It’s not just the Oscars‘ website that’s messing up names!
Whomever is in charge of running the Lion movie’s social media royally screwed up as they accidentally listed Naomi Watts as the Best Supporting Actress nominee from their flick. This was a problem, because A) Miz Watts wasn’t even in Lion and B) it was her bestie Nicole Kidman who was nominated for this year’s Academy Award.
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So ridiculous! According to reports, on Tuesday, a promotional poster was uploaded onto the film’s Facebook and Twitter pages, which celebrated the film’s six nominations. But, as you can see (below), the 48-year-old’s name is oddly there.
Talk about a face palm moment! To make matters worse, this social media screw up comes amid Watts’ Razzie nomination for Worst Actress for her work in The Divergent Series: Allegiant AND Shut In. Ouch.
Of course, fans flocked to Twitter to brutally DRAG (below) the movie for its online hiccup.
Congrats to Naomi Watts for being nominated for a movie she wasn’t even in ├░┼╕╦£ΓÇÜ #OscarNoms https://t.co/e1TA2eI6wz pic.twitter.com/Ed0r3IE8N3
— Kevin Jacobsen (@Kevin_Jacobsen) January 24, 2017
Social Media: Any monkey can do it. #OrNot #socialmediafail #naomiwatts #NicoleKidman #LionMovie pic.twitter.com/0AyC5QvHfC
— Sarah McMullan (@SarahMcMullanNZ) January 25, 2017
Really hope Naomi Watts wins best actress for Lion
— Mutley (@Horhaay) January 25, 2017
They are best friends of course but how could anyone mistake Naomi Watts for Nicole Kidman!? https://t.co/KmrweCnhQS
— Edgar Ong (@edgarong) January 25, 2017
Best Supporting Actress: Naomi Watts…thinking an intern somewhere just got fired #lion #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/Is8zVBIrEh
— Will Mavity (@mavericksmovies) January 24, 2017
HIGHlarious! We think this whole gaffe is a sign Nicole should just bring Naomi to the Oscars with her as her plus one.
What do YOU think? Can you believe someone mixed up these two A-listers?
SOUND OFF in the comments (below)!
[Image via FayesVision/WENN.]
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