Michael Moore, Bill Maher, and many other celebrities compared the shocking end of the Oscars Sunday to the results of the 2016 election.
Almost immediately after Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway read the wrong movie for Best Picture of the Year, announcing “La La Land” instead of “Moonlight,” celebrities via Twitter turned the whole thing political with many wishing the same thing could have happened on election night, revealing Hillary Clinton as the winner instead of President Donald Trump. (RELATED: Warren Beatty Royally Screwed Up The End Of The Oscars Tonight When He Announced The Wrong Movie For Best Picture)
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“OMG! A huge fuck-up in who won! HILLARY CLINTON IS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,” Michael Moore tweeted. Later adding, “This is why the Academy has to institute a booth review of every award (or at least any award given in the final 2 minutes). #NFL #Oscars.”
OMG! A huge fuck-up in who won! HILLARY CLINTON IS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) February 27, 2017
This is why the Academy has to institute a booth review of every award (or at least any award given in the final 2 minutes). #NFL #Oscars
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) February 27, 2017
“Amazing ending. Wish that had happened on Election Day,” Billy Crystal tweeted.
Amazing ending. Wish that had happened on Election Day.
— Billy Crystal (@BillyCrystal) February 27, 2017
“Don’t y’all go blaming the old people for that one. They gave Warren Beatty the wrong envelope. It was probably Putin. #Moonlight #Oscars,” Wanda Sykes tweeted.
Don’t y’all go blaming the old people for that one. They gave Warren Beatty the wrong envelope. It was probably Putin. #Moonlight #Oscars
— Official Wanda Sykes (@iamwandasykes) February 27, 2017
Anyone in Hollywood blamed Vladimir Putin yet? #oscars
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 27, 2017
A great #Oscars spoiled by a bad envelope…#itsmy2cents
— Larry King (@kingsthings) February 27, 2017
WHAT WAIT OMG
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) February 27, 2017
Summary:
Deserved win by the Moonlight team
Gracious concession by the La La Land team
wtf just happened for everyone else#Oscars
— Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest) February 27, 2017
Who did the crime: Bonnie or Clyde? Someone on the staff is in trouble… #Oscars pic.twitter.com/rPIn0do5A3
— Mario Lopez (@MarioLopezExtra) February 27, 2017
Why didn’t the producers of the show rush to the stage when the wrong winner had been announced?! I feel bad for #lalaland producers AWKWARD pic.twitter.com/bs2S7rj325
— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) February 27, 2017
I wish the 2016 presidential election had the same ending as the #AcademyAwards.
— Aubrey O’Day (@AubreyODay) February 27, 2017
Have your people call our people – we know what to do. #Oscars #MissUniverse
— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) February 27, 2017
OH MY GOD! #OSCARS
Never a dull moment. Congratulations @moonlightmov #BestPicture !!!!!— Aja Naomi King (@ajanaomi_king) February 27, 2017
Wow. #Moonlight so deserving. My #1 film, but #LaLaLand bein hung out like that? Heartbreaking. Props to them for being so gracious! #Oscars
— Scott Porter (@ScottPorter) February 27, 2017
That ending to the #oscars should win best picture next year. #holyshit congrats #moonlight
— Elizabeth Banks (@ElizabethBanks) February 27, 2017
If only the election went like tonight’s best picture announcement. Just kidding, we read it wrong. The winner is @HillaryClinton #Oscars
— MichelleTrachtenberg (@RealMichelleT) February 27, 2017
And the Oscar goes to…Miss Venezuela! #Oscars
— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) February 27, 2017
La La Land won the popular vote.
Moonlight won the electoral college. #Oscars— Steve Howey (@stevehowey) February 27, 2017
Whaaaaaaa??!congratulations Moonlight! My favorite #Oscars in memory!!
— Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) February 27, 2017
Yesssss!! #Moonlight cannot be denied… WINNER!! WINNER!!! WINNER!! @BandryBarry & the entire cast and crew CONGRATS! In tears, yes damnit!
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) February 27, 2017
#WarrenBeatty is a class act. You could tell he knew something was wrong and he didn’t want to read it. It had nothing to do with age.
— justin baldoni (@justinbaldoni) February 27, 2017
Wait a second. I’m traveling. How many movies just won best picture?
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) February 27, 2017
I think it’s time to re-open that November 8th envelope..
— Diane Warren (@Diane_Warren) February 27, 2017
“Personally I blame @IamSteveHarvey for this.” – Jimmy #Kimmel #Oscars
— Jimmy Kimmel Live (@JimmyKimmelLive) February 27, 2017
You know what the problem is — millions of Academy members voted illegally.
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) February 27, 2017