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An Amazon box that Conan O’Brien said contained Jeff Bezos is delivered to the Oscars red carpet Sunday night. (Image via ABC/YouTube)
Academy Awards host Conan O’Brien took a couple shots at Amazon and founder Jeff Bezos during the opening monologue of Sunday night’s ceremony.
O’Brien, the late-night TV vet and first-time Oscars host, discussed the recent news that Amazon MGM Studios has taken over creative control of the James Bond film franchise.
“They just announced the next James Bond,” O’Brien said, preparing to reveal what would have been a major scoop on Hollywood’s biggest night. Instead, O’Brien said, the new 007 is Amazon senior vice president of global affairs Steve Belsky. “Ladies love him,” O’Brien added as a fake corporate headshot appeared on screen.
Amazon’s real chief of global affairs is David Zapolsky, a 25-year Amazon vet.
O’Brien also shared what he said was footage of Bezos arriving on Oscars red carpet. The video showed an Amazon delivery driver dropping off a long box. “There he is! He seems undamaged,” O’Brien joked.
But when cameras cut to the audience and an empty seat, O’Brien wondered where Bezos was. More footage from outside the theater showed a “porch pirate” making off with the Bezos box.
Fast forward to the 9:18 mark of the video below for the start of the Amazon/Bezos jokes:
