Edward Norton doesn’t prefer to lose.
The 55-year-old actor appeared to drop the F-bomb when he misplaced the Finest Supporting Actor award on the 2025 Oscars on Sunday to Kieran Culkin.
Norton was nominated for his efficiency within the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” however he and fellow nominees Yura Borisov (“Anora”), Man Pearce (“The Brutalist”) and Jeremy Sturdy (“The Apprentice”) had been bested by the “A Real Pain” star, 42.
When Culkin’s title was introduced because the winner, the digicam minimize to the opposite nominees together with Norton, who turned to his spouse, Shauna Robertson, and appeared to say “F–k” out loud.
The second went viral on social media and sparked a giant response from viewers.
“Did Edward Norton say f–k? I felt that. Did yall feel that?” one fan wrote on X (previously Twitter).
“It’s literally me. I’m also a little upset,” one other viewer tweeted.
On TikTok, one fan requested, “Did Edward Norton just call Kieran Culkin a MF’er at the Oscars?”
However different viewers speculated that Norton may need stated “star,” “big start,” or “fun,” and never the F-word.
The Submit has reached out to Norton’s rep for remark.
This was Norton’s fourth Oscar nomination. He was beforehand nominated for Finest Supporting Actor for “Primal Fear” in 1997 and “Birdman” in 2015, and for Finest Actor for “American History X” in 1999.
He performs the well-known folks singer Pete Seeger in “A Complete Unknown” starring Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, 83.
One month earlier than the Oscars, Norton stated in an interview with CBS Information that as an actor he cares extra about channeling greatness, somewhat than the awards and the cash.
“If channeling their frequency gets people refocused on what it looked like when people were using the talents they had to further ideas and values that were bigger than themselves, then that is what makes it worth doing,” he stated.
“Can we get people to re-engage with and be moved by and inspired by the idea of artists as agents of change?” Norton stated.
He additionally misplaced the Golden Globe Award, the BAFTA Award, the Critics’ Selection Award and the SAG Award to Culkin throughout this awards season.
In “A Real Pain,” Culkin performs certainly one of two mismatched cousins—the opposite performed by the movie’s director and author Jesse Eisenberg—who tour Poland to honor their late grandmother. Their journey turns into difficult as outdated tensions resurface whereas exploring their household historical past.
In his Oscars acceptance speech, Culkin received censored when he gave a shoutout to his former “Succession” co-star Sturdy, 46, and instructed his spouse, Jazz Charton, that he needs extra youngsters.
