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- Ellen DeGeneres’ widely circulated Oscars selfie was taken on March 2, 2014, 10 years ago.
- The photo once had the Internet in a chokehold. How times have changed.
- Several of the stars in the photo have become persona non grata, irrelevant or simply uncool.
Ellen Degeneres’ Oscar selfie that breaks the Internet It was taken 10 years ago and boy, has it aged poorly.
If you need to refresh your memory while hosting the 86th Academy Awards, the then-ubiquitous television personality gathered a slew of Hollywood celebrities to take a mid-ceremony selfie on what appeared to be her phone.
The photo, which features Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Lupita Nyong’o, her brother Junior, Channing Tatum, Kevin Spacey and a barely visible Jared Leto, went stratospherically viral after DeGeneres published it. to Twitter, getting more than 2 million retweets when the ceremony ended.
For a time, it was the most published photo ever. So, it was the most lazily parodied selfie. Then it became known that, despite Samsung denialwho provided the phone for the selfie and shelled out $20 million to sponsor that year’s awards, it was an orchestrated marketing stunt to put his new phone in the spotlight.
The revelation that the moment wasn’t spontaneous isn’t the only reason feelings about the photo have soured since then. Sure, it sucks to know that what we thought was an impromptu moment of top-notch good-natured fun was a clever way of product placementBut 10 years later, many of the stars in the photos have become persona non grata, irrelevant, or simply uncool.
Let’s start with the obvious: Kevin Spacey appears center, middle, somehow getting a seat close enough to the stage to jump to the back of the selfie, despite not appearing in any movies from the season. awards.
His stellar career came to a halt in 2017 after allegations of inappropriate behavior were made against him. Although he was exonerated, he was acquitted of assault charges in trials in the United States and United Kingdomhe is still enduring a backlash every time it is on platforms.
Then there’s DeGeneres herself. The former on-screen staple’s long-running NBC talk show was hit with accusations of a toxic studio culture, saturated with fear and intimidation, from guests and employees in 2020. leading to great scrutiny. He The series was canceled a year later. and DeGeneres has not appeared in a regular television role since.
Meanwhile, since the photo was taken, former Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie headed to Splitsville, finalizing their divorce in 2019, and things have only gotten more complicated since then. The two have been embroiled in a bitter lawsuit over their joint French wine property since early 2022, as well as a custody battle over their children, whom Jolie has accused Pitt of abusing.
What other thing? Jared Leto may or may not be an aspiring cult leaderJennifer Lawrence turned public opinion against her, although it must be admitted that she did nothing wrong. in addition to being overexposed.
That’s something we’re seeing happen to Bradley Cooper in real time as he prepares his Oscar campaign for “Maestro.” The actor-director is possibly the least cool person in Hollywood right now, thanks to his earnest efforts to make an Oscar-worthy movie, and it seems like every time he opens his mouth, he makes it worse.
There’s not much to say about Channing Tatum, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts and others, except when was the last time you saw them in a movie that moved you?
If another Oscar selfie were to be taken at this year’s ceremony, I can’t imagine any of these stars would be able to attend.