Adrien Brody ‘Didn’t Think About’ Swallowing His Gum Before Oscar Speech, So He Threw It to His Girlfriend: ‘I Had to Get Rid of It Somehow’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Adrien Brody won his second Oscar at the 2025 Academy Awards, where his leading turn in Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” won the best actor prize.
His buzzy acceptance speech was proceeded by one of the ceremony’s most viral moments: Brody was chewing gum when his name was called, so he took it out of his mouth while walking up to the stage and threw it to his girlfriend, Georgina Chapman.
Brody and Chapman joined “Live With Kelly and Mark” backstage at the Oscars minutes after his big win, where Brody admitted: “I could’ve swallowed it, but I didn’t think about that.
I had to get rid of it somehow.” Chapman admitted that she actually didn’t catch Brody’s gum. Kelly Ripa played the viral clip back and zoomed in on Chapman, who fumbled the catch as Brody’s gum landed on the Oscars carpet in front of the stage.
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