Who Will Host the 2019 Oscars? Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph Look to be Twitter's Favorites

The Oscars are less than two months away – and there's apparently no hosts in sight. Twitter users took to their favorite forum to offer up suggestions while watching Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg host the 2019 Golden Globes Sunday night.

Oh and Samberg took the time during their opening monologue to take aim at the Kevin Hart debacle.

"One lucky audience member will become the host of the Oscars," the hosting duo said in unison.

"The reason [we're hosting] is we're the only two people left in Hollywood who haven't gotten in trouble for saying something offensive," Oh joked.

Following the immense back-and-forth backlash over the first choice host and his past-made homophobic remarks – which then resulted in trending tags #OscarsNeedHart and #OscarsDontNeedHart – it looks like there are two fan favorites for the job.

Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph, who were presenters at Sunday's Golden Globes, are a packaged deal when it comes to hosting the biggest night in Hollywood.

The comedians even got a nod from Wanda Sykes, herself.

"You Oscar's host...Amy and Maya," she tweeted.

I think we found our next #Oscars hosts. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/nwwFAuomz3

— Daniel Hains (@theregoesDaniel) January 7, 2019

FORCE MAYA RUDOLPH TO HOST THE OSCARS 2K19

— keely flaherty (@keelyflaherty) January 7, 2019

LET MAYA AND AMY HOST THE OSCARS

— Sam Sanders (@samsanders) January 7, 2019

Despite being the Twitter-favorite, the social media platform also offered other possible nominees.

TV personality Ross Matthews got over a thousand people in agreement when he offered Kidding actor Jim Carrey as an Oscar host contender. Twitter also seemed to like the idea of Carol Burnett and Dick Van Dyke as a hosting-duo.

Even comedian Conan O'Brien tweeted that he was robocalled about hosting the Oscars, where fans showed immense support.

However, in true Twitter fashion, some notable parody suggestions gained popularity – including Sandra Oh's parents and the photo-bombing Fuji water girl.

Unfortunately, we won't know the official host until the Academy makes the announcement – hopefully in time for its February 24 airing.

Embattled comedian Kevin Hart was originally pegged to host the awards show but backed down two days after he landed the gig after controversy erupted over past homophobic tweets.

"There are so many things I want to do I check off as they get done, and Oscars was up there. Oscars was one of the highest of highs, simply because there hasn't been a lot of African Americans that have been able to do it," Hart told Ellen DeGeneres on Friday. "When it happened, my first thought is, 'I'm going to ignore it. I'm going to ignore it because it's 10 years old. This is stuff I've addressed. I've talked about this. This isn't new. I've addressed it! I've apologized for it. I'm not going to pay it any mind.'"

The comic maintained he did not have a "homophobic bone" in his body.

DeGeneres backed Hart, saying she wanted to see him host the show. "You can't let them destroy you, and they can't destroy because you have too much talent," she said. "No one can do that. And for them to stop you from your dream, from what you wanted to do, from what you have a right to do and from what you should be doing, it's why they haven't found another host."

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