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Yeah, that's John Travolta flubbing Idina's name while introducing her at the 2014 Oscars.

Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're counting down our picks for the Times.

Awards shows featured moments with an amusing lack of awareness and outright cringiness.

We'll be excluding incidents that carried a more serious impact, however, like the notorious Oscar slap.

The feed goes silent and so does the audience after Will Smith takes a swing at Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars.

Number 10, Sofia Vergara spinning on a pedestal.

And our shows continue to have a meaningful impact around the world.

So to demonstrate, we'd love for you to stand on this revolving platform in a cringe worthy moment.

At the 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards, actress Sofia Vergara was placed on a rotating pedestal during a speech by then president of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Bruce Rosenblum.

Meant as a humorous nod to audience attention spans, it instead became criticized for objectifying the Modern Family star, reducing her to nothing more than a visual prop.

Television has and will always be about great storytelling.

Many were quick to highlight the irony of her treatment given Hollywood's ongoing issues with representation.

However, Vergara defended the moment, saying she found it funny and empowering.

Regardless, the backlash ignited a wider conversation about the industry's ongoing challenges as it relates to respect for women.

That's why I stopped doing the car shows.

Number nine, Rob Lowe's Snow White duet Every February, you will see me on the list of Oscar embarrassments every year.

The opening of the 1989 Oscars is remembered as one of the most baffling and out of touch missteps in Academy Awards history.

It wasn't very glamorous to see Dorothy l' Amour being carried across the stage under the armpits by two guys.

You see, Producer Alan Carr enlisted Steve Silver to stage a campy musical review inspired by Beach Blanket Babylon, resulting in a surreal spectacle that paired Rob Lowe with a Snow White in person for, wait for it, a parody of Proud Mary.

What's Rob Lowe doing singing and dancing?

Industry icons like Julie Andrews, Gregory Peck and Paul Newman publicly denounced it, while Disney even filed a lawsuit over the unauthorized use of Snow White.

Though the suit was dropped, Academy president Richard Kahn issued an apology for the bizarre fiasco.

No one was high when they came up with us.

This was just a brilliant idea that was just thrown around.

Number eight Seth MacFarlane's We Saw youl Boobs song Seth MacFarlane and sings about boobs the Oscars are, for the most part, associated with elegance, class and prestige.

The 2013 ceremony took a bit of a turn, however, thanks to host Seth MacFarlane.

As part of his show opening, MacFarlane presented We Saw youw Boobs, a musical number that cheekily listed actresses who had appeared nude in films.

While intended as a playful jab at Hollywood's objectification of women, the bit was ironically condemned as sexist and tone deaf.

Still, the routine reflected MacFarlane's trademark brand of humor, raising the question of whether the Academy should have expected something different from the man behind Family Guy.

Number seven Jo Koy Blames His Writers you're kidding me, right?

When comedian Jo Koy took the stage as host of the 2024 Golden Globes, he was met with a lukewarm reception.

Oppenheimer is based on a 721 page Pulitzer Prize winning book about the Manhattan Project, and

Barbie is on a plastic doll with big boobies.

As for the writers who helped craft his opening monologue, well, they got the blame.

Yep, after bombing with one groan, worthy joke after another was left scrambling.

It's then that the comedian revealed he'd only had 10 days to prepare for the gig and claimed he had written just some of the material, noting that the jokes that actually landed were his.

Yeesh, I wrote some of these and they're the ones you're laughing at.

Naturally, the remark came off as throwing his writers under the bus.

Realizing how poorly it played, Coy later issued a public apology to his writing team.

Number six Adrien Brody's Questionable Award Show Behavior Winning an Oscar is thrilling and all, but

Adrien Brody's acceptance in 2003 quickly veered into eyebrow raising territory.

On his way to the stage, the pianist actor surprised presenter Halle Berry with an elaborate kiss.

While it was brushed off at the time of spontaneous, many now view the moment as inappropriate.

Yeah, I was like, what the f s happening.

Fast forward to the 2025 Oscars and you'll find Brody tossing his chewed gum to girlfriend Georgina Chapman before accepting another award.

Adrian took it out of his mouth, spun around and tossed it to Georgina, who gamely sprung into action and caught it in her hands.

Though he later explained he didn't want to swallow it, the gesture came off as demeaning to Chapman and, well, pretty gross, securing him yet another out of touch award show moment five.

James Franco's awkward hosting the 2011 Oscars went down as one of the most uncomfortable ceremonies in Academy history.

This was largely due to the odd pairing of James Franco and Anne Hathaway as the night's masters of ceremonies.

But the young and hip seem to be the buzzwords that keep getting thrown around.

I think you're hip and I' While Hathaway gave her all with upbeat energy to spare, Franco looked visibly bored, underprepared and often distracted, leading to questions around whether he was actually under the influence.

Critics and viewers slammed Franco for seemingly phoning in a performance that should have celebrated Hollywood's biggest night, leaving Hathaway to do all the heavy lifting.

Here you are hosting the Oscars in 2011 with James Franco.

It's safe to say that his detached hosting felt completely out of touch with the prestige and effort except expected of the Academy Awards.

Look at me doing all the talking while you sit there doing nothing.

I feel like I'm co hosting the Oscars with you.

Number four Michael Jackson Accepts Non Existent Award I consider him the Artist of the millennium.

He's a true innovator who pioneered the art of music video, broke down countless barriers, and

sold more records than any other artist along the way.

At the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, Michael Jackson was surprised to be the recipient of the Artist of the Millennium Award.

Yep, MTV had simply arranged a birthday tribute that Jackson misunderstood, turning the moment into painfully awkward television.

After being introduced by Britney Spears, who said she considered him the artist of the millennium, Jackson gave a heartfelt speech and even grabbed a decorative piece next to a cake as if it was the award.

If someone had told me that one day I would be getting as a musician the Artist of the Millennium award, I wouldn't have believed it.

What was meant as a lighthearted birthday tribute instead became an amusing out of touch moment, with Jackson unaware that he was celebrating an award that didn't exist.

All the fans around the world, I love you.

Bjork's swan dress When Bjork arrived at the 2001 Oscars in a swan inspired dress, jaws dropped and eyebrows were raised.

The look instantly became one of the most polarizing fashion statements in award show history and was mercifully mocked for being bizarrely out of place at Hollywood's most glamorous event.

People mocked and parodied her on everything from the Ellen Show, White Chicks, my big fat independent movie, Kim, Possible, Hannah Montana to name a mere few.

Bjork isn't the only one to don extreme headline grabbing outfits at award shows, however.

From Lady Gaga's meat dress at the 2010 VMAs to Jaden's stage Ms.

Castlehead piece, look at the 2025 Grammys.

These outrageous ensembles were designed for attention.

They also underscore just how out of touch celebrities can seem when turning red carpets into fashion shock theaters.

The girl should be put into an asylum, screeched Joan Rivers.

Kanye West Interrupts Taylor Swift so thank you so much for giving me a chance to win a VMA award.

Few award show moments are as etched in audiences brains as the time Kanye west crashed Taylor Swift's big win at the 2009 Video Music Awards.

As Swift accepted her award for best fema, Kanye stormed the stage, snatched the mic and declared that Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.

But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.

The stunned look on Swift's face, Beyonce's visible bewilderment, and