Explained: Al Pacino's Oscars Controversy Topped With Memes And A Clarification

Al Pacino released a statement and clarified that it was not his decision to skip mentioning all the nominated movies

At the 96th Oscars, film legend Al Pacino was on the stage to announce the biggest award of the night - the Best Picture Award. As is ritual, the presenters are supposed to announce the list of the nominees, which is usually followed by snippets of the movie clips. The Godfather star, however, skipped the usual drill and simply opened the envelope with the winner's name on it. "And my eyes see Oppenheimer," the veteran actor said announcing the big winner. And with that Al Pacino made the Internet an offer that they just couldn't refuse - an opportunity to generate memes galore. A section of the Internet thought the actor seemingly forgot the drill. Others joked and called it a "Goat'ed move." After much ado, Al Pacino explained what actually happened. #Oscars#AlPacinoAl definitely forgot to read the nomineesF Itit's Al pic.twitter.com/klLrUdbP4j Literally Al Pacino arriving, announcing Best Picture and leaving. #Oscar#Oscars2024#AlPacino#Oscarspic.twitter.com/6H9Z6cUiyy Goat'ed move Loving this. #AlPacino#Oscars2024pic.twitter.com/5OYJG0cUqs Straight and to the point. Wish the whole show was like this lol pic.twitter.com/1wL057VgqP#alpacino#Oscars Did Al Pacino miss the nominations or did they just skip all of that? #Oscar2024#Oscars#Oscar#Oppenheimer#AlPacinopic.twitter.com/QTGGDwCfm7 Did Al Pacino just not read any of the other movies... and was like to hell with it. The envelope says #Oppenheimer! #Oscars#Oscars2024#AlPacinopic.twitter.com/B0vFhIhpCS Clearly #AlPacino was NOT at rehearsal #Oscarpic.twitter.com/ic2KBusEpD

First, a look at what the Internet thought of the Al Pacino moment at the Oscars.

"Al definitely forgot to read the nominees," wrote a user. Goat emojis followed, because he is, well, Al Pacino.