Conan O’Brien made a winning punchline of President Donald Trump and his ties to Jeffrey Epstein during his monologue at Sunday’s Academy Awards.
The Oscars host — who has largely steered clear of politics despite being a registered Democrat — teed up the joke by noting that the 98th Academy Awards marked the first time since 2012 that a British star hasn’t been nominated in either the Best Actor or Best Actress categories.
“British spokesperson said, ‘Yeah? Well, at least we arrest our pedophiles.’ So we’ve got that going for us,” quipped the late night legend, who earned 10-plus seconds of applause from the Oscars crowd.
The host’s joke arrives less than a month after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was arrested in the U.K. on suspicion of misconduct in public office as he faced mounting pressure over his link to the late convicted sex offender Epstein.
Trump socialized and appeared in several photos with Epstein over the years. He has denied any link to the financier and has not been implicated in Epstein’s crimes.
