“But had I had that opportunity, I would have spoken up.”
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“That makes me very sad,“he said.

Jacques Audiard at the 2025 Oscars.Credit:Frazer Harrison/WireImage
“Its very hard for me to think back to the work I did with Karla Sofia.
Its as if you fall into a hole.
Because what Karla Sofia said is inexcusable.”

Clément Ducol, Jacques Audiard and Camille Dalmais accept the Best Original Song Oscar.Kevin Winter/Getty
Oscars hostConan OBrienbegan the show witha joke about the Gascon controversyin his opening monologue.
“Little fact for you:Anorauses the f-word 479 times,” he joked.
“That’s three more than the record set by Karla Sofia Gascon’s publicist.
‘She tweeted what!?'”
Additional reporting by Maureen Lee Lenker.