He continued, "The producers wanted Bob Dylan to do it. Bob didn't want to do it because he's had the best songs this year, well, obviously, in the movie A Complete Unknown. Bob s

Both host Conan O'Brien and best original song presenter Mick Jagger suggested that the 'Complete Unknown' subject had passed on attending the ceremony.

"A Complete Unknown," starring Timothée Chalamet, was completely out of tune at the 97th Academy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles.

The Rolling Stones legend, 81, let slip that he was second choice to present Best Original Song on the night after the elder statesman of songwriting passed on the offer.

Mick Jagger, who presented the award for best original song at the 2025 Oscars, took a playful jab at Bob Dylan during his segment.

Rock legend Mick Jagger surprised the Oscars crowd on Sunday night when he turned up to present the award for Best Original Song. But the Rolling Stones frontman, who walked out to a standing ovation,

"Bob didn't want to do it because he said the best songs this year were obviously in the movie, 'A Complete Unknown.'"

Mick Jagger shocked the Oscars audience Sunday night by bounding onto the stage as a surprise presenter joking that Bob Dylan had only one winner in mind for “Best Original Song,” and it wasn’t any of the Academy’s nominees.