Rachel Zegler Joked About Her Belated Oscars Invite on Stage

glamour.com:

Euphoria star Jacob Elordi to present the award, playing off Jacob's opening sentence. “I never thought that I would stand on this stage," he said.

She jumped in to joke, “And I never thought that I'd be here six days ago.”The quip was, of course, a reference to her statements in the past couple weeks about not attending this year's ceremony, even though she's the lead in the Best Picture-nominated film West Side Story. “IDK y’all I have tried it all but it doesn’t seem to be happening,” she also wrote in the comments section of an Instagram post. “I will root for ‘West Side Story’ from my couch and be proud of the work we so tirelessly did 3 years ago.

I hope some last-minute miracle occurs and I can celebrate our film in person but hey, that’s how it goes sometimes, I guess.

thanks for all the shock and outrage — I’m disappointed, too. but that’s OK. So proud of our movie.”Luckily, Disney and the Academy came through with the invite; she tweeted later, "Well folks, I can't believe I’m saying this but...