Social media reacts to Oscar blunder
Social media never disappoints and when veteran actor, Warren Beatty announced La La Land as the wrong winner for the Best Picture Oscar memes started circulating online almost immediately.
Beatty and Faye Dunnaway hit the stage of the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood to announce the Oscar for Best Picture, but the two were handed the wrong envelope.
The envelope contained the Best Actress winner, Emma Stone for La La Land and in the video you can clearly see the distress on Beatty's face as he realises that it is the wrong envelope.
After some confusion he hands the envelope to Dunnaway who announces the winner.
La La Land's producers were already making their acceptance speeches when it emerged there had been a mistake.
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An accountancy firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers has apologised for the blunder - saying those making the presentations were given the wrong envelopes.
Social media users compared the shock moment to that of Steve Harvey who announced the wrong winner of Miss Universe in 2015.
Have your people call our people - we know what to do. #Oscars #MissUniverse
— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) February 27, 2017
.@BandryBarry reacts to #Moonlight's surprise win. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/iHYaOj2S83
— Variety (@Variety) February 27, 2017
The best picture mix-up was a "very strange moment" - star of Moonlight @NaomieHarris https://t.co/XgDSqWy6ss #Oscars pic.twitter.com/dB5Xi6Z2De
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 27, 2017
#BestPicture craziness at the #Oscars this year. #lalaland & #moonlight ...totally HARVEY'D! pic.twitter.com/gfsIx4YzCQ
— The Flippist (@TheFlippist) February 27, 2017
"City of Stars are you shining just for me? "
— Sahil Shah (@SahilBulla) February 27, 2017
sang La La Land.
"No. The shine is from me" replied Moonlight.
"Congratulations La La Land. However..."#Oscars pic.twitter.com/f4yf12qdHN
— snaps (@mydeerlily) February 27, 2017
Mad night. Woke briefly in 5s & #LALALAND had won #BestPicture at #Oscars Dozed off. Re woke & #Moonlight had won. Well done to all winners. pic.twitter.com/uzA08u9I66
— Morris Bright (@Morris__Bright) February 27, 2017