Cringe moments at award shows

Link, OP?

“Miley, what’s good??”

R1

Only some dumb edited clip of it is on YouTube

Will Smith owns this thread, of course; Rob Lowe is grateful.

Jimmy Kimmel laying down. He's such a dumbass that he'll definitely do it again whilst hosting the Oscars.

Adore Lily Tomlin but she was presenting best actress award at the Tonys one year and instead of just saying MADELINE KAHN she said TO THE PERSON WHO GOT ME MY FIRST JOB IN NY BECAUSE SHE TOLD THE MANAGER OF blah blah blah..... MADELINE KAHN!!!! Cringe. It wasn’t about Lily and it was rude to the other nominees. Ben Vereen did something similar at the Tonys when he said TO THE FIRST PERSON WHO REACHED OUT TO ME WHEN I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM MY ACCIDENT.....CHITA RIVERA!!!! Eek.

Cybill Shepherd "accidentally" getting a couple of the film names wrong for Best Supporting Actor, and instead saying the names of her then boyfriend's films, who I do not care for

Warren Beatty - 'And the Academy Award for Best Picture..La La Land!' Moments later: Jordan Horowitz (Producer of La La Land) 'What? You guys, I’m sorry, no. There’s a mistake. “Moonlight,” you guys won best picture.' Jimmy Kimmel (as the 'Moonlight' cast and producers comes on stage and the 'La La Land' group exits) 'WARREN! WHAT DID YOU DO?'

Emma Watson quivering with some strange emotion while referencing her former boss

Robin Thicke in his Beetlejuice suit singing "Blurred Lines" and dry-humping Miley Cyrus.

“I love my life!”

whatshername littlefeather, recently exposed by her own family as a total fraud with no native heritage, makes this performance both cringeworthy and kind of fascinating

The Jolie leg/hip thrust combo.

for me, personally, Olivia Coleman's acceptance speech and performance, which everyone else loved, playing everywhere a couple of days after in the UK, you couldn't escape it

Jodie Foster's "I just slipped something into Al's drink!" facial expressions.

Pretty much the fact that Ricky Gervais exists.

Yeah, yeah, we know, you hate everybody in Hollywood. Stick up your whiz-wang, fat boy.

Hey Ricky! Remember when you looked like Lady Troubridge fucked Pee-Wee Herman?

This.

Frances McDormand.

Barbra Streisand getting her 'Best Actress' award in 1969, climbing up the stairs to the stage in her see-through pajamas.

Glaaaadiatoor?

Hi guys!

*waves*

Hi guys! *waves*

Exhume those BODIES!!!

Adele Dazeem!

This.

Snow White and Rob Lowe.

[Quote]Glaaaadiatoor?

Gladiator!! 🥴🤪

Da butt

Glenn Close wearing a shiny, regal gold gown with train... only to have that English whore steal her rightful Oscar.

Elaine Stritch at the 2002 Tony Awards. Her thank you speech was rambling too long, so they started the music to cue her to wrap it up, she continued anyway, speaking louder as the music volume increased, with her eventually crying out "Please don't do this to me!" the second before they cut to a commercial break.

(Speech starts at 55:14, 56:47 is when the music starts playing.)

[quote]Elaine Stritch at the 2002 Tony Awards. Her thank you speech was rambling too long, so they started the music to cue her to wrap it up, she continued anyway, speaking louder as the music volume increased, with her eventually crying out "Please don't do this to me!" the second before they cut to a commercial break.

What a egoist.

Even more embarrassing, R30, when you realize she didn't actually win the award.

And the Best Picture Oscar goes to...

Melissa Leo's speech was fully unhinged.

FF for inane use of "cringe."

She should've never been allowed to go onstage like this.

Sarah Silverman kicking Britney while she was down. Including calling her kids "mistakes."

Not cringe, R36. Has to be something that happens or is done to a respectable person.

That Sarah Silverman bit is hilarious. Not cringe at all, R37.

Gaga dressing up as a man doing a ridiculously long, embarrassing monologue before her performance and then staying in character all night long.

"I'm real happy for you and imma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time! Of all time!"

r8 That was Faye Dunaway who fucked that up.

Also, how pathetic were the La La Land producers who still read their speeches out, even though they realised they hadn't actually won. And fuck the one who just casually tossed out "Moonlight won". Bitter assholes

Glenn Close twerking

Shelley Long’s execrable singing at the Emmys, which has seemingly been scrubbed from the web.

Diane, I love you!

The Sarah Silverman bit is good. And refreshing truthful to hear today when Shitney is apparently the most oppressed person in the history of the world.

R38 "Not cringe"

Please learn English.

How would one correct that sentence, R47?

Jacqueline Bissett’s Golden Globes win in 2014, where she dithers her way to the stage & gripes that they got her food order wrong. SNL did a hilarious spoof with Vanessa Bayer, where she keeps sitting back down & walking in the wrong direction.

Thread closed

Oprah, Uma…Uma, Oprah.

One year at the Emmys Crystal Bernard came out to present with Alan Thicke and had one of the funniest public falls I've ever seen.

A minor one, but pronouncing Anthony Perkins name as “Antony” when reading out the list of nominees. Gwyneth was high on the prestige of the Oscar’s and her own sense of self-importance.

I can’t think of any.

Please please find video of that, r52.

OP what’s “cringe” is your use of the word “cringe”.

James Corden vs Patrick Stewart. At least Stewart had the excuse of obviously being drunk

Tom Hiddelston's speech at the golden globes. Ew.

OP- She was waiting for people to tell her that she only looked 19 years old.

I can’t stand James Corden but that was truly painful to watch.

[quote]OP what’s “cringe” is your use of the word “cringe”.

What word would you suggest instead?

Here's the only clip of it on YouTube. They cut it off right when it got to her awkward glance around the auditorium.

r53, I'm pretty sure that was Hopkins, not Perkins - I don't blame Goop for that, she was using a correct pronunciation

Taylor isn't even Jewish

[quote] Tom Hiddelston's speech at the golden globes. Ew.

Coming after the PR disaster of HiddleSwift, that speech was the coup de grace on his chances of a leading man career outside of Loki.

[quote] Tom Hiddelston's speech at the golden globes. Ew.

After the PR disaster of HiddleSwift, that speech was the coup de grace on his chances for a leading man career outside of Loki.

R65 R66

I seem to recall Jennifer Connelly giving an awkward barely audible Oscar acceptance speech for A Beautiful Mind. It was as if she had never been in front of a camera before in her life.

R20, This was a hoot

[quote] R53], I'm pretty sure that was Hopkins, not Perkins - I don't blame Goop for that, she was using a correct pronunciation

That is correct, it was Hopkins. And no his name is not pronounced “Antony.” He was asked about it later.

Speaking of Zeta Jones and CRINGE... This goes even beyond that. Apparently "acting" the song for her involves continual neck spasms. Whoever thought this was a ood idea should've been fired right along with the.actress herself. Sondheim should've sued.

[quote] "a ood idea"

*a GOOD idea

r70, I know he doesn't pronounce it that way, but for many educated people the standard English pronunciation is what Goop said.

r71 Forbidden Broadway's take on that

Not for Anthony Hopkins and it’s his name so I think he would know. R73.

R73 = Blythe Danner.

And look how high West has risen since then r63…he.s ready to be flushed down the crapper…..

R68: The backstory on Jennifer Connelly's demeanor as she gave her Oscar acceptance speech is that Josh Charles, whom she was dating at the time, had dumped her just a few days before what should have been a wonderful night for her.

I personally think she recovered quite nicely years later with Paul Bettany.

At the Oscars, when ancient Kirk Douglas...well in his nineties...received an honorary Oscar. Anne Hathaway was one of the presenters that year...and he started to flirt and hit on her. It was gross.

No mention of Elizabeth Taylor, clearly no longer in control of her faculties, presenting Best Picture at the Golden Globes?

You bitches are slipping.

No, R80, you're slipping. It was posted ages ago.

....what?

These award shows are cringey all around, which is why I never watch them....except, maybe the Oscars. Afterwards, I ask myself why I even bother to watch that.

The year that Catherine Zeta Jones won an Oscar, Kathy Bates was also nominated in the same category. I forgot who the announcer was, it was a guy, but when he announced the winner, he said, only, "C/Katherine." There was some confusion.

[quote] Only some dumb edited clip of it is on YouTube

You should link it, anyway. Just copy and paste the URL.

The first year of the MeToo Movement. The producers went all out to present a clean and politically correct show, free of accused sexual predators. Even the previous year's Best Actor winner, Casey Affleck, was uninvited to present that year's Best Actress Award.

Then who do they bring out to present Best Picture??? Natalie Wood's accused rapist: Kirk Douglas. Couldn't fucking believe it!

[quote]Shelley Long’s execrable singing at the Emmys, which has seemingly been scrubbed from the web.

It used to be on Youtube and it was awful, total cringe. She did a 1940s-style musical number with dancers on one of the Emmys in the 80s. Her voice was a church lady-sounding alto and the whole number was ridiculously corny and dated. Needless to say, the Emmys never had Shelley Long do another musical number.

Christ you men are so mean! What would you rather have? Kristie Alley torching “Bill” from Show Boat?

Gwyneth Paltrow's tearful Oscar speech in an ill-fitting, shiny pink dress.

Halle Berry also "cried" while accepting her Oscar. I don't know why women feel they have to cry when accepting Oscars.

Sally Field, "You Like Me."

Linda Lavin singing her theme song with dancing boys.

The musical numbers on 1980s awards shows were so cringe. They were still doing these incredibly dated 1940s-style "Showbiz!" type routines. It looked ridiculous by that time.

[quote]The musical numbers on 1980s awards shows were so cringe. They were still doing these incredibly dated 1940s-style "Showbiz!" type routines. It looked ridiculous by that time.

Says you.

Any of the Debbie Allen choreographed Oscar dances.

Debbie Allen was in a class of her own when it came to cringe musical numbers. They were mocked every year. Gil Cates was the Oscars producer and was enamored of Debbie, that's why she got a number every year. When Cates was gone from the Oscars, so was Debbie.

Bruce Vilanch was a writer for the 1989 Oscars and talks about the Rob Lowe/Snow White fiasco.

Backstory

R80, it's been mentioned at least twice on this thread already, one of them by myself - including the video of it.

Halle Berry, John Travolta, and Hugh Jackman at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards. Halle talks about being paid $500,000 to show her breasts in Swordfish or "$250k per tit." Then talks about the "unjustice" of Jackman and Travolta not having to get naked while they awkwardly grind against her and then lift up their shirts. It's seriously one of the most cringe inducing things I've ever seen in my life.

Drunk-on-her-ass-on-national-television Liz Taylor still had a lot more class than today's trash whore celebrities. She was a real fucking STAR.

Its been cringe for the last 15 years. I don't think they'll ever get it right. I still watch though. Its still an event to me.

Adrien Brody giving Halle Berry a "surprise anal" kiss (at 0:33) when he won the best Oscar award in 2003. The reaction was mixed -- some thought it was cute, others thought it was disrespectful and cringey. Halle wasn't cool with it.

Halle talking about it years later.

Adrien kissing Halle wasn't nearly as bad as Jim Carrey kissing Alicia Silverstone at the MTV Movie Awards. The pained expression on her face when it's over says it all.

I have a vague recollection of Suzanne Somers performing a musical opening number at The Golden Globes in the late 80s or early 90s. No evidence of it on YouTube so maybe it was a bad dream?

Sting watching Jose Feliciano cover “Every Breathe You Take” 😄

[r107] it was real. She performed a medley of Irving Berlin hits and it was the Golden Globe awards and it was as awful as you remember

Thanks r109! I hope someone posts it to YouTube someday. 🤣

R17 I still can't believe they let tacky, low class gutter trash Seth MacFarlane host the Oscars.

Chloë Sevigny winning the Golden Globe in 2010 and having one of the stage staff accidentally step on (and rip) her dress while she was walking up to accept the award. At the beginning of the speech, she blurted out "I can't believe you just ripped my dress!". A lot of people thought she was being a cunt, but it just seemed to me that she was speaking her immediate feelings without any forethought. It was awkward, to say the least. Even worse, they misspelled her name as "Chloï Sevigny" on the bottom reader banner.

R80 Are you retarded? It has been brought up in this thread at least 3 times

Carol Channing rapping with LL Cool J at the Tonys!

Katherine Heigl correcting the announcer who mispronounced her name at the 2007 Emmys. So awkward.

Winona Ryder’s facial expressions during David Harbour’s acceptance speech for Stranger Things.

There was a better animated video, but I can’t find it. At one point, he talks about solidarity , and she does a little raised fist for it.

Ms Taylor was not cringe at all. Idk if she was drunk or just loopy but I found her hilarious and she was totally rolling with it. So did everyone else.

Johnny Depp, drunk off his ass.

Fiona Apple at the 1997 VMAs.

The greatest moment at any awards show - Joan Rivers at Australia's Logies.

Yes, that's what they're called.

Isaiah Washington in the press room of the Golden Globes declaring he didn’t call TR Knight a faggot as Shonda Rhimes giggles nervously.

I enjoyed this well staged Emmy opening where former hosts gate-crash NPH's monologue (loved Jane Lynch's part!), starting at around 2:10, but I suppose now Kevin Spacey's cameo at the end takes on a less light hearted tone

This.

oh yes r123, I felt so bad for Liza

R98, if she pulled a Kanye, he should have pulled a Will Smith 😂😂😂

R120 - Richard Wilkins is so ineffectual that he makes Joan look like s star in comparison. Plus she had some funny lines.

R95 - Debbie Allen does Footloose at the Oscars.

And that woman has a say in the storylines of Grey's Anatomy, really does explain the questionable writing.

Jennifer Coolige made huge ass o herself at this year's Emmys as did the lady who sang and cried and everyone acted like it was so moving and deep. No, it was ridiculous.

"I'm...in shock...and I'm so in love with my brother right now."

Also...even though she is certainly very chic and a great throwback to classic Hollywood glamour, I still cringed when Marion Cotillard won the Oscar for "La Vie en Rose" and said of her award win in Los Angeles that "...there are some angels in this city."

I dunno, it was just very yucky and too melodramatic, even for the Oscars. Even knowing what truly little I know of the real Hollywood, and yet how cynical I feel about it.

I wished for her sake that she had accepted the award silently, through sign language or via an interpreter.

Anyone who makes a joke that bombs.