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ditched his signature sleek suit for more rustic attire to host the 98th ceremonial red carpet roll-out, which was held outside the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Wednesday.
The flame-haired comedian - turning 63 next month - slipped his towering 6ft 4in frame into a blue-denim jumpsuit over a formal white shirt and blue-dotted necktie along with brown boots.
Hairstylist KC Carhart Speers gave O'Brien even more height with his signature coiffed curl while groomer Michelle DeMilt made sure he was ready for his close-up on Oscar press day.
The six-time winner was joined by three crew members as they pushed the massive red carpet in unison for the snapping cameras inside the bustling Ovation Hollywood complex.
But the manual labor didn't last long as O'Brien began dramatically posing on the yet-to-be-unfurled carpet.
At one point, the Team Coco owner splayed his body lengthwise with one knee up while soaking up the attention.
Conan O'Brien ditched his signature sleek suit for more rustic attire to host the 98th Academy Awards ceremonial red carpet roll-out, which was held outside the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Wednesday
The flame-haired comedian - turning 63 next month - slipped his towering 6ft 4in frame into a blue-denim jumpsuit over a formal white shirt and blue-dotted necktie along with brown boots
With only four days left before the ABC/Hulu broadcast, O'Brien has been workshopping Oscars monologue material with over five other writers.
And on Sunday, the Harvard-educated, Massachusetts-born funnyman hit the Largo comedy club stage in order to test out 20 minutes of said material.
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'I get obsessive,' O'Brien told THR Magazine on Monday.
Hot off the Timothée Chalamet scandal, ballerina Misty Copeland - who previously donned Marty Supreme merch - was enlisted to dance during the Sinners presentation featuring Miles Caton and Raphael Saadiq, Brittany Howard, Shaboozey and more.
O'Brien will also voice the character Smarty Pants in Andrew Stanton's animated flick Toy Story 5 - hitting US theaters June 19 - alongside Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack and Keanu Reeves.
And it's been a full year since HBO Max renewed the Beast in Me producer's Emmy-winning travel series Conan O'Brien Must Go for a third season.
O'Brien sold his podcast production company, Team Coco, to SiriusXM in 2022 for a deal valued at approximately $150 million.
The JFK Presidential Library board member - who used to write for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons - hosted talk shows (Late Night, The Tonight Show and Conan) for nearly 28 consecutive years.
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