Within the precise second Will Smith and Jada’s lives modified eternally, one daring chap delivered one of the crucial excellent photobombs in historical past.
By now, we’ve seen each potential angle there’s of Will Smith’s notorious Oscars outburst, proper?
Incorrect.
One little-seen photograph taken on Oscars night time reveals a distinct view of Will as presenter Chris Rock instructed his ill-fated joke about Will’s spouse Jada Pinkett Smith – and it additionally occurs to seize one of many best seat filler photobombs of all time.
In images taken earlier than the incident, actress Aunjanue Ellis might be seen seated behind Will and to his proper – there she is within the orange robe:
However she was absent from her seat when Chris Rock took to the stage (guess she’s kicking herself about that poorly-timed rest room break), and her seat was taken by this obvious seat filler, who struck an eye catching pose as Will reacted to Rock’s Jada joke:
By the subsequent industrial break – with all contained in the Dolby Theatre reeling from the onstage assault that had simply taken place – the mysterious red-headed seat filler was gone, and Ellis could possibly be seen again in her seat. Right here she is outwardly comforting Smith, as fellow actor Denzel Washington stood between him and Chris Rock:
Forward of this yr’s Oscars, a former seat filler on the prestigious awards night time instructed information.com.au’s podcast I’ve Bought Information For You some secrets and techniques from the ceremony – together with the stunt that bought her fired.
Laura Cain was a seat filler on the Academy Awards for six years earlier than she was let go for breaking the foundations.
“You aren’t allowed to talk to the celebrities, make any ruckus, you’re imagined to be quiet,” she mentioned. “You need to put on this title tag round your neck when the cameras are off after which put it behind you when the cameras are on.”
One candy encounter with an award-winner proved to be her undoing, although.
“They sat me subsequent to a woman who had simply received the Oscar for a brief documentary movie,” Cain instructed podcast host Andrew Bucklow.
“She was holding an Oscar and he or she was drunk, and he or she mentioned to me, ‘Hey, do you wish to know what an Oscar seems like?’ So she palms it to me.”
Ms Cain took a photograph with the Oscar statue and that image, in addition to her different celeb selfies, ultimately bought her fired.
“I posted these photos (on social media) and the man who was accountable for the seat filling noticed that and was like, ‘you broke the foundations!’” Cain mentioned.
Let’s hope our red-headed good friend doesn’t endure the identical destiny for this excellent photobomb.
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