Kate McKinnon humorously discovered, along with the rest of the world, that she’d accidentally been sending “tasteful nudes” to cinematic legend Steven Spielberg during the 96th Academy Awards.
At Sunday’s Academy Awards, comedian Kate had everyone laughing as she and her Barbie co-star, America Ferrera, presented together and included a playful banter about Jurassic Park in their Oscars bit.
The duo was presenting the awards for Best Documentary Short and Best Documentary Feature when Kate’s perfect comedic timing came out.
“These awards honor the best in documentary filmmaking. Films that give us real stories about real life with past winners like Woodstock, Free Solo, and Inconvenient Truth,” America said before Kate chimed in and continued with: “Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Jurassic World Dominion.”
“Kate, no … those aren’t documentaries,” America quickly corrected Kate, leaving her in dismay. “… The dinosaurs weren’t real.”
“Oh, America, not you too!” Kate joked.
Kate McKinnon shook up the Oscars with some laughts, dinosaurs and other unexpected reveals
“I know the dinosaurs were real, but in the movie, they were CGI. There was a documentary about it,” America said as Kate clearly needed a moment to digest what she just heard.
A baffled Kate then turned to the audience, in the middle of which was Jurassic Park’s maker, Steven.
“Is this true?” Kate asked him.
Steven nodded as he played along, prompting the audience to erupt in laughter.
“Wow,” Kate said with slight disbelief. “But Jeff Goldblum is real, right?”
“No,” America responded.
“Then to whom have I been sending my tasteful nudes?” the ‘SNL’ alum asked.
The camera then captured a traumatized-looking Steven, who pointed towards himself and nodded.
Following their hilarious bit, the two announced that the winner of Best Documentary Short for the 2024 Oscars was The Last Repair Shop.
Watch the funny Oscar gag with Kate McKinnon and co-star America Ferrera below
Fans online absolutely loved the playful banter onstage between Kate and America, with some calling Steven’s expression the best part of the night.
“I DIED when it cut back to Spielberg,” one said on YouTube, while another added, “Spielberg’s facial expression is the best thing that happened this entire night I swear to god.”
“I really loved how this year they turned to elegant sort of ‘classy’ non-offensive humor. The Spielberg bit is just insanely funny. It really raised back the prestige of the event to have this kind of humor back. Bravo!” read a third comment.
Another comment said, “I really loved the show this year. It was entertaining, the right people won and I loved the way the awards were presented.”
Some thought Steven Spielberg’s expression was the best part of the night
The nominees and winners of some of the 96th Academy Awards categories:
Best Picture:
Winner: Oppenheimer
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Best Actress:
Winner: Emma Stone – Poor Things
Annette Bening – Nyad
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Best Actor:
Winner: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Best Supporting Actress:
Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
America Ferrera – Barbie
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Best Supporting Actor:
Winner: Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Best Director:
Winner: Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet
Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese
Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos
The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer
Best Original Song:
What Was I Made For? – Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell)
The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot (Diane Warren)
I’m Just Ken – Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
It Never Went Away – American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)
Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)
