Ricky Gervais has slammed the stars who used their acceptance speeches to lecture about politics, human rights and animal welfare at Sunday’s Academy Awards.
The comedian, 58, took to Twitter saying he ‘tried to warn’ the A-list stars not to preach, while viewers watching at home called the event the ‘wokest Oscars ever’.
Last month, Ricky delivered series of controversial and expletive-laden gags at the 77th Golden Globes awards ceremony and told the stars: ‘If you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent, and your God and f*** off.’
Hitting out: Ricky Gervais has slammed the stars who lectured about politics, human rights and animal welfare at Sunday’s Oscars (pictured hosting the Golden Globes last month)
Taking to Twitter on Monday, Ricky said: ‘I have nothing against the most famous people in the world using their privileged, global platform to tell the world what they believe. I even agree with most of it.
‘I just tried to warn them that when they lecture everyday, hard working people, it has the opposite effect. Peace.’
Joaquin Phoenix, 45, and Brad Pitt, 56, led the chorus of celebrities giving sermons on human rights, animal rights and politics.
Warning: The comedian, 58, took to Twitter saying he ‘tried to warn’ the A-list stars to not preach, while viewers watching at home called the event the ‘wokest Oscars ever’
Scathing: Phoenix, who is a passionate vegan, won the coveted Oscar award for Best Actor for his performance in the film Joker and gave a length rant about the meat industry
Phoenix, who is a passionate vegan, won the coveted Oscar award for Best Actor for his performance in the film Joker.
He used his speech to talk about the artificial insemination of cows and how humans ‘exploit’ and ‘dominate’ animals.
‘We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow and when she gives birth we steal her baby, even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable.
‘And then we take her milk that’s intended for her calf and we put it in our coffee and our cereal,’ he said.
Brad complained about President Trump’s impeachment trial, Sigourney Weaver described ‘all women’ as ‘superheroes’, while a documentary filmmaker invoked Karl Marx and called for ‘workers of the world’ to ‘unite’.
Renee Zellweger gushed over the unifying qualities of ‘our heroes’ and Jojo Rabbit filmmaker Taika Waititi dedicated his award for Best Adapted Screenplay to ‘all the Indigenous kids in the world.
Preaching: Brad complained about President Trump’s impeachment trial, Sigourney Weaver described ‘all women’ as ‘superheroes’
Pitt, while collecting the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, complained former national security adviser John Bolton did not testify at President Trump’s impeachment trial.
‘They told me I only had 45 seconds up here, which is 45 seconds more than the Senate gave John Bolton this week.
‘I’m thinking maybe Quentin (Tarantino) does a movie about it and in the end the adults do the right thing,’ he said.
There were also political statements on the red carpet.
Statement: Natalie Portman wore a cape with the names of female directors whose movies were overlooked this year, including Little Women director Greta Gerwig
Natalie Portman wore a cape with the names of female directors whose movies were overlooked this year, including Little Women director Greta Gerwig.
‘I wanted to recognize the women who were not recognized for their incredible work, in my subtle way,’ Portman said.
Phoenix wore a Stella McCartney suit that he has worn to every other awards event to minimize waste, he said.
He finished his acceptance speech quoting his brother, River, who he said told him when they were teenagers: ‘Run to the rescue with love—and peace will follow.’
While the well-heeled crowd at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles applauded their speeches, their ‘lectures’ nauseated the audience at home.
Dapper: Phoenix wore a Stella McCartney suit that he has worn to every other awards event to minimize waste, he said
Many viewers took to Twitter to slam the stars as ‘hypocrites’ and called the event the ‘wokest Oscars ever’.
‘Ah the Oscars! A time for overpaid entertainers to lecture me about income inequality.
‘A time for hypocrites to chastise me about carbon dioxide after they flew in on private jets.
‘A time for beautiful tutored people to tell me I need more science learning on climate change,’ one person mused.
Another quipped: ‘Celebrities show up to the Oscars wearing: $100,000+ gowns, $50,000+ jewelry, $5,000+ shoes and are worth millions. Only to lecture America on income inequality and claim they’re oppressed?’
Another user who dubbed it the ‘wokest Oscars ever’ called the event ‘a complete waste of time and getting boring with statements from these idiots that no one cares about.’
Lecture: Renee Zellweger gushed over the unifying qualities of ‘our heroes’ during her acceptance speech for Best Actress
92nd Annual Academy Awards: Winners
BEST PICTURE
The Irishman
Ford vs Ferrari
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood
Parasite – WINNER
Incredible: Parasite won four awards including becoming the first ever foreign film to win Best Picture as Bong Joon-ho won Best Director
BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Harriet
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
Charlize Theron – Bombshell
Renée Zellweger – Judy – WINNER
BEST ACTOR
Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory
Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Adam Driver – Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker – WINNER
Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell
Laura Dern – Marriage Story – WINNER
Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh – Little Women
Margot Robbie – Bombshell
Golden: Laura Dern was one of the four thespians to have swept award season as she earned Best Supporting Actress
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes
Al Pacino – The Irishman
Joe Pesci – The Irishman
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood – WINNER
BEST DIRECTOR
Bong Joon Ho – Parasite – WINNER
Sam Mendes – 1917
Todd Phillips – Joker
Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women – WINNER
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
The Irishman
BEST SOUND MIXING
1917 – WINNER
Ad Astra
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
BEST SOUND EDITING
Ford V Ferrari – Donald Sylvester
Joker – Alan Robert Murray
1917 – Oliver Tarrney and Rachel Tate – WINNER
One Upon as Time in Hollywood – Wylie Stateman
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker – Matthew Wood and David Acord
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Joker – Hildur Gudnadóttir – WINNER
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Making history: Hildur Gudnadóttir was the first ever woman to win Best Original Score for Joker
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away – Toy Story 4
I’m Gonna Love me Again – Rocketman – WINNER
I’m Standing With You – Breakthrough
Into the Unknown – Frozen II
Stand Up – Harriet
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link
Toy Story 4 – WINNER
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Dcera (Daughter)
Hair Love – WINNER
Kitbull
Memorable Sister
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Brotherhood
Nefta Football Club
The Neighbor’s Window – WINNER
Saria
A Sister
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
American Factory – WINNER
The Cave
The Edge of Democracy
For Sama
Honeyland
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
In the Absence
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl) – WINNER
Life Overtakes Me
St. Louis Superman
Walk Run Cha-Cha
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
1917 – Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy – WINNER
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Amazing: Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy (pictured left to right) are seen accepting the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for 1917
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1917 – Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Knives Out – Rian Johnson
Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino
Parasite – Bong Joon Ho & Jin Won Han – WINNER
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Irishman – Steven Zaillian
Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi – WINNER
Joker – Todd Phillips & Scott Silver
Little Women – Greta Gerwig
The Two Popes – Anthony McCarten
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Corpus Christi (Poland)
Honeyland (North Macedonia)
Les Miserables (France)
Pain and Glory (Spain)
Parasite (South Korea) – WINNER
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Nancy Haigh and Barbara Ling – WINNER
Parasite
Glamorous: Nancy Haigh (left) and Barbara Ling accept the Production Design award for Once Upon a Time In Hollywood
BEST FILM EDITING
Ford v Ferrari – Andrew Buckland & Michael McCusker – WINNER
The Irishman – Thelma Schoonmaker
Jojo Rabbit – Tom Eagles
Joker – Jeff Groth
Parasite – Jinmo Yang
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1917 – Roger Deakins – WINNER
The Irishman – Rodrigo Prieto
Joker – Lawrence Sher
The Lighthouse – Jarin Blaschke
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Robert Richardson
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Bombshell – Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker – WINNER
Joker
Judy
1917
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Tremendous trio: Anne Morgan, Kazu Hiro and Vivian Baker – pictured left to right – won for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for Bombshell