Given the Oscars’ complicated history with being politically intertwined, it’s understandable that, leading up to the March 27 ceremony, it remains unclear whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will appear at the ceremony, per the New York Post.
Although fellow Oscars co-host Amy Schumer has pitched the idea of a Zelenskyy cameo, Wanda Sykes personally thinks the night is not the time to get so serious. Speaking on the red carpet to ABC (per Variety), Sykes said of Zelenskyy, “I think he’s very busy right now … Hollywood, we can get a little full of ourselves.”
Earlier in March, the comedian has spoken about her desire to keep the Hollywood celebration free of divisive undertones. “We’re trying to stayed aligned with the themes. We aren’t going to trash anyone — satire but not mean-spirited,” Sykes said (via Deadline), adding a sardonic quip at the time about the president himself, “Isn’t he busy right now?”
