The 20 Funniest Tweets About the 2017 Oscars Mixup

The 2017 Oscars ceremony was an eventful one – and we gathered together the 20 funniest tweets about it.

This year, just as any other year, celebrities dressed up and got together for a fancy event. Some of them got shiny gold awards, other had to pretend they were happy for the winners. We see this year after year after year.

And yet, the 2017 edition of the Oscars was peculiar because of a funny mix-up that occurred during the ceremony: the movie LaLaLand won the Academy award for Best Picture and had about 10 seconds to enjoy it before it became clear that Moonlight was the actual winner. Ouch.

The internet exploded. It didn’t take long before the first memes on the topic started popping up on social media. People inevitably drew a parallel to the 2015 Miss Universe beauty pageant when the host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner. Harvey himself took a funny stance on Twitter, and so did Miss Universe. Big international brands like Specsavers, RyanAir and Nivea used the opportunity and published witty ads. Major news outlets started looking for an explanation.

Some people thought it was a stunt. Others were outraged. We at the Stremio HQ felt bad for the Academy – for a second year in a row the award ceremony didn’t go smoothly (last year the world was outraged that the Oscars were “too white”).

And while we felt bad, we couldn’t help but go on Twitter and select the 20 funniest tweets about the Oscars mixup. You’re welcome.

I love this #Oscar2017 pic.twitter.com/uDyqHZsbNy

— Mason (@MasonAlderson01) February 27, 2017

Why didn’t Warren Beatty announce the Election results? #Oscars #Oscar2017 #OscarMistake #Moonlight pic.twitter.com/FdGtuEh6Bq

— Ryan Knight (@the_ryan_knight) February 27, 2017

#Oscar2017 better call for a full congressional review to make sure the #RussianHackers didn’t influence the outcome

— CJ Kelley (@blueandorange86) February 27, 2017

I love the internet #Oscar2017 pic.twitter.com/dZH6hZv012

— Mistire (@mistire_k) February 27, 2017

“I’m just glad we have a controversy that does not involve Donald Trump.” – @brianstelter #Oscar2017

— Van Applegate (@VBagate) February 27, 2017

What they are probably thinking rn #Oscars #Oscar2017 #lalaland #moonlight #BestPicture #damienchazelle #fayedunaway #WarrenBeatty pic.twitter.com/0OpS9Gqstn

— Ceevo (@Ceevotho) February 27, 2017

Have your people call our people – we know what to do. #Oscars #MissUniverse

— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) February 27, 2017

#Trump thought that #Oscar2017 winner #LALALand was a documentary of one of the countries he banned.#AcademyAwards#Oscars #MuslimBan

— Gary McMurray (@funnymcmurray) February 27, 2017

tfw you’re finally off the hook pic.twitter.com/HlBs1yqbCO

— Dave Lozo (@davelozo) February 27, 2017

Does this mean on The ‘La La Land’ DVD release it will say ‘almost academy award winning film’?#Oscars #LaLaLand #LaLaLandorMoonlight

— Lauren Rowe (@Lozza_Rozza) February 27, 2017

“I’m swapping the envelopes” #Oscars #oscarsfail #envelopegate pic.twitter.com/3WvOe4wwB7

— E (@esheikh_) February 27, 2017

Call me Warren Beatty. I can help you get through this! #Oscars

— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) February 27, 2017

Local Boston station reporting double murder story uses wrong (but very funny) caption. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/6jAQxUtEyD

— rebeccasullivan (@rebeccasullivan) February 27, 2017

If the ‘Moonlight’ can make such a comeback, so can you. Dream big and bask in your own La La Land! #Oscars #Moonlight #lalaland pic.twitter.com/QqoS467lJg

— Ezfar Ismail (@ezfar007) February 27, 2017

If you missed what happened at the #Oscars last night, here’s some footage of what happened when La La Land went up to accept their award. pic.twitter.com/ycPZmHRjRU

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) February 27, 2017

Steve Harvey tonight. via @EbrojiApp #Oscars #Moonlight #LaLaLand pic.twitter.com/MpSO9lhnAZ

— jesse Williams. (@iJesseWilliams) February 27, 2017

I wrote the ending of the academy awards 2017. @jimmykimmel we really got them!

— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) February 27, 2017

Hey “La La Land” remember when you gave us that fake happy ending and then took it away

How’s it feel

— Daniel “Kibblesmith” (@kibblesmith) February 27, 2017

The executive order that Donald Trump didn’t want you to see. #Oscar2017 #Moonlight. pic.twitter.com/T9Xq0jTil8

— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) February 27, 2017

There’s a 24% chance that Ryan Gosling knew there had been a mixup at the Oscars but was too polite to say anything

— Stats Canada (@stats_canada) February 27, 2017