For those watching the 89th Academy Awards unfold today, it was a fairly boring deal. Those expected to win, won, and though there were quite a few emotional and rising speeches against 'the wall' and Donald Trump, of course, Jimmy Kimmel failed to put up a great show as host — but then, they saved the best, or worst depending on how you looked at it, for the end. WATCH | Oscars 2017: Moonlight emerges winner after onstage goof-up When the award for the Best Film was announced, we saw what can easily be dubbed as the mother of all goof-ups in Oscars history — Warren Beatty did a Steve Harvey from the 2015 Miss Universe pageant as he mistakenly announced La La Land as the winner of the award instead of Moonlight. Much to the embarrassment of everyone, it was only after the cast and crew of La La Land, which won six Oscars of the 14 it was nominated for, had come up on the stage and accepted the statuettes. It's only when one of the Oscars officials came up and pointed out the mistake as the producers were giving their thank you speech, and the re-announcement was made - to a shocked audience at the Dolby Theatre and even those at home - that the winner of Best Picture was actually the Barry Jenkins-directed Moonlight, which won three Oscars in toto, including Mahershala Ali for Best Supporting Actor, making him the first Muslim to win an Oscar. Well, the always-eager-for-a-goof-up Twitterati was quick to react to the confusion at the end, what with political and scathing humour dripping by the buckets through each tweet. Sample some of the witty ones here. Check out these tweets: I agree with Trump on this one. #Oscars #AcademyAwards #WarrenBeatty #SteveHarvey pic.twitter.com/nGxY0OZzss — Abhishek Pratap (@AbhishekPrtp) February 27, 2017 This just in: They got the election wrong too!! #Oscars #Moonlight #BestPicture #LaLaLand #Trump #Clinton pic.twitter.com/uQNYlAreYB — 28-3. You had 1 job. (@uncledisney) February 27, 2017 What just happened?! But yay #Moonlight!!! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/wEhXt2fBeB — Gloria Ramirez (@gloriaer91) February 27, 2017 Steve Harvey triggered #Oscars #bestTwistEver #Moonlight pic.twitter.com/9qnTPr6cPg — M (@mir_alll) February 27, 2017 omg I LITERALLY REFRESHED THE PAGE AND IT SAID LA LA LAND WON, BUT THEN I REFRESHED IT AGAIN TO DOUBLE CHECK AND #MOONLIGHT pic.twitter.com/mTZZ0mG4U6 — Kevin ❀ (@murasakei) February 27, 2017 Nuts! I blame the #lunareclipse for tonight! #moonlight is the #realwinner#lalaland is the #alternativewinner pic.twitter.com/oBoj0jHZdh — marnie (@marniegelf) February 27, 2017 When you were torn between #LaLaLand and #Moonlight pic.twitter.com/lHYUS5lLFm — lucasluvsriley (@itstmims) February 27, 2017 LMFAO!!! #Oscars #Oscars2017 #LaLaLand #Moonlight #MissUniverse #LOL pic.twitter.com/zli0ldtAFv — Luciana Andrade (@LucianaAndrade) February 27, 2017 #STEVEHARVEY LIKE.. #OSCARS YESSSSS #MOONLIGHT #BESTPICTURE!!!!! pic.twitter.com/aLzSjRo86w — Tim Jones (@Itbemejones) February 27, 2017 #LaLaLand is #Oscars #BestPicture Oh no, sorry it's #Moonlight! pic.twitter.com/mVdhMQYtLT — Jules Guiang 🇵🇭 (@JULESguiang) February 27, 2017 You had one job to do 🤦🏾♂️😵#Oscars #moonlight #WarrenBeatty pic.twitter.com/d0Yr4MZh2m — Jason (@thisisJayWil) February 27, 2017 Sorry for the confusion, Lalaland won the popular vote but Moonlight the electoral college. #Oscars — Benjamin Haddad (@benjaminhaddad) February 27, 2017 "La la oscar idhar" - Moonlight, #Oscars — Pranav (@pranavsapra) February 27, 2017 This was exactly how it happened! #WarrenBeatty #moonlight #LALALAND #Oscars #Oscars2017 pic.twitter.com/r0bBnBApDA — Omar Salgado (@OmarSalgado) February 27, 2017
