Mick Jagger shares Bob Dylan revelation during surprise appearance at the Oscars

Mick Jagger made a surprise appearance at the 97th Annual Academy Awards – and shared a revelation about Bob Dylan while at the ceremony.

The lead vocalist for the Rolling Stones, 81, took to the stage during the glitzy event to present the award for Best Original Song – which went to the film Emilia Perez for El Mal. 

The British-born performer energetically strutted onto the stage while blowing kisses towards the star-studded crowd – who erupted into a standing ovation as he took his place in front of the microphone. 

After the applause and cheers from the crowd died down, he expressed: ‘My goodness. I’m greatly honored to be invited to give this award for the best original song tonight.

‘And as much as I love doing it, I wasn’t the first choice to give this award out,’ the singer admitted. ‘The producers really wanted Bob Dylan to do this.

‘Bob didn’t want to do it, because he said the best songs this year were obviously in the movie A Complete Unknown. Bob said, “You should find somebody younger.” I said, “Okay, I’m younger!”‘ Jagger humorously said. 

Mick Jagger, 81, made a surprise appearance at the 97th Annual Academy Awards – and shared a revelation about Bob Dylan while at the ceremony

‘And as much as I love doing it, I wasn’t the first choice to give this award out,’ the singer admitted. ‘The producers really wanted Bob Dylan to do this’; Dylan seen in 2023 in Indiana

‘I’m younger, I’ll do it. So here I am. And here are the nominees for Best Original Song,’ he concluded before the nominees in the category were shown. 

Following his appearance at the awards show, Mick also left fans shocked that he is just one year younger than Joe Biden.

Social media users quickly took to X to share their thoughts on Jagger’s youthful appearance and energy after he presented the Best Original Song honor.

‘Joe Biden is a year older than Mick Jagger. Mick walked on stage like he was 25 years old. WTF?’ a fan penned. 

Another wrote, ‘Mick Jagger is 81 years old! Let that sink in for a bit. #Oscars,’ while one added, ‘Okay what is Mick Jagger’s secret? Dude’s how old now?’ 

‘Good lord, how does Mick Jagger STILL look so good at whatever age he is???’ another X user questioned. 

‘Holy s**t Mick Jagger looks great! Wow. #Oscars,’ one wrote, and another also tweeted, ‘Mick Jagger. 81. He bounced out on that stage like a young fella.’ 

One fan shared, ‘Mick Jagger is old as hell and still hopping around the stage with so much star quality. They dropping biopics left and right, where is his story?!’ 

The lead vocalist for the Rolling Stones took to the stage during the glitzy event to present the award for Best Original Song – which went to the film Emilia Perez for El Mal

Social media users quickly took to X to share their thoughts on Jagger’s youthful appearance and energy after he presented the Best Original Song honor; Biden seen in January in Washington D.C. 

‘Joe Biden is a year older than Mick Jagger. Mick walked on stage like he was 25 years old. WTF?’ a fan penned

Another wrote, ‘Mick Jagger is 81 years old! Let that sink in for a bit. #Oscars,’ while one added, ‘Okay what is Mick Jagger’s secret? Dude’s how old now?’

‘Good lord, how does Mick Jagger STILL look so good at whatever age he is???’ another X user questioned

‘Holy s**t Mick Jagger looks great! Wow. #Oscars,’ one wrote, and another also tweeted, ‘Mick Jagger. 81. He bounced out on that stage like a young fella’

One fan shared, ‘Mick Jagger is old as hell and still hopping around the stage with so much star quality. They dropping biopics left and right, where is his story?!’

‘He looks fantastic! You Go Mick,’ one social media user typed out, and another wrote, ‘Mick Jagger was born in 1943 and is still one of the coolest dudes on the planet’

‘He looks fantastic! You Go Mick,’ one social media user typed out, and another wrote, ‘Mick Jagger was born in 1943 and is still one of the coolest dudes on the planet.’ 

‘Mick Jagger got the whole Oscars audience to stand up. So well-deserved! As big of a star as they come! #Oscars,’ one fan shared. 

Jagger previously opened up about aging during an interview with The Guardian back in 2023. 

‘But I hate to say this: as you get older, a lot of your friends die,’ he told the outlet, and added that ‘it doesn’t get easier at all. 

‘There’s a lot of people around your age, they’re dying all the time. I don’t have any friends older than me, only one. Apart from the band, all my friends are much younger.’ 

Jagger continued, ‘You’re aware of your own mortality from quite an early age – it’s not something that occurs to you in your 70s.’ 

Also on Sunday, Mick was spotted at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in Beverly Hills and was accompanied by his girlfriend Melanie Hamrick, 37. 

Jagger previously opened up about aging during an interview with The Guardian back in 2023; seen in 1969 with the Rolling Stones 

He sported a shimmering black suit which he also wore while presenting Best Original Song on the Oscars stage. 

The Paint It, Black singer additionally wore a white button up as well as a patterned scarf that was draped around his neck. 

Melanie was glammed up wearing a fitted, black ruched dress that contained a thigh-high slit on the right side. 

She slipped into a pair of black, closed-toed heels and allowed her dark locks to flow down past her shoulders in elegant curls. 

Also on Sunday, Mick was spotted at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in Beverly Hills and was accompanied by his girlfriend Melanie Hamrick, 37

The couple – who first met over 10 years earlier in 2014 – sweetly linked fingers as they paused for a brief photo session together. They are also parents to son Devereaux, eight. 

Just one day earlier, the lovebirds made a rare appearance at the Chanel Pre-Oscars Dinner at the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel. 

Jagger kept it casual wearing a light gray shirt as well as a pair of dark gray pants and a satin pink bomber jacket. 

His girlfriend dressed to impress in a black velvet gown with a corset-styled bodice and a sparkling chained belt.  

Oscar winners 2025 full list – see who received honors for this year’s Academy Awards

 Best Picture

Anora – WINNER

The Brutalist 

A Complete Unknown 

Conclave 

Dune: Part Two 

Emilia Pérez 

I’m Still Here 

Nickel Boys 

The Substance 

Wicked

Anora was the biggest winner of the night as Mikey Madison earned Best Actress

Best Director 

Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez

Sean Baker — Anora – WINNER

Brady Corbet — The Brutalist

Coralie Fargeat — The Substance

James Mangold — A Complete Unknown

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo — Wicked 

Karla Sofía Gascón — Emilia Pérez

Mikey Madison — Anora – WINNER

Demi Moore — The Substance 

Fernanda Torres — I’m Still Here 

 

Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody — The Brutalist – WINNER

Timothée Chalamet — A Complete Unknown 

Colman Domingo — Sing Sing 

Ralph Fiennes — Conclave 

Sebastian Stan — The Apprentice

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro — A Complete Unknown 

Ariana Grande — Wicked 

Felicity Jones — The Brutalist 

Isabella Rossellini — Conclave 

Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez – WINNER

Zoe Saldana was recognized in the Best Supporting Actress category for Emilia Perez

Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov — Anora 

Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain – WINNER

Edward Norton — A Complete Unknown 

Guy Pearce — The Brutalist 

Jeremy Strong — The Apprentice 

Animated Feature Film

Flow – WINNER

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail 

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

Cinematography

The Brutalist — Lol Crawley – WINNER

Dune: Part Two — Greig Fraser

Emilia Pérez — Paul Guilhaume 

Maria — Ed Lachman 

Nosferatu — Jarin Blaschke

Original Screenplay

Anora — Sean Baker – WINNER

The Brutalist — Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold 

A Real Pain — Jesse Eisenberg

September 5 — Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; co-Written by Alex David

The Substance — Coralie Fargeat

Sean Baker earned three individual honors for Anora in addition to Best Picture

Adapted Screenplay

A Complete Unknown —  James Mangold and Jay Cocks 

Conclave — Peter Straughan – WINNER

Emilia Pérez — Jacques Audiard with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi

Nickel Boys — RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

Sing Sing — Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield

Achievement in Production Design

The Brutalist 

Conclave 

Dune: Part Two 

Nosferatu 

Wicked – Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales – WINNER

Achievement in Sound

A Complete Unknown

Dune: Part Two – WINNER

Emilia Pérez 

Wicked 

The Wild Robot

Dune: Part Two won Best Achievement in Sound as Gareth John, Richard King, and Ron Bartlett are seen left to right

Original Song 

El Mal – Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard – WINNER

The Journey – The Six Triple Eight

Like A Bird – Sing Sing

Mi Camino – Emilia Pérez

Never Too Late – Elton John: Never Too Late

Original Score  

The Brutalist — Daniel Blumberg – WINNER

Conclave — Volker Bertelmann

Emilia Pérez — Clément Ducol and Camille 

Wicked — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz

The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers

Live-Action Short Film

A Lien 

Anuja 

I’m Not a Robot – WINNER

The Last Ranger 

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Animated Short Film

Beautiful Men

In the Shadow of the Cypress – WINNER

Magic Candies

Wander to Wonder

Yuck!

Documentary Feature Film

Black Box Diaries

No Other Land – WINNER

Porcelain War 

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat 

Sugarcane

No Other Land took home Documentary Feature Film as Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham are seen left to right

Documentary Short Film

Death by Numbers 

I Am Ready, Warden

Incident 

Instruments of a Beating Heart 

The Only Girl in the Orchestra – WINNER

International Feature Film

I’m Still Here (Brazil) – WINNER

The Girl With the Needle (Denmark)

Emilia Pérez (France) 

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

Flow (Latvia) 

Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man

Emilia Pérez 

Nosferatu

The Substance – Pierre Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli – WINNER

Wicked 

 

Achievement in Costume Design

A Complete Unknown — Arianne Phillips

Conclave — Lisy Christl

Gladiator II — Janty Yates and Dave Crossman 

Nosferatu — Linda Muir

Wicked — Paul Tazewell – WINNER

Blockbuster Wicked did not come away empty handed as Paul Tazewell became the first Black male winner of Achievement in Costume Design

 

Achievement in Film Editing

Anora — Sean Baker – WINNER

The Brutalist — David Jancso

Conclave — Nick Emerson 

Emilia Pérez — Juliette Welfling

Wicked — Myron Kerstein 

 

Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus

Better Man

Dune: Part Two  – WINNER

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Wicked