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Adrien Brody’s partner reveals her thoughts on his Oscars kiss with Halle Berry

Kiss was called ‘disrespectful’ by social media users

Maira Butt
Thursday 06 March 2025 03:27 GMT
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Halle Berry surprises Adrien Brody with 'revenge kiss' on Oscars 2025 red carpet

Adrien Brody’s partner Georgina Chapman has reacted to his kiss with Halle Berry at the 2025 Oscars.

The American actor, 51, won the award for his lead performance in Brady Corbet’s period epic The Brutalist. The win was Brody’s second in the category, having previously become the youngest-ever Best Actor winner when he won for The Pianist in 2003.

As he walked on stage to accept the award, Brody was seen spitting out chewing gum and throwing it to his partner, Georgina Chapman, provoking criticism for a “self-indulgent” display.

But hours before the event, the Catwoman star kissed Brody in front of Chapman in what appeared to be a recreation of a 2003 moment in which Brody kissed Berry on the lips as she awarded him his first Oscar.

The moment provoked backlash as many called the move “disrespectful to Chapman”.

“It was [quite the moment], wasn't it? I mean, how can you deny a man a kiss with Halle Berry?” Chapman told Extra on the red carpet.

“He was more than fine,” she insisted.

Berry had also said that she had asked Chapman’s permission before planting the kiss saying, “Oh yeah! Only because she was fine could I do it. Twenty one years I've been waiting to get him on a red carpet and slap on one.”

Pair recreated 2003 Oscars kiss
Pair recreated 2003 Oscars kiss (Halle Berry)

The Monster’s Ball star later said on Watch What Happens Live! that the moment was not planned. Brody, reflecting on the moment this year, told Variety: “Nothing that I ever do or have done or would’ve done is ever done with the intention of making anyone feel bad.”

Posting footage of the moment on Instagram, Berry joked she “had to get some payback.”

During the ceremony, Brody’s lengthy acceptance speech saw the actor tell the Oscar showrunners to “turn the music off”, before he continued speaking for a while longer. “I’ve done this before. Thank you. It’s not my first rodeo, but I will will be brief,” he said.

Brody drew criticism for kissing Berry on stage in 2003
Brody drew criticism for kissing Berry on stage in 2003 (Everett/Shutterstock)

On social media, viewers took aim at Brody’s conduct.

“Adrien Brody’s speech is gonna have an intermission,” one person joked.

“We as a nation must agree to never honour Adrien Brody’s acting abilities again,” quipped another. He officially broke the world record for the longest Oscars acceptance speech in history.

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