan O’Brien Writer Defends Oscars Joke About Kendrick Lamar and Drake

Conan O’Brien wasn’t taking sides in the beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, said the writer behind his biting Oscars joke.

During the Sunday, March 2, awards ceremony, O’Brien, 61, quipped, “We’re halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile.” The joke was an apparent reference to Lamar’s scathing Super Bowl LIX halftime performance in February, where Lamar performed his Drake…