Susanna Reid was shocked to learn that Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie were not nominated for big Oscars for Barbie.
Greta, 40, was not nominated for Best Director but was honoured alongside her husband Noah Baumbach for Best Adapted Screenplay, while Margot, 33, was not nominated for Best Actress but was recognised for Best Picture as producer.
Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and later blasted Greta and Margot’s rejections, calling them as ‘the two individuals most responsible for this history-making, worldwide renowned picture.’
The outcry over the Academy Awards continued on today’s Good Morning Britain, when Susanna, 53, and her co-host Ed Balls, 56, addressed the Barbie scandal.
Susanna exclaimed ‘down with the patriarchy’ as they addressed Ryan, 43, backing his co-stars and GMB guest John Cena, who played Merman Ken in Barbie, while Ed equated the Academy’s actions to scoring a ‘own goal.’
Susanna began: ‘Very excited about John Cena coming in of course with Ryan Gosling making these comments about there is no Ken without Barbie and there is no Margot Robbie in the Oscar nominations for Best Actress even though he gets a nomination.’
Jumping in, Ed continued: ‘Or Greta Gerwig, the director. The thing that I find so odd is that Barbie is clearly a feminist film.’
‘Down with the patriarchy!’ Susanna declared. ‘Give the women the spotlight!’
Ed added: ‘And then it turns out these people who give out the Oscar nominations…
‘Give the men the spotlight!’ Susanna interjected.
Ed continued: ‘And they don’t give it to the lead woman whose Barbie or the director. It’s like a footballer turning around and kicking the ball in his own goal.
‘It’s like the biggest own goal you could ever imagine. Baffling.’
Ryan, 43, expressed his disappointment with Greta and Margot not being nominated in their respective categories in a statement issued with US reporters following his nomination, calling it a “understatement.”
‘Against all odds with nothing but a couple of soulless, scantily clad, and thankfully crotchless dolls, they made us laugh, they broke our hearts, they pushed the culture and they made history.
‘Their work should be recognised along with the other very deserving nominees,’ he added.
2024 Oscar nominations in full
Best actor
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Best actress
Annette Bening – Nyad
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Best supporting actress
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
America Ferrera – Barbie
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Best supporting actor
Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Best director
Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Best picture
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Best adapted screenplay
American Fiction
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Best original screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
Best cinematography
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best film editing
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best international feature film
Io Capitano – Italy
Perfect Days – Japan
Society of the Snow – Spain
The Teachers’ Lounge – Germany
The Zone of Interest – United Kingdom
Best production design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best make-up and hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow
Best costume design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best original song
Flamin’ Hot – The Fire Inside
Barbie – I’m Just Ken
American Symphony – It Never Went Away
Killers of the Flower Moon – Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)
Barbie – What Was I Made For?
Best original score
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best animated feature
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best animated short film
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Best live action short film
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Best documentary feature film
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol
Best documentary short film
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
The Last Repair Shop
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
Best sound
The Creator
Maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest
Best visual effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
He also said: ‘There is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally-celebrated film.
‘No recognition would be possible for anyone on the film without their talent, grit and genius.’
Saltburn, despite sparking TikTok mania, spawning NSFW tattoos, and relaunching a British 00s music icon’s career, received no Oscar nominations.
The Academy Awards ceremony will take place on March 10 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV.
Source My Celebrity Life.
