Emma Stone had a wardrobe malfunction while accepting the Oscar for best actress
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- Emma Stone won an Oscar for best actress for her performance as Bella Baxter in "Poor Things."
- When Stone got to the stage, she revealed that she had a wardrobe malfunction and her dress broke.
- "I think it happened during 'I'm Just Ken,'" she joked. "I'm pretty sure."
Emma Stone became a two-time Oscar winner on Sunday night and accepted her trophy while struggling through a wardrobe malfunction.
The 96th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood Sunday, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. At the show, Stone was a big winner, taking home the award for best actress for her performance as Bella Baxter in Yorgos Lanthimos' film "Poor Things."
As Stone ascended the stage in a mint green peplum Louis Vuitton gown, she revealed to the audience that her outfit had a flaw.
"My dress is broken. I think it happened during 'I'm Just Ken,'" Stone said, referring to Ryan Gosling's rousing performance of the "Barbie" song that took place earlier in the awards show. "I'm pretty sure."
"This is really overwhelming," Stone continued, shouting out her fellow nominees in the category: Annette Bening ("Nyad"), Lily Gladstone ("Killers of the Flower Moon"), Sandra Hüller ("Anatomy of a Fall"), and Carey Mulligan ("Maestro").
Stone, who previously won an Oscar for her work in "La La Land," recalled recently "panicking" about the possibility of winning. She said that Lanthimos gave her the advice to "take yourself out it," prompting Stone to shout out the team responsible for "Poor Things."
"I am so deeply honored," Stone said, thanking her parents, brother, husband Dave McCary, and their daughter, who's about to turn three.
"Don't look at the back of the dress," Stone said as she shuffled off the stage.
Of course, we did.