‘Past Lives’ star Teo Yoo wore turtle pin at Oscars for late pet: ‘In tears’ for days
nypost.comBest Picture nominee “Past Lives,” wore a turtle pin to the 2024 Oscars in memory of his pet tortoise that died in August 2023. “OK, so my pet tortoise passed away last year and I had him for 10 years,” Yoo, 42, explained to a Variety reporter on the Los Angeles red carpet Sunday.In the video, the South Korean actor revealed that he named his reptile Momo after a children’s fantasy novel of the same name written by German author Michael Ende.
The novel was published in 1973.Yoo, who was born in Germany, joked that his fan club back home named themselves “Momos” after the turtle. “I’m gonna grieve for a while,” the actor told Variety, adding that he was “in tears for about three days” after his pet’s death. “I was so dramatic,” Yoo added. “You’re not dramatic, it’s like your child,” quipped the reporter. “You know, it’s like that moment you have with your pet where you’re like, ‘Oh my god.
Life is over,'” Yoo went on. “And then you remove yourself at the same time as an actor and you look at the situation and you think, ‘Oh my god, this is so dramatic and comical.'” According to the turtle’s Instagram, it was adopted by the “Seoul Searching” actor in 2013 and was a leopard tortoise.
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