On the off chance that you haven’t yet heard the news, last night’s Oscars ceremony was a combination of super boring, super awkward, and super amazing. Just as the evening was wrapping up, Warren Beaty and Faye Dunaway awarded La La Land Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards. As the producers were giving their acceptance speech, however, it was revealed that the envelopes had been switched and–oops!–actually Moonlight was the real victor. Naturally, the crowd (and the Internet) went wild. Let’s take a look…
First, there were the shocked expressions of everyone in the room…
Then came the tweets…
CAN THIS YEAR GET ANY FUCKING WEIRDER!!????? #oscars
— Andy Cohen (@Andy) February 27, 2017
Call me Warren Beatty. I can help you get through this! #Oscars
— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) February 27, 2017
warren beatty heard everybody on twitter and set it up so moonlight literally got to take la la lands oscar from their hands
— Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) February 27, 2017
Amazing ending. Wish that had happened on Election Day.
— Billy Crystal (@BillyCrystal) February 27, 2017
Big goof, but it's just an awards show.
It's not like a racist lunatic lost an election by 3 millon votes but was still President #Oscars
— Andrew Tumilty (@AndrewTumilty) February 27, 2017
BREAKING: Jill Stein raising million$ for #oscars recount. #oscarsfail #envelopegate #AcademyAwards #MondayMorning
— Rick Pamplin (@RickPamplin) February 27, 2017
And then, naturally, came the memes…
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NateOcean
La La Land was the popular favorite…
…but Moonlight got the most electoral votes.
wmca_goodguys
Trump’s comment was the best (and so true): Oscars ‘Were Focused so Hard on Politics’ They Could Not Get the Basics of the Ceremony Right
Kangol
Trump’s so focused on BS and his narcissistic feelings of inferiority and need for attention he cannot get the basics of governing and being president right.
Jack Meoff
After the razzing he got at the Oscar’s it was fairly inevitable that he would focus on the one thing that went wrong to try and deflect attention away from the comments made about him all of which were totally true and hilarious.
CarlIsle
Anyone considering a face lift should watch the footage of Faye Dunaway speaking. She can pull off the results of the surgery in still photos, but as soon as she starts to speak, it all goes awry.
Sluggo2007
I understand that the person handing out the envelopes was texting. This texting madness will be the ruin of everyone who can’t seem to stop doing it. So pathetic!