Wait. Did that just happen? Jaws everywhere are dropping on the floor after the realization that the Academy left entertainment legend Joan Rivers out of its In Memoriam tribute at the 2015 Oscars.
The late icon’s daughter Melissa Rivers paid tribute to her mom at the event, which makes this whole thing even worse. Most people are freaking out. As they should be.
I would *love* to hear the Joan Rivers routine about getting left out of the In Memoriam reel.
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) February 23, 2015
Joan rivers was in 31 movies you knuckleheads #Oscar2015fail
— jann arden (@jannarden) February 23, 2015
Shameful that @TheAcademy still treated @Joan_Rivers like crap even after death. Get over yourselves. — Scott Nevins (@ScottNevins) February 23, 2015
Seriously?! The Academy doesn’t give tribute to the woman who created the line “Who are you wearing?!” ULTIMATE snub #JoanRivers #InMemoriam — Christina Forrester (@Christinaof9) February 23, 2015
This one is for @TheAcademy #Oscars2015 #JoanRivers pic.twitter.com/1F8R8lZoWJ — ChristianCharismatic (@xtincharismatic) February 23, 2015
Insulting. RT @BuzzFeedEnt: So people are rightly freaking out about #JoanRivers not being in that montage. #Oscars2015
— Rebecca Baker (@RBakerNY) February 23, 2015
I’m pissed off. Just beyond pissed off. Why wasn’t Joan Rivers included in the Memoriam?! @TheAcademy
— sαм♡ (@LovelylzStevens) February 23, 2015
And the truest of them all.
#JoanRivers in heaven right now. #Oscars2015 pic.twitter.com/B3N2WdFhlU — Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) February 23, 2015
We miss you, Joan.
UPDATE, 2/23/15
An Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences representative gave a brief explanation to BuzzFeed. “Joan Rivers is among the many worthy artists and filmmakers we were unfortunately unable to feature in the ‘In Memoriam’ segment of this year’s Oscar show. She is, however, included in our ‘In Memoriam’ gallery on Oscar.com.”
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