It was not the Academy or film critics who gave the toughest verdict during Sunday\u2019s <\/span>Oscars<\/strong> ceremony. It was the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n Netizens brutally roasted the biggest stars of Hollywood for their cringey jokes, awkward speeches, and heated tussles on camera during the star-studded night.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHow is the Oscars worse than Golden Globes rn?\u201d one asked online.<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s a roundup of 15 of the most awkward moments from the 2026 <\/span>Oscars<\/a>.<\/p>\n Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans appeared onstage to present the nominations for Best Adapted and Original Screenplay.<\/p>\n But before diving into their given task, the Marvel stars took a moment to acknowledge the 14th anniversary of the original Avengers movie.<\/p>\n Evans then went on to tell the Oscar winner<\/a> that he had a surprise waiting for him backstage: the original script of the film, signed by the entire cast.<\/p>\n Later, when the Captain America star was left alone with the mic, Downey Jr. walked back out with a gift he managed to whip up for his co-star.<\/p>\n \u201cI was just joshing, of course, I got you something. I got you the official Tanning Chatum thong from Magic Mike. It\u2019s sequin, with a mirror ball effect,\u201d he said, twirling the sparkling undergarment around in his hand.<\/p>\n After Evans said he had no words to say, Channing Tatum joined the conversation from the audience.<\/p>\n \u201cHey, I\u2019m gonna need that back though!\u201d he yelled from his seats.<\/p>\n \u201cFor what?\u201d Downey Jr. indignantly asked, to which the Blink Twice actor bashfully said: \u201cI gotta work later, bro.\u201d<\/p>\n The joke didn\u2019t land well with some netizens though, with one asking, \u201cSo they scripted that bullsh*t?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDid bro say Tanning Chatum??\u201d another asked.<\/p>\n One said, \u201cThis is not symbolic and definitely not funny.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe level of funny jokes is going down in,\u201d another wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHow is the oscars worse than golden globes rn?\u201d asked another critic.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a9 Photo: Trae Patton \/ The Academy<\/a><\/p>\n Gwyneth Paltrow\u2019s dress was so bizarre to viewers that they questioned whether it was a wardrobe malfunction.<\/p>\n The actress wore a strapless Armani Priv\u00e9 silk gown<\/a> that featured dramatic side slits, extending from the top all the way to the bottom.<\/p>\n One video captured the Marty Supreme star clutching her dress and running down a staircase, making some fans think she was running to save herself from a fashion flop.<\/p>\n \u201cGwyneth Paltrow is breaking the internet after suffering an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction<\/a> at the Oscars,\u201d one wrote alongside the video, while another asked, \u201cIs this even a dress??\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGirl flashed the cameraman and called it a \u2018malfunction,\u2019\u201d read a third comment.<\/p>\n A fourth said, \u201cGwyneth didn\u2019t consider how the dress would look while she was walking. Looks trashy to me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a9 Photo: Trae Patton \/ The Academy<\/a><\/p>\n Teyana Taylor\u2019s moment of unfiltered excitement went viral online, as she was seen locking her arm around Director Paul Thomas Anderson as they went onstage during the Best Picture victory for One Battle after Another.<\/p>\n Leonardo DiCaprio and several other cast and crew members followed them onstage to share in the joy. But some critics fixated on Taylor\u2019s overly zealous reaction and racing to be first onstage alongside Anderson.<\/p>\n \u201cTeyana Taylor so annoying,\u201d one said. Another wrote, \u201cShe be too much some times.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIs she always this dramatic ?\u201d one asked.<\/p>\n \u201cLike I said some people just like causing scenes\u2026\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n Others defended her, asking, \u201cShe can\u2019t be happy?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMan how is joy so annoying and threatening to yall geez you must have had a rough childhood,\u201d one said, while another quipped, \u201cImagine people shitting on you for being excited on winning a best picture at the Oscars.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou guys are miserable, she had the best energy of the night. in fact, I wish they had some bits with her,\u201d wrote another.<\/p>\n \u00a9 Photo: Richard Harbaugh \/ The Academy<\/a><\/p>\n One of the night\u2019s most historic wins quickly turned into one of the most uncomfortable moments at the 2026 Oscars.<\/p>\n Fans expressed their frustration after the songwriting team for KPop Demon Hunters were abruptly cut off in the middle of their acceptance speech for Best Original Song.<\/p>\n The win for their hit track Golden marked the first time in Academy history that a K-pop song received the title. But the team, consisting of EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, and others, was cut off mid-speech.<\/p>\n After the orchestra\u2019s music nudged them off stage, EJAE spoke about the moment backstage and said, \u201c…I needed to thank Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna onstage, but I didn\u2019t get to because they just cut us off. They k*lled it with their singing and they\u2019re just incredible people and I love them so much.\u201d<\/p>\n Co-director and writer Maggie Kang and producer Michelle Wong also made history by being the first people of South Korean descent to ever win an Oscar in the animated feature category.<\/p>\n As the directors and producers were onstage accepting their award, the cuttoff music once again began playing, but it quickly stopped to allow them to finish their speech.<\/p>\n Kang said she was dedicating the award to \u201cKorea and [to] Koreans everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFor those of you who look like me, I\u2019m so sorry that it took us so long to see us in a movie like this. But it is here now,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd that means that the next generations won\u2019t have to go longing.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Fans expressed outrage over the winners being cut off, saying, \u201cAtrocious of the Academy to cut off the winners of Golden Kpop in sharing their winning speech fully #oscars #GoldenKpop.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was very disrespectful what they did to the producers of KPop Demon Hunters at the Oscars, let them give the speech\u2026 having said that I\u2019m glad they won.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat cutoff music during the kpop demon hunters speech was a lil rude #Oscars,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n \u201cPlease let the man finish his speech\u2026\u201d another wrote. \u201cThis can\u2019t be the way to celebrate such big cultural phenomenon.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGot time to make these horrid jokes but not time for Kpop Demon Hunters to say their speech,\u201d wrote yet another comment.<\/p>\n \u00a9 Photo: Trae Patton \/ The Academy<\/a><\/p>\n Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra could have had one of the most dramatic arrivals at the 98th Academy Awards.<\/p>\n The couple\u2019s Sprinter van reportedly couldn\u2019t get the required clearance to make it all the way to the Dolby Theatre\u2019s security perimeter. So they squeezed into a golf cart to make it to the venue.<\/p>\n Viral footage captured the cart picking up speed and nearly tipping over.<\/p>\n \u201cOhhh!! That could have been a different story,\u201d one commented on the video.<\/p>\n They \u201calmost won Best Stunt before even reaching the red carpet,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n \u201cWould have had twice the views had they wrecked!\u201d another wrote. \u201cEveryone loves a Hollywood sh*t show!\u201d<\/p>\n One claimed, \u201cNick Jonas and Priyanka are very lazy actresses that\u2019s why they\u2019re not making waves in the industry..\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a9 Photo: Etienne Laurent \/ The Academy<\/a><\/p>\n Sean Penn officially joined an exclusive club of elite actors, who have won three Oscars in one lifetime.<\/p>\n After winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for\u00a0his performance in One Battle After Another, Penn joined legends like Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep to become a member of the Oscars\u2019 \u201c3-Timers Club.\u201d<\/p>\n But apparently the Mystic River star didn\u2019t care enough to be there to witness the moment, according to Kieran Culkin who accepted the award on his behalf.<\/p>\n \u201cSean Penn couldn’t be here this evening, or didn’t want to, so I’ll be accepting the award on his behalf,\u201d Culkin sheepishly said before walking away.<\/p>\n Netizens branded Penn\u2019s behavior as \u201ciconic\u201d and lauded Culkin for the jab,<\/p>\n \u201cWe need more unscripted jokes,\u201d one said, while another wrote, \u201cThe award was sean penn’s. the night was kieran culkin’s.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThird Oscar and he didn’t even show up to collect it. That’s a level of unbothered that most people can only dream about,\u201d wrote another.<\/p>\n One said, \u201cSean Penn really just ghosted the Oscars again? iconic.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPrefer to hear anything Kieran Culkin says over Sean Penn,\u201d another said. \u201cThis was a gift to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSean Penn won an Oscar and didn’t even show up. That’s either the most unbothered move in Hollywood history or he knew something we don’t,\u201d read another comment.<\/p>\n \u00a9 Photo: Trae Patton \/ The Academy<\/a><\/p>\n Actor and presenter Kumail Nanjiani showed fans just how good he can be at wordplay. But one of his jokes sparked fury among viewers.<\/p>\n When Nanjiani appeared onstage to present the award for Best Live Action Short Film, he joked about how filmmakers could \u201csave\u201d audiences time if they gave their movies the short film treatment.<\/p>\n \u201cI think many full-length movies would do just as well if not better as short films,\u201d he said. \u201cWe should take some of these feature films, remake them as shorts. Save us some time.\u201d<\/p>\n Nanjiani then playfully renamed some classics to potential titles for their short film versions.<\/p>\n He renamed It’s A Wonderful Life to \u201cIt’s A Wonderful Month,\u201d The King’s Speech to \u201cThe King’s Tweet,\u201d and Call Me By Your Name to \u201cCall Me By Your Nickname.\u201d<\/p>\n The one renamed film that irked some viewers was his offering of \u201cSchindler’s Post-It\u201d for the Steven Spielberg-directed film Schindler\u2019s List.<\/p>\n The 1993 historical drama narrates the true story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved more than 1,100 Jewish people from the Holocaust.<\/p>\n \u201cCan’t say that Schindler’s List joke was uh in any good taste,\u201d one viewer said.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah they don\u2019t hide the antisemitism any more,\u201d commented a second.<\/p>\n A third wrote, \u201cWild that hollywood lectures everyone about sensitivity then does this.\u201d<\/p>\n Others sided with Nanjiani, saying: \u201cRubbish, it was a joke about film titles and fine within its context \u2014 grow up!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a play on the title, it did not make fun of the holocaust,\u201d wrote another.<\/p>\n \u00a9 Photo: Trae Patton \/ The Academy<\/a><\/p>\n A resounding tsk-tsk was heard on the internet when Hudson Williams offered a single-word response to a question on the red carpet.<\/p>\n Fresh off the success of Heated Rivarly, Williams is currently enjoying his red-hot popularity from playing Shane Hollander on the steamy show.<\/p>\n When an interviewer on the red carpet asked him to describe the upcoming second season, he simply said, \u201cs*x.\u201d<\/p>\n Somehow, viewers were less than impressed by his response.<\/p>\n \u201cAt this point this is on purpose, his rep wants him to be the male version of Sydney Sweeney,\u201d one said.<\/p>\n Another wrote, \u201cthe worst part is he thinks hes so hot saying it.\u201d<\/p>\n Some felt his brazen response was a bit too spicy for the tone of the Oscars.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sorry but where\u2019s the class?\u201d one asked. \u201cBaby this is the Oscar\u2019s not the p*rnhub awards. Even the interviewer was disgusted at his answer.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s so disgusting and weird,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n \u00a9 Photo: Richard Harbaugh \/ The Academy<\/a><\/p>\n Shortly after the ceremony came to an end, Teyana Taylor was seen having a fiery reaction in the middle of a milling crowd.<\/p>\n The actress was reportedly trying to return to the stage to join her One Battle After Another for a group photo. But as she tried to make her way to the stage area, she was reportedly blocked by a security guard who allegedly used his body to stop him from alloiwing her to go through.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re a man putting his hands on a female,\u201d the actress said in a fit of rage.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re very rude. You\u2019re very rude,\u201d she continued. \u201cYou\u2019re very rude.\u201d<\/p>\n The Best Support Actress nominee was heard allegedly to the poeple around her that the man \u201cliterally shoved\u201d her.<\/p>\n \u201cDo not touch me, do not shove me, do not push me,\u201d she was then heard saying.<\/p>\n Netizens had plenty to say about the tense altercation, commenting, \u201cTeyana Taylor is always making a scene.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just \u2018One Battle After Another\u2019 for Teyana Taylor\u2026\u201d one said.<\/p>\n Another wrote, \u201cHer: I\u2019m not getting enough attention here, I need to make a scene.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSo if someone says they were shoved, the real issue is\u2026 that they reacted?\u201d one asked in her defence.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a9 Photo: Etienne Laurent \/ The Academy<\/a><\/p>\n A wave of gasps erupted through Hollywood\u2019s Dolby Theatre when an unexpected tie was announced during Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s a tie, I’m not joking, it’s actually a tie,\u201d the baffled actor and presenter, Kumail Nanjiani, said after he laid eyes on the winners of the Best Short Live Action Film.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone, calm down, we’re going to get through this, focus up,\u201d he said before calling the team of The Singers onstage first.<\/p>\n \u201cA tie, wow we didn’t know that could happen,\u201d an astonished Sam A Davis, who directed The Singers, said during his acceptance speech.<\/p>\n Kumail Nanjiani then invited the team for Two People Exchanging Saliva to accept the shared title.<\/p>\n \u201cIronic that the short film Oscar’s going to take twice as long,\u201d the presenter joked.<\/p>\n Fans were surprised to see the unexpected moment, saying: \u201cThis was absolutely wild to see live on television.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat’s highly unusual but at least it wasn’t a Moonlight, La La Land situation,\u201d on said, referring to the infamous 2017 Oscars moment where La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner when Moonlight actually won the title of the Best Picture.\u00a0<\/p>\n Interestingly, the tie on Sunday was only the seventh in Oscars nearly 100-year history, with the most recent one taking place in 2013 after Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty both won for Sound Editing.<\/p>\n Similarly, Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand were both crowned Best Actress in 1969.<\/p>\n \u00a9 Photo: Trae Patton \/ The Academy<\/a><\/p>\n Returning host Conan O\u2019Brien didn\u2019t waste time poking fun at one of the biggest pre\u2011show controversies<\/a> of the season.<\/p>\n He put Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet in the hot seat during his opening monologue and alluded to the Marty Supreme star\u2019s recent comments<\/a>, where he said \u201cno one cares\u201d about ballet and opera anymore.<\/p>\n \u201cSecurity is extremely tight tonight. I just gotta mention that. I\u2019m told there are concerns about attacks from both the opera and ballet communities,\u201d O\u2019Brien said.<\/p>\n Chalamet sat in the audience, grinning from ear to ear as hte host added, \u201cThey\u2019re just mad you left out jazz.\u201d<\/p>\n The joke left fans divided, with some believing Chalamet deserved it.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThat’s what you get for punching down on artists,\u201d one said, while another wrote, \u201cConan did what he’s best at, roasting n teaching a lesson at same time.\u201d<\/p>\n Another said, \u201cTimothy took the joke like a champ. Kylee is seething.\u201d<\/p>\n On the other hand, some netizens clearly expressed that they were on Team Chalamet and brazenly dissed O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n \u201cOh, was this humor? Because I don\u2019t get it,\u201d one said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was terrible, the most boring opening ever. What a disappointment,\u201d another remarked.<\/p>\n \u00a9 Photo: Trae Patton \/ The Academy<\/a><\/p>\n Sometimes, it is the internet that decides the real star moments of the night. And one such moment a viral Matt Berry moment.<\/p>\n Fans not only noticed but even lauded Matt Berry for taking on the announcer role at this year\u2019s ceremony.<\/p>\n It particularly tickled the ears of listeners to hear the actor and comedian say \u201cBurger King\u201d during the glitzy ceremony.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the sake of posterity here is Matt Berry saying the words \u2018Burger King,\u2019\u201d an X user wrote online.\u00a0<\/p>\n Burger King nudged into the conversation<\/a> and said in the comments section, \u201cTruly no one could say it better.\u201d<\/p>\n Viewers piled on the praise and said, \u201cMatt Berry could say anything to me he wants.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the AI companies needs to license his voice,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n \u00a9 Photo: Josip Ivankovi\u0107\/Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n Fans were convinced that Teyana Taylor was \u2018faking\u201d her reaction when she lost the Best Supporting Actress to Amy Madigan, who won the title for her performance in Weapons.<\/p>\n Taylor was seen on camera jumping out of her seat and animatedly clapping as Madigan made her way to the stage to accept her prize.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy is Teyana acting like she isn\u2019t crying inside?\u201d a netizen asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cTeyana Taylor faking the happiness,\u201d another claimed, \u201cgirl sit down and relax.\u201d<\/p>\n Body language expert Judi James believed Taylor and her fellow Best Supporting Actress nominee Elle Fanning showed \u201ccounter-intuitive emotions\u201d that could have won in a separate \u201ccategory of their own.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTeyana dived forward from her seat as though she\u2019d received an electric shock, her head lowering, meaning she barely needed to compose a masked facial expression,\u201d the expert told the Daily Mail.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhen she came up, she was in full celebratory mode, clapping with her hands above her head,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n James spoke about Fanning\u2019s reaction as well and said the Sentimental Value actress went into a \u201cwinner\u2019s pose.\u201d<\/p>\n She was \u201cshrugging her shoulders in delight, throwing her mouth wide open with brows raised in surprise and eyes squinting almost shut,\u201d the body language expert said.<\/p>\n The facial expression was described as a \u201cmask\u201d of peak pleasure, after which Fanning fell back into her seat and excitedly clapped.<\/p>\n Both Taylor and Fanning\u2019s reactions were described by James as \u201coverkill behaviors,\u201d where their natural disappointment was concealed with an \u201cequally strong mask of the opposite emotion.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a9 Photo: Trae Patton \/ The Academy<\/a><\/p>\n The internet claimed there was some tension in the room when Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet greeted his sister Pauline Chalamet during Sunday night\u2019s ceremony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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