In what is a gaffe that will go down as an all-timer, Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty mistakenly read La La Land as the Oscar winner for Best Picture at Sunday night’s Academy Awards.
After the cast and crew for La La Land went up to accept the award, it was announced that the actual Best Picture winner was Moonlight. Whoops!
It was a blunder of epic proportions, and that of course meant that Twitter would take full advantage of the opportunity to mock it. Here are some examples:
I KNEW IT!!!!!! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/0G8IKGRIo7
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) February 27, 2017
Moonlight with the biggest comeback since Super Bowl LI.
— The Pickle (@sportspickle) February 27, 2017
There's been a mistake. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/jJtgGj0pqQ
— Matt Mitchell (@ALostrich) February 27, 2017
WE DID IT pic.twitter.com/VHbpohn1dX
— Dr. Bucky Isotope, Astrologist, IQ 188 (@BuckyIsotope) February 27, 2017
Warren Beatty just became the new host of FAMILY FEUD. #Oscars
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 27, 2017
Just a reminder… pic.twitter.com/MmJWcw2SwK
— ✶
𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕤 ✶ (@_MarcusD2_) February 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/jonahkeri/status/836082114776956928
*checks envelope from 1998* #Oscars
— Air Bud
(@AIRBUD) February 27, 2017
I wrote the ending of the academy awards 2017. @jimmykimmel we really got them!
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) February 27, 2017
THAT is fake news.
— Bob Ley (@BobLeyESPN) February 27, 2017
A great Oscars night ends in #TotalChaos Steve Harvey like deja vu
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 27, 2017
The Oscar goes to…. La La Land. pic.twitter.com/tZFIygXwXO
— Kevin McGuire (@KevinOnCFB) February 27, 2017
that was the weirdest Kimmel prank ever
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) February 27, 2017
Steve was right pic.twitter.com/bpUKRmK0Vz
— ANTHONY ADAMS (@spiceadams) February 27, 2017
IF ANYONE FROM THE IN MEMORIUM IS STILL ALIVE PLEASE LET US KNOW
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) February 27, 2017
Have your people call our people – we know what to do. #Oscars #MissUniverse
— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) February 27, 2017
Well, Mariah Carey is now off the hook #Oscars
— Erik Boland (@eboland11) February 27, 2017
The Oscars be like… #lalaland #moonlight #oscars #academyawards #steveharvey pic.twitter.com/NbVZSP7eOZ
— Annastasha Gounder (@AnnastashaG) February 27, 2017
La La Land pic.twitter.com/AVBMO5FoSU
— Michael Katz (@MichaelLKatz) February 27, 2017
— The Ringer (@ringer) February 27, 2017
I KNEW IT pic.twitter.com/xMkbGuNKuZ
— max (@MaxOnTwitter) February 27, 2017
Good work. This was a choke job by Beatty. If he had the wrong card–say so before announcing it.