Robert Downey Jr. failed to acknowledge Ke Huy Quan's presence and ignored him at an award ceremony, causing disappointment and annoyance among viewers.
Quan won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category last year. But as Downey walked onstage to receive his award, the “Oppenheimer” star failed to acknowledge Quan’s presence in any capacity. Quan approached Downey with the trophy, Downey took it without making eye contact with him and then proceeded to shake hands with other people onstage. What makes Downey’s behavior appear especially callous is that Quan can be seen making attempts to get Downey’s attention, but is ignored.
Viewers on social media were immediately annoyed by the snub, and some expressed their disappointment on X, formerly Twitter, Sunday night. Some evenOkay I’m so glad I’m not the only one who noticed this. I get this is RDJs moment but it’s Ke Huy’s too. It’s important to an actor to pass on their win to the next and he was the most ignored person of the 5 up there.The way he took the Oscar from Ke Huy Quan without acknowledging him at all showed a real lack of class.It’s telling when you see how actors interact in situations like thes
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