Athletes react to Best Picture flub at the Oscars

For the first time in nearly 90 years, the Oscars really messed up.

No, they didn’t ask James Franco and Anne Hathaway to host again. If you can believe it, it was worse.

When it came time to announce the winner for Best Picture, the biggest award of the night, the wrong envelope was handed to the presenters, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.

Dunaway announced ‘La La Land’ was the winner when it was, in fact, ‘Moonlight.’

Oops.

Sorry, Steve Harvey, but the Academy Award for ‘Worst Incorrect Winner Announcement’ goes to this one.

Cinephiles weren’t the only ones cringing at the mistake. Here’s a look at how athletes reacted to the major flub:

[relatedlinks]

When submitting content, please abide by our submission guidelines, and avoid posting profanity, personal attacks or harassment. Should you violate our submissions guidelines, we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account. Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time.