Steve Martin doesn't want to host the Oscars, not that he's been asked
Steve Martin describes hosting the Oscars as a "thankless" job that he's no longer willing to give up his time to do
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Every year it seems to get harder and harder to lock down a good host for the major awards shows. Jimmy Kimmel and John Mulaney have reportedly already passed on the gig for the 2025 Academy Awards, so now the producers have to turn to other options. Every year since Only Murders In The Building premiered, the trio of Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez have been rumored as potential hosts, but it’s never come to fruition. And it sounds like it never will, either. In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Martin says if he was going to do it, he’d have to start prepping “Yesterday. Oh, and one last thing: They have not asked.”