Oscars Host Jimmy Kimmel Explains The Best Picture Mess-Up

The 89th Academy Awards broadcast ended on Sunday in a strange way, with the Best Picture award initially given to La La Land before it was revealed that Moonlight was the real winner. Now, host Jimmy Kimmel has shared his own story of what happened during the "craziest Oscars ever."

He explains in the video below that this was no prank. The presenters, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, were given the card for Best Actress (Emma Stone, La La Land) instead of Best Picture. As you might have noticed, Beatty looked confused when he read the card, later handing it to Faye, who makes the announcement that was ultimately shown to be incorrect.

Conspiracy theories popped up immediately, as Stone said in an interview that she was holding her Best Actress card during the fiasco. However, in the interest of security, there are two cards for every winner, so that explains that.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accountant company that holds the winner cards, took responsibility for the major flub and promised an investigation will be conducted.

You can see a roundup of all the winners from the 89th Academy Awards here.