The Most Shocking Oscars Moments, From Will Smith To Marlon Brando, Revealed

On The Table Read Magazine, “the best entertainment magazine in the UK“, the Oscars is a night of entertainment beyond the actual awards, and these are the most shocking Oscars moments!

Many of us tuned in to watch the unpredictable event at the 95th Academy Awards unfold, from Hugh Grant’s impolite pre-show interview to Angela Bassett’s response to losing best supporting actress.

TheSlotBuzz.com was eager to investigate this further by utilizing viewing figures to conclude the most shocking and controversial Oscars moments of all time.

Most Shocking Oscars Moments

Rank	Name of Nominee	Name of Film Nominated	Reason for Shock	Award Category	Oscar Date	Youtube View Count
1	Will Smith	King Richard	Slapped Chris Rock	Best Actor	94th – 2022	108, 544, 451
2	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook	Falls down going to the stage	Best Actress	85th – 2013	15,327,834
3	Marlon Brando	Godfather	Refused to Accept Award in Protest	Best Actor	45th – 1973	14,023,526
4	Joaquin Phoenix	Joker	Vegan and Anti-Cancel Culture Beliefs	Best Actor	92nd – 2020	13,362,270
5	Robert Benigni	Life is Beautiful	Climbed over Speilberg in excitement	Foreign Language Film	71st – 1999	12,658,800
6	Adrien Brody	The Pianist	Kisses Halle Berry	Best Actor	75th – 2003	7,379,517
7	Angelina Jolie	Girl, Interrupted	“Over-Affection” Towards Brother	Best Supporting Actress	72nd – 2000	5,607,210
8	Fred Berger	Moonlight – La La Land	Award given to wrong film	Best Picture	89th – 2017	2,696,067
9	Michael Moore	Bowling for Columbine	Controversial speech about President Bush	Best Documentary	75th – 2003	1,784,489
10	Roman Polanski	The Pianist	Receives award after fleeing country	Best Director	75th – 2003	1,429,570

Will Smith

Will Smith’s astonishing response to Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars is the Oscars moment that has received the most views. Chris Rock made fun of Will’s wife while he was presenting, which led to him publicly slapping Chris Rock live on television. At first yelling “Keep my better half’s name out your f****** mouth!” In the three days following and including the day of the event, there were almost five times (53%)* more searches for “Will Smith slap” than there were for “Oscars Award Ceremony.” As a result, the shocking moment was viewed more than 108 million times on YouTube. Since then, it has been reported that Will has been banned from attending any academy events or programs for ten years.

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence’s speech at the Oscars received the second most views. The “Silver Linings Playbook” actress stumbled as she ascended the steps to accept her award in 2013 because she was so shocked when her name was called for the title of best actress. Her name was found to be searched 4.5 times (56%)* more than “Oscars Award Ceremony” after the event and for the following three days. The moment went viral and now has 15,327,834 views.

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando, star of Godfather, gave the Oscars speech that was revealed to be the third most shocking. He was honored by the academy, but to everyone’s surprise, he turned down the ceremony, which had 14,023,526 views. All things being equal, he surrendered his spot at the platform to Local American common freedoms advocate Sacheen Littlefeather, who conveyed a proclamation from the entertainer expressing that he was declining the honor due to the mistreat

Methodology:

1.      TheSlotBuzz.com were keen to discover the most shocking or controversial moments of all time at the Oscars.

2.      To do so, TheSlotBuzz.com created a seed list of 10 moments described as “shocking”, “controversial” or “unexpected” by scraping articles from reputable sources such as;  Vogue, Daily Mail, Rolling Stone and Leisurebyte.

3.      Each moment was ranked by view count taken from the official Oscars YouTube channel, with an exception for Will Smith whose moment was from the official Guardian News YouTube channel.

4.      Through data analytics tool Google Trends, TheSlotBuzz.com were able to discover the increase in search volumes from three days prior compared to three days after and including the day of the event to highlight each moment that wasn’t typical of an awards night.

5.      All data was collected on 06/03/2023 and is accurate as of then, but subject to change. 

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