Oscars 2017: Frank Ocean, Adele, Questlove, More React to Crazy Night

Last night’s tumultuous Oscars ceremony will not be forgotten soon. The headline story, of course, was the envelope goof that led to Faye Dunaway announcing the wrong winner for Best Picture: La La Land, initially announced as the winner, gave way to surprise victor Moonlight in a dramatic twist. Numerous artists took to Twitter to commentate on the night’s extraordinary events. Frank Ocean wrote “YESSS VIOLA” on Tumblr, celebrating Viola Davis’ Best Supporting Actress win; Adele posted an Instagram bigging up her friend Emma Stone and congratulating Moonlight; Questlove hilariously reacted to the events in real time. See all those and more below.

Read “Director Barry Jenkins on the Music that Made Moonlight” and “No More Classic Men: On Moonlight’s Bizarre Jidenna Moment” on the Pitch.

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Ah Emma ❤️ And Moonlight, congratulations so so wonderful ⭐️

A post shared by @adele on Feb 26, 2017 at 11:02pm PST

MOONLIGHT, yes!! The world needed that story, Black people needed that story, toxic masculinity needed that story, yes!

— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) February 27, 2017

stay woke to the way this was handled. Anyways. This is huge. A love story about a Black Gay Man won Best Picture. flawless victory.

— D∆WN (@DawnRichard) February 27, 2017

Lololand

— FaltyDL (@FaltyDL) February 27, 2017

KATY HERE. I lost a bet for best picture (I wanted moonlight…

— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) February 27, 2017

WHAT WAIT OMG

— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) February 27, 2017

Similar to #DontThinkTwice, #LaLaLand explores issues of broken dreams deferred & failing & getting up & being prepared. Still recommend

— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) February 27, 2017

Wait

— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) February 27, 2017

What The Entire WAIT……

— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) February 27, 2017

Yoooooo THIS IS SO 2017!!!!!!!!

A post shared by Questlove Gomez (@questlove) on Feb 26, 2017 at 9:14pm PST

Yoooooo I’m like….

— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) February 27, 2017

You knew it was comin…I knew it was comin….night kids #Moonlaland

A post shared by Questlove Gomez (@questlove) on Feb 26, 2017 at 9:40pm PST

I loved both films, but yo, money snatched that paper out of Beatty’s hand the same way my pops would snap “GIMME THAT DAMN %]*}}*}**}**{{]€€]€€[*]**}**}++]+[*]^{*€[^ Paper!!!!!! #Moonlaland.

A post shared by Questlove Gomez (@questlove) on Feb 26, 2017 at 9:47pm PST

But…but…but…but wait it gets worse. Assuming this photo isn’t doctored….we can’t blame Beatty or Dunaway if that is indeed the envelope they were given. Were there TWO ENVELOPES onstage? I saw Beatty give Dunaway the envelope to read, the “thank yous” happened, then the confusion, then Warren has red envelope in hand that has the proper #Moonlight credits in. Does this mean #Pricewaterhouse accidentally printed a dupe of best actresses envelopes? Because when Stone won she said she kept her envelope saying that she won and there wasn’t a second envelope saying she won. I also wonder if Dre/Em/Busta/Janet/Diddy/RKelly will contest the 99 Grammy Little train that could upset win of all wins now, cause I still refuse to believe we won that war. I need a bottle of #Ovaltine to get the decoder clues or Scooby & em to solve this mystery.

A post shared by Questlove Gomez (@questlove) on Feb 27, 2017 at 4:39am PST

I’m really glad Moonlight won but disappointed Isabelle Huppert did not.

— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) February 27, 2017

I sort of couldn’t help but wonder if she actually stood a chance because of how “uncomfortable” “intense” “dark” it makes some feel

— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) February 27, 2017

Due to how Elle deals with sexual abuse/rape compared to something like Room…

— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) February 27, 2017

I just think her performance was so empowering/special/incredible

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