Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig Were Not Ignored at the Oscars – The Hollywood Reporter

Whoopi Goldberg, Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie

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Whoopi Goldberg shares her thoughts on Barbie’Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were excluded from Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Director, respectively.

The EGOT winner said on Wednesday’s episode of the view“Here’s the deal: everyone doesn’t win,” he said, before adding, “They’re not disrespectful.” And that’s what I kind of want to point out.

“It’s not the elites, it’s the entire Academy family that votes for Best Picture nominations. ‘We all vote for Best Picture, everyone,’ she said regarding the 10 Best Picture nominations. ‘You don’t get everything you want to get.’

Barbie Fans, as well as some Hollywood stars, have taken to social media since Tuesday morning to express their disappointment that Robbie and Gerwig were excluded from those categories, even though the film received a nod for Best Picture. Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera also received nominations for Best Actor and Supporting Actress, respectively.

Gosling also released a statement after his nomination in which he said he was “honored” by the nod but was “disappointed” by Gerwig and Robbie’s snub, adding: “There is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this.” History making, world famous film.

Earlier during the view In the conversation, panelist Alyssa Farrah Griffin praised the actor for his comments before asking: “Did they (the Academy) miss the whole moral of the story? Barbie? Of course we are only celebrating Beijing, not the woman who plays its starring and iconic role.

But host Sarah Haines then shared a different take, asking: “When does it become disrespectful?”

“I know the movie, I know the greatness of it and the money, but that assumes there’s no one else there because you have five people (nominated), and every person less than five is a snub of some sort,” she added. “There will always be a class of greats.”

Goldberg, who previously won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1990s hit ghost“No disrespect,” he said, “and that’s what you have to keep in mind: Not everyone gets an award. … Movies you like may not be liked by the people who vote.”