
Ah, the Academy Awards - a time for love, laughter and the incorrect reading of incredibly important envelopes.
It's also a perfect opportunity for the host to play off a captive audience. In previous years Ellen DeGeneres ordered pizzas and took selfies, while Chris Rock used the platform to talk about the desperate need for more diversity in the coveted film awards.
This year's host, Jimmy Kimmel, made audiences smile when he surprised a group of unsuspecting tourists and invited them into the live ceremony to introduce them to the likes of Denzel Washington, Nicole Kidman and Ryan Gosling.
Two of the lucky tourists were Vicky Vines and her husband Gary, who were on holiday from Chicago... It's safe to say they stole the show.
When Vicky met Gosling, selfie stick in hand, the La La Land actor shook her and hand and leaned in for a peck on the cheek.
Needless to say, we all wish we were Vicky at this moment in time.
But was it a peck on the cheek? Or was it perhaps a quick whisper?
The interent had a few ideas what Gosling might have said to Vicky, and naturally, as with any great image, it's become the latest meme of 2017.
There are startling confessions:
"I didn't really play the piano" #Oscars #Oscars2017 https://t.co/rr5IDDu1vy— Hanna Ines Flint (@Hanna Ines Flint) 1488168142
And song lyrics (Good luck getting Ying Yang Twins out of your head)
"Hey lil mama lemme whisper in ya ear" @RyanGosling #Oscars https://t.co/Atk2UsxeMq— Steve (@Steve) 1488177107
Ryan Gosling... Saviour of jazz.
GOSLING: I saved jazz music. https://t.co/iUWbUqTbjk— Jamie Woodham (@Jamie Woodham) 1488166090
Spoilers:
It all came back to the 2016 election of course.
"Bernie would've won." https://t.co/7s5e7oPFcb— Gideon Resnick (@Gideon Resnick) 1488169639
NO!
GOSLING: I voted Trump. https://t.co/bb1Wyrngws— Hazel Hayes (@Hazel Hayes) 1488166582
Fake news?
Agreed, I'd probably react the same way actually.
GOSLING: Jar Jar is the best Star Wars character. #Oscars https://t.co/CcHKNEvJKS— Death Star PR (@Death Star PR) 1488166903
Too soon guys... too soon.
*WHISPERS* "LA LA LAND IS GOING TO WIN BEST PICTURE AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU OR ANYONE ELSE CAN DO ABOUT IT" *SOF… https://t.co/Oxr3TmKJgc— THE KID MERO 🇩🇴 (@THE KID MERO 🇩🇴) 1488167602
This one is perhaps the most amusing though:
I figured out what happened, #Oscars - it was @RyanGosling https://t.co/oo9Te94WEv— Margaret Cho (@Margaret Cho) 1488175445
What a time to be alive.
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