Adrien Brody explains gross Oscars moment before Best Actor speech for The Brutalist

As Adrien Brody headed towards the Oscars stage to accept Best Actor, he made a quick decision that had viewers grossed out.

The Brutalist star Adrien Brody made an executive decision to get rid of his gum just before accepting the second Oscar of his career, resulting in one of the most bizarre moments of the evening.

After his name was called for the Best Actor category — in which he bested Ralph Fiennes, Sebastian Stan, Timothée Chalamet, and Colman Domingo for the honour — Brody took the gum out of his mouth and tossed it to girlfriend, Georgina Chapman, who attempted to catch it as he continued walking to the stage.

The couple addressed the comedic moment on Live With Kelly and Mark after he accepted the award, Decider reports.

“I could’ve swallowed it, but I didn’t think about that,” he admitted on the show. “I had to get rid of it somehow.”

Chapman mentioned that she didn’t manage to catch the gum. And if you watch the footage closely, it looks like she narrowly misses his gum though she willingly ran forward to catch it. Chapman can be seen throwing her hands up in defeat when she misses the toss, but Brody is all smiles when he turns back to Cillian Murphy to accept the awards.

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The win marks Brody’s second Academy Award of his career, the first being for The Pianist in 2003 when he became the youngest winner in the category.

Brody made that much clear during his acceptance speech when he ordered the Academy to stop trying to play him off stage.

“I’m wrapping up, please turn the music off,” Brody said. “I’ve done this before. Thank you. It’s not my first rodeo, but I will be brief.”

Despite the attempted interruptions, Brody then launched into a five-minute-long acceptance speech.

Adrien Brody accepts the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for ‘The Brutalist’. Picture: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP

“I’m here once again to represent the lingering traumas and the repercussions of war and systematic oppression, and of antisemitism and racism and othering,” Brody said.

“I pray for a healthier and a happier and a more inclusive world, and I believe if the past can teach us anything, it’s a reminder to not let hate go unchecked.”

Brody stars in The Brutalist as a Hungarian-Jewish brutalist architect who flees to Europe in 1947 with his wife (Felicity Huffman). But their lives are changed when he’s commissioned by a wealthy client for a project.

The film also won Best Original Score and Best Cinematography.

This article originally appeared on Decider and was reproduced with permission

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