(Neilson Barnard / Getty Images) Well, the joke’s on me for choosing 2022 to be the first year since 4th grade to not make an effort to watch the Academy Awards. After the disastrous 2021 awards season, the camel’s back was finally broken and I completely lost interest in the glitz and glamour of Oscar night. I barely paid attention to the usual precursor award shows like the Golden Globes [RIP], the SAGs and the BAFTAs. Didn’t bother to watch all of the Best Picture nominees; and actually lived up to my old empty promise of eventually not writing any easy articles bitching about how unnecessary award season is. So, I thought, let’s see how I go a whole winter [or early spring this year] without any exposure or commentary leading up to the biggest night in Hollywood…Only for it to turn into one of the wildest events in modern pop culture while I was out of the house and not even near a TV. My plans of lowkey humble bragging about how not watching the Oscars didn’t make a difference at all, are now completely mute. Alas.
And the Oscar for the worst acting in a TV special goes Will Smith & Chris Rock