However, the actor’s achievement was overshadowed after fans noticed a ‘disgusting’ exchange between himself and\u00a0girlfriend<\/a>, Georgina Chapman.<\/p>\n Brody raised eyebrows for his behaviour after scooping the Best Actor award (VALERIE MACON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n The camera panned over to Brody as he walked onto the stage to accept the award and caught the actor pulling a piece of used chewing gum out of his mouth and tossing it behind him.<\/p>\n Now, I’d imagine that chomping on a piece of gum while delivering you acceptance speech is generally frowned upon, but the done thing would be to discreetly deposit the chewy into a piece of tissue or a wrapper? Apparently not.<\/p>\n To make things even weirder, Chapman then ran towards the flying gum and caught it in her hands, making sure that Brody wasn’t caught on camera littering at the biggest night in the Hollywood calendar.<\/p>\n Take a look at the\u00a0bizarre<\/a>\u00a0moment and wonder what on Earth was running through Brody’s mind below:<\/p>\n Naturally, the internet had a lot to say about chewing gumgate and not a lot of it was positive.<\/p>\n “Not Adrien Brody doing the, ‘hold my gum,'” wrote one shocked viewer on\u00a0X<\/a>, as a second added: “Adrien Brody could\u2019ve used his long speech to apologise to his partner for throwing gum at her.”<\/p>\n Others were even more blunt with their thoughts in the interaction and outright slammed Brody for chucking the gum.<\/p>\n “No shade but Adrien throwing that gum at his wife was so tacky and gross,” penned a third viewer.<\/p>\n “Disgusting. he could have swallowed,” added a fourth.<\/p>\n However, not all of the internet was filled with a baying mob furious over Brody’s actions, as some viewers seemed to think the exchange was rather sweet.<\/p>\n “Adrien Brody throwing his chewing gum and his wife catching it is true love,” one person commented.<\/p>\n Brody and Chapman moments before the gum toss (PATRICK T. FALLON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n “I would\u2019ve been fighting for Adrian Brody\u2019s piece of gum like a wedding bouquet,” wrote a second.<\/p>\n The chewing gum toss wasn’t the only\u00a0viral<\/a>\u00a0moment of Brody’s, as\u00a0Halle Berry got her own back<\/a>\u00a0after their infamous moment from the 2003 awards, which saw Brody\u00a0controversially kiss the\u00a0X-Men<\/em>\u00a0actress<\/a>\u00a0without her consent.<\/p>\n The actor also received backlash for the length of his acceptance speech, which overly long acceptance speech. “Adrien Brody\u2019s speech is gonna have an intermission,” joked one viewer, while others compared it to\u00a0The Brutalist<\/em>‘s three hours and 35 minutes runtime.<\/p>\n Late night host O\u2019Brien had jaws on the floor with several of his gags – after he\u2019d\u00a0graphically emerged from a nude Demi Moore\u2019s body<\/a>\u00a0in a skit referencing\u00a0The Substance.<\/em><\/p>\n In his opening monologue, he hit out at\u00a0Emilia Perez\u00a0<\/em>star Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n, whose controversial tweets were widely believed to have torpedoed her awards chances.<\/p>\n He quipped: \u201cAnora<\/em>\u00a0uses the \u2018F-word\u2019 479 times – that\u2019s three more than the record set by Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s publicist.\u201d<\/p>\n In a later dig on Trump\u2019s disastrous meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he said: \u201cAnora’<\/em>s doing great tonight. Two awards. I think Americans are finally ready for someone to stand up to a powerful Russian.\u201d<\/p>\n For context,\u00a0Anora\u00a0<\/em>sees a stripper face off with a Russian oligarch and his wife after a shotgun wedding with his son.<\/p>\n Most controversially,\u00a0O\u2019Brien said around the halfway point<\/a>: “Well, we’re halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile.”<\/p>\n This, of course, a reference to Kendrick Lamar\u2019s Super Bowl halftime show, where he performed Drake diss track \u2018Not Like Us\u2019.<\/p>\n Culkin took home the first award of the night, winning Best Supporting Actor for\u00a0A Real Pain.<\/em>\u00a0This apparently means his wife Jazz owes him two more children.<\/p>\n He said in his acceptance speech: “About a year ago, I was on a stage like this and I very stupidly, publicly said that I want a third kid from her because she said if I won the award she would give me the kid.<\/p>\n \u201cTurns out she said that because she didn’t think I was going to win.”<\/p>\n He then said she\u2019d promised him four if he won an Oscar, before adding \u2018let’s get cracking on those kids\u2019.<\/p>\n He also dropped the first f-bomb of the night, calling fellow nominee Jeremy Strong \u2018f**king great\u2019.<\/p>\n Freeman was on hand to introduce the In Memoriam segment, and delivered\u00a0an emotional tribute to Gene Hackman<\/a>, who\u00a0was found dead in his home<\/a>\u00a0alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa and his dog last week.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cThis week, our community lost a giant and I lost a dear friend.<\/p>\n \u201cLike everyone who ever shared a scene with him I learned he was a generous performer and a man whose gifts elevated everyone’s work<\/p>\n \u201cHe received two Oscars but more importantly he won the hearts of film-lovers all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n He says Hackman once told him: “I don’t think about legacy, I just hope people remember me as someone who tried to do good work.”<\/p>\n Freeman added: “Gene, you’ll be remembered for that and so much more. 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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWildest moments at the 2025 Oscars<\/h2>\n
Conan O\u2019Brien takes aim at Donald Trump and Drake<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Kieran Culkin\u2019s chaotic acceptance speech<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Morgan Freeman gives heartbreaking Gene Hackman tribute, but In Memoriam segment causes controversy<\/strong><\/h3>\n