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“Well, you know, I don\u2019t want anyone to slap me,” the comedian joked to The New Yorke<\/a>r<\/a> last month of his preparations, referencing Will Smith<\/strong>‘s infamous 2022 Oscars slap<\/a>. “I\u2019d like a streaker. And you know what I\u2019d really like? A streaker to slap me. That would just satisfy so many of my dormant Catholic hangups.”<\/p>\n In fact, the 62-year-old has officially accepted embracing the unexpected.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s a weird duality here,” O’Brien continued. “It\u2019s a weird thing. I like to plan, and I like to prepare. And then I love it when something goes off the rails.”<\/p>\n In the end, the former Conan host just wants everyone\u2014including himself\u2014to have a good time.<\/p>\n “What I\u2019ve learned myself over time is that I can\u2019t fake enjoyment,” he admitted to the outlet. “I need to find ways to make sure that I\u2019m having a lot of fun.”<\/p>\n Keep reading to see the full list of 2026 Oscars winners, and check back here all night for live updates.<\/p>\n The Oscars air live Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m. ET\/4 p.m. PT on ABC and Hulu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.eonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Well, you know, I don\u2019t want anyone to slap me,” the comedian joked to The New Yorker last month of his preparations, referencing Will Smith‘s infamous 2022 Oscars slap. “I\u2019d like a streaker. And you know what I\u2019d really like? A streaker to slap me. That would just satisfy so many of my dormant Catholic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2329423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2329422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Oscars-2026-Winners-Complete-List-Live-Updates.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2329424,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329422\/revisions\/2329424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}