Andrew Garfield’s face over Jimmy Kimmel’s Oscars slap gag was absolutely priceless (Picture: NIPI)
Andrew Garfield is an Oscars meme for the second year in a row.
The Spider-Man actor delighted fans as the cameras turned on him during Sunday night’s ceremony.
The 39-year-old actor gave the cameras a seriously awkward toothy grin for what seemed like forever as host Jimmy Kimmel referenced him in his opening speech.
Andrew’s reaction came as Jimmy joked about Will Smith’s famous Oscars slap last year, and said Spider-Man would protect him this time around, to which the actor looked pretty uncomfortable.
Jimmy said, ‘And if any of you get mad at a joke and decide you want to get jiggy with it – it’s not going to be easy’ as the camera panned to Andrew for the host’s next line: ‘You are going to have to tangle with Spider-Man’.
Reactions flooded social media, with some calling the star an ‘instant meme’.
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We’re not sure about Andrew’s jacket from last night’s after party (Picture: Getty Images for Vanity Fair)
One person said: ‘Andrew Garfield is the official meme of the night’, while others joked it wouldn’t be an Oscars without a viral display from the Hacksaw Ridge actor.
‘Why is it that every awards season Andrew Garfield becomes a meme,’ one person commented with a laughing face.
A year ago Andrew became an Oscars meme when immediately after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage in one of Hollywood’s most explosive nights, Andrew was filmed texting under a table.
Andrew spoke on stage with Florence Pugh at last night’s ceremony (Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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The actor has previously opened up about last year’s unfortunate meme-ification, as he told Entertainment Weekly’s podcast The View in April he felt ‘so bad’ about the snap after.
‘I feel so bad, because Kevin Costner is introducing the director nominees in the most beautiful and elegant way, and I’m like, “There’s no way I’m going to be on camera during this,”‘ he explained.
‘Everyone is texting me, asking me what the vibe in the room is, and at that moment my friends took priority over Kevin’.
Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in 2022 will go down in Oscars history (Picture: Robyn Beck / AFP)
In the aftermath of the slap, the Fresh Prince actor was hit with a ten-year ban from the event.
The outburst came after Chris, who was hosting the event, mocked Jada Koren Pinkett Smith’s alopecia.
Although there were no high dramas in this year’s lengthy ceremony, at least we managed to eek an Andrew meme out of the footage – for that, we will always be grateful.
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Elsewhere, Everything Everywhere All at Once was the star of the ceremony as it scooped seven awards from 11 nominations, including best film.
Michelle Yeoh was delighted to accept best actress for her role in the film, while Brendan Fraser scooped best actor for his emotional performance in The Whale.
Oscar winners 2023
Here are the winners for the 95th Oscar Awards:
Best motion picture of the year
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Brendan Fraser in The Whale
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Naatu Naatu from RRR, Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
Achievement in directing
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Best animated feature film of the year
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Achievement in cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front
Achievement in costume design
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Best documentary feature
Navalny
Best documentary short subject
The Elephant Whisperers
Achievement in film editing
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best international feature film of the year
All Quiet on the Western Front – Germany
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
The Whale
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann
Achievement in production design
All Quiet on the Western Front
Best animated short film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Best live action short film
An Irish Goodbye
Achievement in sound
Top Gun: Maverick
Achievement in visual effects
Avatar: The Way of Water
Adapted screenplay
Women Talking
Original screenplay
Everything Everywhere All at Once
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