LOS ANGELES—As organizers prepare for this year’s Oscars ceremony in March, host Connon O’Brien told Thirsty Thespian reporters that when he arrived for initial rehearsals, famous, two-time Oscar-winning actor, Adrien Brody, was still dressed in his outfit from the previous year’s ceremony, wielding his gold trophy and apparently still delivering his Oscars speech backstage alone, in a mostly empty theater, 11 months after he had started the controversially long speech that resulted in many other winners having to cut their own speeches considerably short.

“I tried to confront him, say, ‘Hey Adrien, buddy, what are you still doing here?'” O’Brien recapped. “But he cut me off, said, ‘I’ll get to you in a minute, you Irish giant,’ which I personally thought was a bit cruel. He told me he still had ‘a few more people’ he wanted to thank. He also said: ‘I swear. I’ll make it short.’” 

At press time, Brody apparently did finish his speech, now holding the record for the longest Oscar acceptance speech, with only some facilities staff aware that the speech (originally recorded at five minutes and 36-seconds) had actually continued backstage, lasting a full 11 months. Brody added that, while he didn’t have any film roles eligible for next month’s ceremony, he’s hopeful that his upcoming work as Charles V – the Emperor in the upcoming 2027 film, Emperor, just might win him his third stately statuette. “Look, I don’t want to go anther 22 years and 2 days to win my next Oscar.” He continued, telling us when he wins in 2027, he plans to beat his own Oscars speech record and “go for a solid year.”

-TTT.