Top 10 WORST Oscar Speeches of ALL TIME 

"Im the first openly gay winner"- Sam Smith "Can you feel the *direspect* tonight" in Elton John

I do find the interrupting someone's speech incredibly disrespectful and inconsiderate.

Marlo brandon doesn't belong on this list

Angelina Jolie must cringe every time she watches that speech. She was so wild back then. She visited Africa and saw poverty, and she changed her behaviour immediately

Gwyneth Paltrow’s speech is a lot. Gwyneth has herself stated that she can’t even watch it. Even her parents Bruce and Blythe in the audience are feeling the second hand embarrassment.

I wasn't crazy about Joaquin Phoenix's speech when he won the Oscat for playing the Joker, especially when he goes into artifical cow insemination.

Somebody lied to Matthew McConaughey several times and told him that he was deeply profound and inspiring when he’s nothing like that. He’s nothing of the sort.

Gwyneth Paltrow should definitely be on this list. She didn't even receive a dishonorable mention.

Surprised George Clooney’s speech for Syriana isn’t here, it created a smug storm that literally destroyed the whole of San Francisco

Perfect choice for #1. Absolute cringe and I still can't believe he was allowed to stay in the building after doing that.

Anne hathaway was having such a terrible award season run. Her oscar dress was criticised so heavily also.

I don't understand why Brando's win is here. The speech was really memorable and effective. Even with all the hate, it was very important and memorable in the right way.

i will never understand what was so bad about anne's speech

I disagree fundamentally that Brando should have made the speech about Native rights. It's significantly more impactful to have someone from the affected group speak on their own behalf. And it worked clearly. We're still talking about it today. That speech is largely so uncomfortable bc the Academy handled it absolutely disgustingly in the moment. And to a lesser extent, Annie Hathaway's speech is totally fine, I don't get it being cringe at all, except that ppl at the time made a concerted effort to hate her for misogynist reasons, so they had to hate her speech too.

no, I don't think Marlon Brando should have spoken on behalf of First Nations peoples - especially when the criticism is how their cultures are misrepresented by Hollywood. Otherwise, I enjoy your opinions on the Oscars

Why is Brando on here ???

"Mathew McConaughey spoke about Neptune and....." It's the trail off that does it for me. Basically, "you let him ramble... whatever he was rambling. May I finish my coherent speech please?

Including little feather and Marlon Brando was unnecessary if you ask me that’s arguably one of the best moves an actor could’ve made at that moment to address the way Hollywood and the Academy treated native Americans

George Clooney winning for Syriana was so smug south park made fun of him

The fact that Will’s first line in his speech was “Richard Williams… was a fierce defender of his family…”, I remember watching in disbelief that he practically seemed to excuse straight-up punching a guy onstage earlier that night. It’s telling when the most entertaining part of that speech was the TV editors trying to cover one of the Williams sisters having a wardrobe malfunction.

I always thought that, when Anne Hathaway said "It came true," it was a nod to the song "I Dreamed a Dream."

Anne Hathaway deserved her win, and did honor to her award. Because people like to pick apart a person through tabloids, she wanted to keep a clean slate BECAUSE people talk negatively about her anyway. There must have been worse speeches than one done on script right? Fix the list.

I wouldn't call these "worst" as in "bad". Most of them are just cringe worthy with a couple instances of pompous or bad behavior.

I wasn't a fan of RDJs. Scorseses reaction said it all at the end. I get he has this arrogant shtick think which he used all awards season, but the last one should have been a bit more humble. Not gonna comment on the handshake thing, coz he was probably just overwhelmed.

It's saying something when Melissa Leo's speech was so bad it practically killed her career. I don't think it did, in all honestly, but considering the fact that she all but disappeared after giving that speech and winning her Oscar, I wouldn't be surprised if it played a part in it.

I completely disagree Marlon Brando didn't have to speak up for Native Americans when Native Americans for long wanted to voice their concerns about their portrayal themselves. It wasn't properly handled but also because of the response of the audience. I do appreciate though the positive and kind words she said at the end before she walked off stage which garnered applause.

1:20 the moment GayPop was invented.

Really disappointed in Brian's analysis of Marlon Brando's win here. It almost sounds like the same tone deaf reaction people at the ceremony at the time had. (I recall reading John Wayne had to be restrained from attacking her. What a scumbag). If Brian's point is that politics don't belong at award shows, that's one thing but to continue to condensed to this woman who did a very brave thing in the face of much adversity and hypocrisy is disappointing, to say the least.

I've always felt like I'm alone in hating on Matthew McConaughey. Glad to know I'm not 😂.

Number 1 is absolutely deserving. But I don’t really understand having number 5 here. That feels unwarranted to me .

Having Brando on this list is a bad look. If he had accepted it himself and talked about the issue, wouldn't that just be another white Hollywood actor speaking for the Native American community. Basically an antithesis of the point?

The inclusion of Marlon Brando’s speech is…a choice. A questionable one but a choice nonetheless.

After what just happened, Smith's insufferable teary-eyed speech was too much to handle.

The Sam Smith one shows he’s always had a huge ego, especially the way he handled finding out how he wasn’t the first gay man to win, like seriously just say oh shit sorry

I’ve always thought Melissa Leo’s speech was hilarious but watching it back 13 years later all grown up, I realized how insensitive she was

Actors thanking Harvey weistein should be on the list.

The worst Oscar speech for me that’s neither ranked or in the honorable mentions is actor in a leading role Joaquin Phoenix for the Joker. He spends most of his speech blabbing about equality. He didn’t even bother thanking the Academy, family members back at home, the cast, the crew, God, among several others. It was like he was sending everybody a message.

I watched Girl Interrupted for the first time last night, and I thought it was amazing. I especially really connected with Jolie’s performance, and thought after watching “Wow! That’s awesome she won an Oscar for that!” But, yeah, the speech, not the best.

Sam smith took a huge break after that oscar win. That James bond song he did was one of the worst in history

A surprising poor list, IMO. Very unusual for this channel. It’s not really the worst speeches of all time. More like “10 cringe moments from recent Oscars.”

James Cameron was all tongue and cheek and was just referencing a line in his own movie, never had a problem with it in 27 years.

I liked Cameron. During production of Titanic he was basically lambasted by the media and mostly nobody believed in him. I can imagine how that must have felt, but he got the last laugh. Arrogant? Yes. But rightfully so. Never doubt him.

Marlon should not be here. You disrespect him. It's amazing

Wrong on Brando. That was a good move

I so agree with you on this list, especially Will Smith. Not only should he not be allowed to give a speech, the Academy should’ve said they need to decide whether Will Smith is allowed to accept his Oscar and if they decide he could, the Oscar will be delivered personally to his house at a later date!

Michael Moore?

Great video good choices need another part

will smith should have never been allowed to accept his oscar!

Roberto Benigni: Brian, you did a video before about how he won Best Actor and, “Said some things.” Which he did. 😅 But his acceptance speech for Foreign Film, where he rambles on and on, it was charming at first but then you cut to the audience and they look confused and uncomfortable, to the point where they clap and it’s almost like they are cheering for him to be finished, and he keeps going for another 2 minutes. When a speech feels longer than it actually is… 🤦🏻‍♂️

Thanks for another great commentary, Brian. I agree with your choices. Keep up the excellent work. Hollywood stars have often shown their outsized egos to the world. Thanks for calling them out for it.

"It came true" is not nearly as bad as "I wanna thank my parents for having sex" or whatever the hell Daniel Kuluyya was saying.

Will "the Devil made me do it" Smith.

James Cameron one is fine I think its cool he acted like a regular human

Agree with Number 1. Speech was worst than the slap. The speech was like watching a person having a mental breakdown

Elia Kazan getting his Honorary Oscar was awkward especially when they cut to people in the audience not clapping.

You're very unfair to Jack Palance. His speech & push-ups were not awkward at all & the audience loved it.

SIX MINUTES!? I didn't bother to watch his win or his speech, but I only found it out it was that long from this video. It's so much worse than I realised

I felt for Nicole Kidman during Renee Zellweger's speech having to sit there, knowing the camera would be on her, listening to Renee thanking Tom Cruise when the divorce was so recent and she was still hurting.

When Michael Moore won his Oscar he said nothing about the poor victims of Columbine

Agree with so many of these. The Matthew M. was unbearable for me. Sometimes people buy into their hype too much and let their ego do all the talking! (likewise -- James Cameron and Will Smith).

Wow Brian. You criticize Brando for rejecting his Oscar but leave out Adrien Brody forcing himself a kiss upon Halle Berry. Your priorities seems off, at the least

How did Sally Field and the "You like me, you really like me" speech not make this list?

For the most cringey speech of all time, I submit to you: Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, and Patricia DeHaney, the makeup artists for Vice. It's hilariously reminiscent of every single awkward school group project presentation I've ever been a part of, truly an inglorious trainwreck

Littlefeather being on this list is disgraceful!

I have always found Joaquin Phoenix’s speech to be…perhaps not “bad” but certainly bizarre.

I personally think Melissa Leo did about as much as she could. This was supposed to be her moment. The nominees most likely are nervious when the presentation of their category starts. Kirk Douglass just went on and on and on. The audience seemed to find it amusing. So after sitting there on the edge for a bit of time, her name is called. I would be a bit jumbled up following that, trying to give a great speech for something she will most likely never happen to her again. His intentions may have been good, but he did not do any flavors for the winner. The following day, when people were talking about the winners and showing clips, they could not talk about Melissa without talking about Kirk. When recaping Best Supporting Actress, they would mention her name, then spent the rest of the time talking about Kirk and playing cips of him.

Sacheen Littlefeather was part native, there’s native people in Mexico too. The speech is memorable and was an important part of Hollywood history. Disappointed it’s here.

In retrospect, Ben’s Affleck’s thanking his ex wife, was not particularly heartfelt or truthful. Seemed like when he said, “It’s work….” Then he tries to make up for that but saying, “But it’s good work and there’s no one else I’d rather do it with.” They divorced soon after. Now he’s in the verge of the second divorce. So Benny needs to just stay single and enjoy himself.

the reasoning you give for having littlefeather on here is not good enough. try harder next time.

Surprised you forgot George Clooney's supporting actor speech, that was so smug that his good friends at south park had to mock him.

The fact that Will Smith had the best and worst night of his career on the same night is seriously impressive and will likely never be topped.

The co-writer of PULP FICTION should be on the list. He told the audience that he had to go pee.

You pretty much hit all the same awful speeches that I would have in my list.

The Worst thing about the Will Smith's slap was that it ruined the greatest moment of his career as well as the moments of other winners there. I still have to remind myself that Jessica Chastain has won an Oscar everytime her name comes up in conversation.

Great video. I agree with your list.

Mine: (Worst or Cringy Speech at the Oscars - my opinions) 1. Matt Damon & Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay - 1998) …. Seems like you forgot about this controversial one, Brian. 2. Jim Burke, Charles B Wessler, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga (Best Picture - 2019) …. Not only Green Book is the worst Best Picture winner of all-time, all the producers gave the most cringy and sneezy speech ever at the Oscars. 3. Will Smith (Best Actor - 2022) …. You already sum it all up, Brian. 4. Takashi Yamazaki (Best Visual Effect - 2024) …. Whether you agreed that Godzilla Minus One deserves to win this category or not (although The Creator has a better VFX), and while the message of his speech was pretty heartfelt. But let’s be real, he really need a translator and someone should warn him before that moment, it should have been a beautiful moment for the Asian people to be proud like the victory of Parasite x EEAAO x RRR, instead he got too much exciting that his English Barrier made the moment looks even more cringy and awkward big time that The Academy have to playing the music to kick them off the stage. If he use the translator, it will be more better and awesome like Bong Joon-Ho. This set the low bar for International or English 2nd language competitors that could look pretty weak or bad in the future too. He should’ve had a translator with him. 5. Jennifer Lawrence (Best Actress - 2013) …. I knew she was pretty exciting on her victory at the moment, but come on, let’s be honest it was 1000% awkward and she didn’t even prepare her speech at all, it’s so cringe and way too short, she’s only thanks to the important people that pushing her for that victory (including Harvey Weinstein) and nothing more. She did made a history, but her victory doesn’t age well and her speech is just too silly. 6. Harvey Weinstein (Best Picture - 1999) …. Yeah, we don’t need to give Harvey Weinstein an Oscar and this speech shown how narcissistic of this evil person really is. 7. Cuba Gooding Jr. (Best Supporting Actor - 1997) …. An all-timer cringe. 8. Matthew McCeunaghey (Best Actor - 2014) …. Yep, a narcissistic at worst. 9. Gwyneth Paltrow (Best Actress - 1999) …. Long before JLaw’s awkward speech, Gwyneth Paltrow messed it up for her moment. 10. Pedro Almodóvar (Best Foreign Language - 2000) …. I like Almodóvar but this speech was pretty ridiculous for him.

Great picks, and super entertaining commentary! I wasn't aware that Melissa Leo gave such a stinker of a speech. She's a superb actress though, so there's that.

The whole Brando thing was sad, how they treated the girl, the reactions of the people on the ceremony, the comments, the booing, and how she was bullied ever since then...nobody bothered to get the message :(

Frances McDormand should not be on this list? Joe Pesci ended up on the best list despite looking just as bored?

They are all cringe-worthy, if you ask me.This just proves that Hollyweird is run by and filled with self-absorbed narcisists going crazy over a gold statue that has no meaning or value and, at best, makes a nice little bric-a-brac bookend for your bookshelf. Will Smith's behavior was unconscionable. Then there's Miss "MS", her own biggest fan her entire life, intolerable at every awards show, who once remarked, "I've played so many remarkable women, people are starting to believe that I am one", and (at yet another Awards show), "There are days when even I think I'm overrated; BUT... NOT TODAY!! " She has no concept of humility or humanity, and it doesn't get more disgustingly egocentric than Miss "MS". The best Oscar speeches are Rita Moreno, Julie Christie, and Joe Pesci, who all got on and off stage with their respective awards within two minutes or less. Did Melissa Leo ever work again?

It’s wild to see so many couples that are no longer together. What a compilation.

Sam Smith suffers from attention seeking syndrome. Marlon Brando move was one the most memorable moments of the Oscars and don't belong to this list.

Sally Fields 2nd Oscar winning speech was cringeworthy. McConnaughey is like Clooney in believing their own publicity and thinking they are more important than they actually are.

Michael Moore’s 2003 “shame on you, Mr. Bush!” was pretty dumb.

Gwyneth Paltrow crying?

I forgot how cringy some of these speeches were. Angelina Jolie and her brother, well.... ICK!!!!!

Yeah Anne Hathaway’s vibe was all the way off when she won, I agree with you she didn’t de serve all the dogging she got back then but she absolutely did herself no favors with that awful “iT cAMe TrUe”. She really should’ve just prepared a speech and read it from a note

Michael moore's speech throwing shit at George bush was very uncomfortable

Will Smith was and is a disgrace for what he did to Chris Rock. He should have been arrested for assault and battery. The fact that he was allowed to stay for the rest of the ceremony and accept that Oscar is a blight on the entire Academy. And to only get a slap on the wrist with a 10 year ban was a joke. Okay, he deserved the Oscar I guess,( I didn't see the movie he was in and won't ever now) but he should have been banned by the Academy for life for behaving like an uncivilized and abusive lunatic.

Your No. 1 was spot on. What an insufferable speech the audience had to sit through, after the disgraceful assault they'd just had to witness.

I never thought “It came true” was that bad…

Halle Berry: "This moment is so much bigger than me!" 🙄

Man I don't know about you but I liked mccoughney

I'm surprised George Clooney Oscar win wasn't mentioned. It was so cringed that South Park did a parody on the speech.

Frances McDormand belongs here for Three Billboards. BTW I'm surprised no one has mentioned Vanessa Redgrave.

I also hated how Adrien Brody kissed Halle Berry before giving his speech

100% Will Smith at Number 1.

delete this omg

Will. Smith should be in jail now

Will Smith had to go down in history as one of the most self sabotaging moments in history.