“I’m greatly honored to be invited to give this award for the Best Original Song tonight, and much as I love doing it, I wasn’t the first choice to give this award out,” the Rolling Stones frontman said.
“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.”
Jagger laughed as he continued, “Bob said, ‘You should find somebody younger.’ I said, ‘Okay, I’m younger! I’m younger than Bob, I’ll do it.’ So here I am.”
A source noted to Entertainment Weekly that it was a joke. Jagger went on to present the award for Best Original Song to “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez, with music by Clément Ducol and Camille, and lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard. That song beat out fellow nominees “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight, “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing, “Mi Camino” also from Emilia Pérez, and “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late.
