JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX Blistering Oscars Gag Draws Gasps From The Audience

JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX Blistering Oscars Gag Draws Gasps From The Audience

Todd Phillips' highly divisive Joker sequel wasn't able to avoid being the butt of a particularly scathing gag during last night's Academy Awards show...

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By MarkCassidy - Mar 03, 2025 12:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Joker

Last night's Academy Awards show was a relatively scandal free affair (at least nobody slapped host Conan O'Brien, although we're sure a few people wanted to), but one particular joke did result in some gasps from the celeb-filled audience in attendance.

At one point, O'Brien introduced the heroic members of the LA Fire Department who battled this year’s devastating Palisades and Eaton wildfires, and used the opportunity to slip in a few of his... harsher gags.

“Now, I know you’re going to find this hard to believe, but there are some jokes even I’m not brave enough to tell,” said the host before adding. “On behalf of myself, would you please read what’s in the prompter? Remember — everyone in this audience has to laugh; these are heroes!”

Los Angeles Fire Department captain Erik Scott kicked things off with a very funny dig at Todd Phillips' much-maligned Joker sequel: “Our hearts go out to those who have lost their homes. And I’m talking about the producers of Joker 2.”

O'Brien did save some fairly risqué observations for himself, taking aim at Emilia Perez star Karla Sofía Gascón's controversial social media posts, and Drake’s longtime feud with Kendrick Lamar.

“Little fact for you — Anora uses the F-word 479 times. That’s three more than the record set by Karla Sofía Gascón’s publicist,” O’Brien said in his monologue. Later on, he quipped: “We’re halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile. Don’t worry, I’m lawyered up.” 

You can check out the jokes for yourself in the video below, along with a full list of the winners in all major categories.

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked

Best Director

Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Best Actor

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Best Animated Feature

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Original Screenplay

Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
The Substance
September 5

Best Original Score in a Motion Picture

The Brutalist
Emilia Pérez
Conclave
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Best Original Song

El Mal, Emilia Pérez
Mi Camino, Emilia Pérez
Never Too Late, Elton John: Never Too Late
The Journey, The Six Triple Eight
Like a Bird, Sing Sing

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu

Best Sound

A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Wicked
Emilia Perez
The Wild Robot

Best Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Wicked

Best Costume Design

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Production Design

The Brutalist 
Conclave
Dune: Part Two 
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Editing

Anora
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Brutalist

 Best International Feature

I’m Still Here
The Girl with the Needle
Emilia Pérez
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Flow

Best Documentary Feature

Black Box Diaries 
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Sugarcane
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Best Documentary Short

Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Instruments of a Beating Heart

Best Live Action Short

Anuja
The Last Ranger
A Lien
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
I’m Not a Robot

Best Animated Short

In the Shadow of Cypress
Wander to Wonder
Yuck
Magic Candies
Beautiful Men

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TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 3/3/2025, 12:13 PM
Joker 2 is indeed the Batman & Robin of this generation.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/3/2025, 12:21 PM
@TheJok3r -

Batman & Robin has way more entertainment value, meaning, and uplifting moments than Joker: Part Deux.

Boycott Todd Phillips and Lady Gaga.
DianaGohan
DianaGohan - 3/3/2025, 12:32 PM
@TheJok3r - No because Schumacher actually had LESS creative control for Batman and Robin then he did for Batman Forever. Like Batman and Robin happened the way it did because all the decisions for what characters to use and how they would look were up to the toy manufacturers and not you know the directors or writers of the film. Meanwhile Todd Phillips was given total creative control over how Folie A Deux came out thus like it or not that is the full auteur movie... that doesn't make it good, personally at best I think it's very mid, but it's a different kind of failure then Batman and Robin.
SATW42
SATW42 - 3/3/2025, 12:18 PM
I mean, it was a one liner joke that I don't know I would define as "scathing" and it sounded more like laughter and groans than gasps (a Conan specialty lol), but, sure?

At least if you type in Conan and Joker 2, this article has you showing up on google results, so good on ya
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 3/3/2025, 12:23 PM
@SATW42 - You're right... blistering would be better than scathing.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/3/2025, 12:19 PM
Warner Bros. wanted it to be bad and fail, as revenge against conservative fans of Joker.
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 3/3/2025, 12:34 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - why can't it just be a bad movie?

Why does everything have to be a slight against you?
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 3/3/2025, 12:42 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - about the dumbest statement I've seen on this site. And that says A LOT.
NightEagle3
NightEagle3 - 3/3/2025, 12:54 PM
@UltimaRex - Because that's exactly their M.O.

Gays loving each other

Black and Brown People just living their lives. Especially black women.

Immigrants that are just trying to provide for their family.

People of all different colors and backgrounds being successful instead of just one specific color, hence why they hate the words D.E.I

If it even remotely represents decency, equality or unity, it's a slight against them because of simply how morally corrupt they are on the inside 🤷🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️
Patient2670
Patient2670 - 3/3/2025, 12:55 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - You're absolutely right. A corporation which survives on the premise that people want to see their product would definitely piss away hundreds of millions of dollars to create something that people will hate. Just wait and see what they have in mind to troll you in Joker 3! Companies hate to make profit and sucsessful franchises. It's clear as day now. They want you to boycott. And look, here you are, helping them do it! That's nothing short of brilliant! Are you actually David Zaslav?
Usernametaken
Usernametaken - 3/3/2025, 1:19 PM
@Patient2670 @NightEagle3 @lazlodaytona @UltimaRex - this dude is obviously a 12 yo troll who seeks attention, we should all leave him be.

He doesn't have genuine opinions, he's just trying to stir up people by saying he hates everything and posing as a maga cultist.
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 3/3/2025, 1:53 PM
@UltimaRex - It's the irony of his persecution complex; the perpetual victim.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/3/2025, 2:58 PM
@NightEagle3 -

"Immigrants that are just trying to provide for their family."

Even they can have a negative impact on cultures and economies.

Remember that European settlers throughout the world were just trying to provide for their families.

And what about the violent criminals?

Do you leave your doors open all day and night?
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/3/2025, 2:59 PM
@UltimaRex -

It's not that much of a slight against me, I didn't really like Joker, and I haven't watched its non canon sequel.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/3/2025, 3:01 PM
@lazlodaytona -

Maybe it seems ignorant because you are ignorant about so many things that lefties do.

Telling the truth seems crazy in a world full of lies.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/3/2025, 3:06 PM
@NightEagle3 -

"Just living their lives"

Because that's all there is to it. There is more nuance in the world than that.

Were white people just living their lives in the Americas in the 1400s to 2020s?

Are you going to talk about all the ways that other groups are morally corrupt inside?

Would it be okay for people of all different colors and backgrounds to be successful in remote villages in South America? Or Africa? Or Asia?

Would it be okay to make every continent besides North America and Europe cultural melting pots?
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/3/2025, 3:10 PM
@Patient2670 -

Money these maga companies have. They won't be hurting for money because they purposefully botched Joker 2.

If they will fight to always make a huge profit, how do you explain why they butchered Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Willow, the MCU, Doctor Who, Snow White, etc.?
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/3/2025, 3:11 PM
@Usernametaken -

We all know you don't believe I'm 12.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/3/2025, 3:12 PM
@EskimoJ -

Is that anything like how all manner of lefties and others are perpetual victims?
Usernametaken
Usernametaken - 3/3/2025, 3:21 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Alright, maybe 13 or 14.
Nolanite
Nolanite - 3/3/2025, 4:48 PM
@lazlodaytona - even dumber than the shit I say?
newhire13
newhire13 - 3/3/2025, 5:18 PM
@lazlodaytona - Dude is an expert at saying the dumbest shit possible
newhire13
newhire13 - 3/3/2025, 5:23 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - You complain about perpetual victims while logging on to a comic movie message board to bitch like a perpetual victim 😂 You’re a goddamn loser 😂
asherman93
asherman93 - 3/3/2025, 6:00 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Yes, that's totally why they spent $200 million on the damn thing.
Nah, its because they thought letting Todd Phillips do whatever he wanted like he did with the first film would lead to another billion dollars.

There is, in the end, only one overarching agenda in Hollywood - the agenda of making as much [frick]ing money as possible as much of the time as possible.
Patient2670
Patient2670 - 3/3/2025, 6:10 PM
@Usernametaken - Yeah, you're right. I appreciate the reminder. Thanks.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 3/3/2025, 8:56 PM
@asherman93 - I too, believed the only agenda is making money - but why have they repeatedly thrown money down the shitter?

Star Wars/Indy/MCU and the ass end of the DCEU were all dogshit money losers on once mighty IPs.

Literally BILLION DOLLAR franchises with decades old canon and recipes for continued success and they trashed them - how could a collection of creators and companies be so collectively inept?

It certainly LOOKS like it was done on purpose.
asherman93
asherman93 - 3/3/2025, 9:23 PM
@Batmangina -
Star Wars - four out of the five films produced under Disney's banner were billion dollar hits. The only show that's been properly cancelled after one season is The Acolyte. All the others have managed to keep chugging along.

Indiana Jones - COVID caused the budget of the last film to balloon out of control - though frankly, given Harrison Ford intended this as the final film in the franchise, its BO performance is irrelevant. Even then, The Great Circle from Machine Games seems to have been a massive success.

MCU - Outside of 2020 and 2023, the MCU's been pretty consistently successful.

DCEU - Speaking as a Man of Steel defender, since day one, the DCEU has been suffering from either a) trying and failing to have and eat its cake; or b) a massive identity crisis, switching plans on the fly.

As for why the [frick]-ups? Simple - 90% of everything in general is crap or unremarkable. Its just that in the age of the internet, more and more stuff is able to leap back into the pop cultural limelight at a moment's notice.
For all people complain about the "good old days", I guarantee that for every hit, there were a dozen unremarkable or outright bad shows or films that were left in the dustbin of history (or, in the case of any that undergo reappraisal, the recycling bin of history).
Batmangina
Batmangina - 3/3/2025, 10:11 PM
@asherman93 - Does ANYONE think that Star Wars is heading in the right direction or that the sequels were actually GOOD?

Aside from S1 of The Mandalorian, NONE of it felt like Star Wars.

The merch is unsellable. The shine is completely gone.

That last Indy movie SUCKED and it FAILED. Full stop.

DCEU fell off a cliff almost immediately. MoS was MID AF and any success the DCEU had looks to be accidental.

Again, does ANYONE think the MCU is headed in the right direction? If the FF isn't off the charts good AND profitable, they are [frick]ing well and truly cooked.

SATW42
SATW42 - 3/3/2025, 12:23 PM
Another trending topic is former Catwoman and X-Men star Halle Berry and Dark Knight runner up Adrian Brody kissed, reeancting a 22 year old bit. Story coming soon?
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 3/3/2025, 12:24 PM
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theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 3/3/2025, 12:27 PM
They should do Joker 2 again but with an all-female cast.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/3/2025, 3:14 PM
@theFUZZ008 -

It wouldn't carry the same message as having fans of the first Phoenix Joker movie knowing the protagonist was gang ____.
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