At the 97th Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, the show was relatively light on politics, but the acceptance speeches and host Conan O’Brien still waded into divisive commentary.

Last week, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer said in an interview that his goal for the award show was to be politics-free. He called O’Brien “apolitical,” a departure from the stridently progressive former host Jimmy Kimmel in previous years. Kramer also encouraged celebrities to limit the political commentary and instead focus “on their work.”