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“Behind the Scenes: The Shocking Meltdown That Led James Franco to Walk Off After His Infamous Oscars Debacle!”

Added on December 31, 2024 inCelebrity News Cards, Entertainment News Cards

Did you ever think hosting the Oscars could turn into a wild roller coaster of epic proportions? Well, Anne Hathaway and James Franco found that out the hard way! In a 2019 chat with People, Anne dropped some serious revelation tea, confessing that she initially turned down the gig until her buddy James coaxed her into it—talk about peer pressure on a Hollywood scale! What ensued was a night that had everyone scratching their heads and saying, “What just happened?” Reflecting on the chaos, Anne realized her gut was right all along. Meanwhile, James, in a 2016 interview, casually shrugged off the backlash, viewing the experience as an “experiment” rather than a career-defining moment. Buckle up, because this story dives into the unexpected twists and turns of hosting one of the biggest nights in Hollywood, and you won’t want to miss the juicy details! LEARN MORE.

Speaking to People in 2019, Anne herself said: “Can I dish some tea? I turned that gig down, and James is the one that convinced me to do it.”

Reflecting on how badly the night ended up going, the star added: “When all the dust settled, I was just like: ‘You gotta be kidding me.’ Your first instinct is usually the right one… All the reasons why I turned it down came true.”

And James echoed this sentiment in a 2016 interview with New York Magazine, where he said: “When Anne Hathaway decided to host the Oscars with me… She had said no before, and then they asked me to ask her, and I said: ‘Let’s just do it. It’ll be an adventure,’ and then we got a lot of shit for it. I probably got more than she did, but she got a lot.”

He went on to downplay the negative response, insisting: “I’m going to do what they ask me to and do it as well as I can, but I don’t need this to be the best Oscars ever. I’m not getting anything out of that. In the best-case scenario, even if I killed it, it’s not going to help my career, because that’s not what it’s based on. It was an experiment.”

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