Adam Sandler isn’t changing the casual way he dresses โ even for the Oscars.
The “Happy Gilmore” star made a funny cameo during Conan O’Brien’s opening monologue at the ceremony on March 2 while wearing his trademark hoodie and baggy basketball shorts.
โAnd finally for such a prestigious night, itโs important that everyone is properly dressed, OK?โ OโBrien said. โYouโre dressed well โ Adam.โ
O’Brien then pointed Sandler out amid a sea of tuxedos and designer dresses and asked him what he was wearing.
โNobody even thought about what I was wearing until you brought it up!โ Sandler yelled.
โYouโre dressed like a guy playing video poker at 2 a.m., Adam,โ OโBrien said.
โYou know what, I like the way I look because Iโm a good person,โ Sandler replied. โI donโt care about what I wear, what I donโt wear. Did my snazzy gym shorts and fluffy sweatshirt offend you so much that you had to mock me in front of my peers?!โ
O’Brien tried to retract his criticism.
โAdam, I apologize,โ he said.
Sandler then got up in mock exasperation and started walking out of the crowd at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
โIโm going. Off I go. Iโm leaving!โ he said. โI have to. Itโs not you, itโs him. You caused this!โ
โI’m sorry, I’m sorry,โ O’Brien apologized.
โYou are all welcome to join me for a game of 5-on-5 basketball at Veterans Park tonight, midnight tip-off. The guy from โNosferatu,โ where is he? Heโs on my team,โ Sandler joked.
Before he exited, Sandler revived a joke made by comedian Nikki Glaser when she hosted the Golden Globes in January. She told โA Complete Unknownโ star Timothรฉe Chalamet in the audience that his last name sounds like something Sandler would say in a jokey voice.
She then called on Sandler in the audience, who gave his best โChalamet!โ in a Cajun-sounding voice like his character Bobby Boucher from โThe Waterboy.โ
While leaving the audience at the Oscars, Sandler circled back to where Chalamet was seated.
“One more thing โ Chalameeeeeeet!” he said, drawing a big laugh from the crowd.
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