The 98th Annual Academy Awards premiered on ABC last night and it was another left-wing awards show hate fest. Host Conan O'Brien initially opened the show with a funny sketch, offering a brief moment of hope that this ceremony might be different than all the previous ones this season.   Satirically done up like the villain Aunt Gladys from last year's hit horror movie Weapons, he paraded through nominated movie scenes dressed as the clownish-looking character. But after the skit ended and his opening monologue commenced, all hope was lost for a fun night of apolitical humor. "I should warn you tonight could get political. Okay? And if that makes you uncomfortable, there's an alternative Oscars hosted by Kid Rock at the Dave and Buster's down the street,” he said. After taking a dig at half of America, he then falsely implied Trump was a pedophile, just as Trevor Noah had done at this year's Grammy Awards.  "It's the first time since 2012, the first time since 2012 that there are no British actors nominated for best actor or best actress. Yeah. British spokesperson said, yeah, well, at least we arrest our pedophiles. So, we've got that going for us," he said. This "joke" was particularly offensive as it ignored the Pakistani rape gangs that have run rampant for decades in Britain. Conan O’Brien: “It’s the first time since 2012 that there are no British actors nominated for best actor. A British spokesperson said well at least we arrest our pedophiIes.” The UK literally covered up muslim rape gangs for years and let pedos roam freepic.twitter.com/8HR5gEHoKm — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 16, 2026   O'Brien has also apparently never heard of BBC star and British pedophile Jimmy Savile, among others. Then O’Brien got "serious" and fell into the doomsday rhetoric that animates left-wing discourse. “If I can be serious for just a moment, everyone watching right now, around the world, is very aware that these are very chaotic, frightening times. It’s at moments like these that I believe that the Oscars are particularly resonant.” Whenever a Democratic candidate wins the U.S. presidency, all is well in the world. Whenever a Republican wins, the world is on the brink of destruction. This has been the Hollywood mentality since Reagan's presidency, if not earlier, and such hysteria has only grown worse. O'Brien's worst quip of the night was a genitalia joke at the president's expense, saying “We’re coming to you live from the Has a Small Penis Theater. Let’s see him put his name in front of that!” Conan O’Brien hosting #Oscars: “We’re coming to you live from the Has a Small Penis Theater. Let’s see him put his name in front of that!” pic.twitter.com/l3yC0SOmay — Brent Baker