John Travolta made have creepily rubbed Idina Manzel's face and unabashedly groped Scarlett Johansson at the Oscars last night, but another A-List actor still managed to upstage Travolta in the Inappropriate Department.
On stage to announce Best Picture, Sean Penn stopped for a moment prior to revealing the winner in order to make a failed joke about director Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Mexican immigration status.
"Who gave this son of a bitch his green card?" Penn quipped.
The reference was immediately met on social media by cries of racism.
"Absolutely horrible green card comment from Sean Penn. The struggles people endure for immigration justice are not punchlines," wrote one Twitter user, while another shot back:
"That Green Card quip was microcosmic of everything everyone hates about privileged folk who adopt the struggles of underprivileged folk."
Penn, of course, has become nearly as well known for his work in rebuilding Haiti as he is for his roles on the big screen.
Fusion's Mariana Atencio and Entertainment Weekly's Nina Terrero, meanwhile, pointed out how the comment encouraged Latino stereotypes because none of the British actors in attendance were questioned about their immigration status.
"BTW, I'm still waiting for the green card jokes on Eddie Redmayne or any of the other Brits in attendance at tonight's #Oscars," Terrero wrote.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage my very dear friend, Glom Gazingo," quipped, to which John Travolta replied (as he creepily touched her face): "I deserved that. But you, you my darling, my beautiful, my wickedly talented, Idina Menzel. Is that right?"
"Call your mom, everybody. I've told this to like a billion people or so, call your mom, call your dad. If you're lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them. Don't text, don't email, call them on the phone, tell them you love them and thank them and listen to them for as long as they want to talk to you. Thank you, Mom and Dad."
"How did I get here? We made a film â€" black-and-white â€" about the need for silence and withdrawal from the world and contemplation, and here we are, at this epicenter of noise and world attention. Fantastic! Life is full of surprises."
"To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else's equal rights. It's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America."
"Recently John and I got to go to Selma, and perform 'Glory' on the same bridge that Dr. King and the people of the Civil Rights movement marched on 50 years ago. This bridge was once a landmark of a divided nation but now it's the symbol for change. The spirit of this bridge transcends race, religion, sexual orientation and social status."
"When I was 16 years old, I tried to kill myself because I felt weird, and I felt different and I felt like I did not belong â€" and now I'm standing here. And so I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she's weird or she's different, or she doesn't fit in anywhere â€" yes, you do. I promise you do. Stay weird, stay different, and then when it's your turn, and you are standing on this stage, please pass the same message to the next person who comes along."
"This belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS. It belongs to one exceptional family: Stephen, Jane, Jonathan and the Hawking children. And I will be its custodian and I will promise you I will look after him."
"I read an article that said that winning an Oscar could lead to living five years longer. If that's true, I'd really like to thank the Academy because my husband is younger than me."
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Mexican-American star Mario Lopez seemed especially bothered by the comment, Tweeting soon after it aired:
Sean Penn talking about a Mexican dude to a room full of British & Australian people… great job Sean Penn. Ruining a fantastic moment with a green card "joke." #Tacky
We'd have to agree.
To make everyone feel a little better about the 2015 Academy Awards, though, let's take a look back at Neil Patrick Harris being awesome, shall we?
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