Ashley Graham breaks silence on THAT excruciating Hugh Grant Oscars 2023 interview which saw star shut down model’s questions and roll his eyes at her

Ashley Graham has broken her silence on her awkward interview with Hugh Grant which saw the actor  roll his eyes at her at the 95th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday. 

The actor, 62, was not amused as he stepped out to the glitzy Los Angeles event, and openly showed his disdain towards the 34-year-old supermodel’s questions – keeping his answer short and making his disinterest well known  in a now viral clip.

Graham had a dignified retort to the online furore as she arrived at LAX on Monday, telling TMZ:  ‘You know what, my mama told me to kill people with kindness.’

The Four Weddings and a Funeral star’s curt demeanor towards Graham saw the chat branded ‘the worst interview ever’ – with the drama unfolding when bubbly Ashley exclaimed: ‘What was it like to be in Glass Onion? How fun is it to shoot something like that?’

But she was met with a cringeworthy response: ‘Well I’m barely in it, I was in it for about three seconds,’ Hugh quipped. 

Oh dear: Ashley Graham has broken her silence on her awkward interview with Hugh Grant which saw the actor roll his eyes at her at the 95th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday

‘It still must have been fun though, you had fun right?’ Ashley said as she powered through the one-sided chat. 

‘Erm… almost,’ the actor replied as he looked away. 

Grinning and bearing the interview, the model asked: ‘What are you wearing?’ While Hugh offered an insightful: ‘My suit.’

Viewers at home were left feeling rather embarrassed over the exchange, as they praise Ashley for how she handled the difficult situation and said the moment was ‘the worst’ since Will Smith’s infamous slap of Chris Rock at the 2022 ceremony.

‘That made me want to crawl under a stack of chairs,’ one person penned.

Another added: ‘ Ashley Graham deserves on honorary Oscar for putting up with Hugh Grant. Don’t walk the carpet if you don’t want to talk about the actual event.’

A third fan wrote: ‘Is Hugh Grant trying to give the most awkward interview possible?’

Meanwhile, another social media user joked: ‘I am going to need that ABC interview with Hugh Grant clipped for me immediately. That was art.’

No worries: Graham had a dignified retort to the online furore as she arrived at LAX on Monday, telling TMZ : ‘You know what, my mama told me to kill people with kindness’ 

 Hmm: The Four Weddings and a Funeral star’s curt demeanor towards Graham saw the chat branded ‘the worst interview ever’ – with the drama unfolding when bubbly Ashley exclaimed: ‘What was it like to be in Glass Onion? How fun is it to shoot something like that?’

Thoughts: Viewers at home were left feeling rather embarrassed over the exchange, as they praise Ashley for how she handled the difficult situation

Slap:  Fans claimed the moment was the worst they’d seen since Will Smith’s Oscars slap

Later in the evening Hugh couldn’t resist making a crude joke as he reunited with his Four Weddings And A Funeral co-star Andie MacDowell to present an award. 

Hugh, 62, and Andie, 64, were back together on stage nearly 30 years after they starred together as love interests in the modern classic.

The Notting Hill star quipped that time had been kinder to Andie as he deadpanned he looked like ‘a scrotum’.

Hugh opened their segment, which was supposed to announce the nominees for Best Production Design, boy saying they were there ‘to do two things.’

‘The first is to raise awareness about the vital importance of using a good moisturizer,’ he continued. ‘Andie has been wearing one every day for the last 29 years. I have never used one in my life.’

Then he pointed to her — ‘Still stunning’ — and back to himself — ‘Basically a scrotum,’ he said, which got an uproarious laugh from the audience while Andie showed off a scandalized smile.

Elsewhere, Hugh’s wife Anna Eberstein stunned in an elegant gown as she joined her husband and a host of other British stars at the event.

Anna looked incredible in a floor length cut-out dress with mesh inserts as she posed for photos alongside her husband. 

Together again: Later in the evening Hugh couldn’t resist making a crude joke as he reunited with his Four Weddings And A Funeral co-star Andie MacDowell to present an award

Decades: Hugh, 62, and Andie, 64, were back together on stage nearly 30 years after they starred together as love interests in the modern classic

Brendan Fraser completed his incredible career comeback as he took home top honor Best Actor for The Whale at The Oscars on Sunday. 

The 54-year-old actor had tears running down his eyes as he accepted his well earned award as his speech began: ‘Thank you, thank you. So this is what the multiverse looks like. Oh. My goodness. I thank the academy for this honor and for our studio a-24 for making such a bold film. And — I’m grateful to Darren for throwing me a creative lifetime and hauling me aboard the good ship The Whale.

‘It was written by Samuel D. Hunter who is our lighthouse. Gentlemen, you laid your whale-sized hearts bare so that we could see into your souls like no one else could do and it is my honor to be named alongside you in this category. I want to tell you that only whales can swim at the depth of the talent of Hong Chau, and I started in this business 30 years ago, and things — they didn’t come easily to me, but there was a facility that I didn’t — I doesn’t appreciate at the time until it stopped. 

‘And I just want to say thank you for this acknowledgement, because it couldn’t be done without my cast, it’s been like I’ve been in a diving expedition at the bottom of the ocean and the air on the line to the surface is on a launch being watched over by some people in my life, like my sons, holden and Leland and griffin. I love you. My manager Joann, Jennifer plant, and my best first mate, Jeanne. Thank you, again, each one and all. I’m so grateful to you. Good night.’

Couple: Elsewhere, Hugh’s wife Anna Eberstein stunned in an elegant gown as she joined her husband the event

The king: Brendan Fraser completed his incredible career comeback as he took home top honor Best Actor for The Whale at The Oscars

Dynamic duo: Quan portrays Waymond Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once, who is the husband of Michelle Yeoh’s (pictured right) leading character Evelyn Quan Wang whose benevolence comes off as naïveté

Epic: Ke Huy Quan completed his incredible career comeback while Jamie Lee Curtis got emotional while talking about her legendary actor parents as they earned Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively, for Everything Everywhere All At Once

She did it! Michelle Yeoh won Best Actress for Everything Everywhere All At Once

Just before that the Top Gun franchise has finally earned an Oscar.

The Tom Cruise led sequel Top Gun: Maverick won the Academy Award for Best Sound on Sunday during a ceremony which the 60-year-old leading man skipped.

Ke Huy Quan completed his incredible career comeback while Jamie Lee Curtis got emotional while talking about her legendary actor parents as they earned Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively, for Everything Everywhere All At Once.

The 51-year-old Hollywood veteran Quan – who took a decades long hiatus from acting – got emotional as he hit the podium to accept the highest honor in his career.

Michelle Yeoh won Best Actress for  Everything Everywhere All At Once while the film completed its Oscars dominance by taking home the coveted Best Picture gong and Best Director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The film won a total of seven Oscars.

Oscars 2023: Full list of 95th Academy Awards winners

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

The Fabelmans

TÁR

Top Gun: Maverick

Triangle of Sadness

Women Talking

Winning EVERYTHING: Everything Everywhere All At Once earned seven including coveted Best Picture

Best Director

Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNERS

Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Todd Field – TÁR

Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness

Best Actor

Austin Butler – Elvis

Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin

Brendan Fraser – The Whale – WINNER

Paul Mescal -Aftersun

Bill Nighy – Living

Comeback king: Brendan Fraser won Best Actor for his performance in The Whale

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – TÁR

Ana de Armas – Blonde

Andrea Riseborough -To Leslie

Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans

Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

Best Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin

Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway

Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans

Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin

Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Hong Chau – The Whale

Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin

Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell – All Quiet on the Western Front

Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Kazuo Ishiguro – Living

Screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie, story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks – Top Gun: Maverick

Sarah Polley – Women Talking – WINNER

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans

Todd Field – TÁR

Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness

Best Animated Feature Film

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio -WINNER

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

The Sea Beast

Turning Red

Quite the imagination: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio won Best Animated Feature Film

Best International Feature Film

All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER

Argentina, 1985

Close

EO

The Quiet Girl

Best Documentary Feature

All That Breathes

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Fire of Love

A House Made of Splinters

Navalny – WINNER

Best Film Editing

Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, The Banshees of Inisherin

Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond, Elvis

Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

Monika Willi, TÁR

Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Cinematography

James Friend – All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER

Darius Khondji – Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Mandy Walker – Elvis

Roger Deakins – Empire of Light

Florian Hoffmeister – TÁR

Best Costume Design

Mary Zophres – Babylon

Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – WINNER

Catherine Martin – Elvis

Shirley Kurata – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Jenny Beavan – Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Iconic: Ruth E. Carter won Best Costume Design for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová – All Quiet on the Western Front

Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine – The Batman

Camille Friend and Joel Harlow – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti – Elvis

Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley – The Whale – WINNER

Best Production Design

Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper – All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER

Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, and Vanessa Cole – Avatar: The Way of Water

Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino – Babylon

Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, and Bev Dunn – Elvis

Rick Carter and Karen O’Hara – The Fabelmans

Best Music (Original Song)

“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman, music and lyrics by Dianne Warren

“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick, music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop

“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, music and lyrics by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson

“Naatu Naatu” from RRR, music by M.M. Keeravaani, lyrics by Chandrabose – WINNER

“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once, music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski, lyrics by Ryan Lott

Dynamic duo: M.M. Keeravaani (left) and Chandrabose won Best Music (Original Song) for Naatu Naatu from RRR

Best Music (Original Score)

Volker Bertelmann – All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER

Justin Hurwitz – Babylon

Carter Burwell – The Banshees of Inisherin

Son Lux – Everything Everywhere All at Once

John Williams – The Fabelmans

Best Sound

Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte – All Quiet on the Western Front

Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges – Avatar: The Way of Water

Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson – The Batman

David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller – Elvis

Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor – Top Gun: Maverick – WINNER

Flying: The Tom Cruise led sequel Top Gun: Maverick won the Academy Award for Best Sound on Sunday during a ceremony which the 60-year-old leading man skipped

Best Visual Effects

Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank, and Kamil Jafar – All Quiet on the Western Front

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett – Avatar: The Way of Water – WINNER

Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy – The Batman

Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, and Dan Sudick – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Scott R. Fisher – Top Gun: Maverick

Best Animated Short Film

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse – WINNER

The Flying Sailor

Ice Merchants

My Year of Dicks

An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake, and I Think I Believe It

Best Live Action Short Film

An Irish Goodbye – WINNER

Ivalu

Le Pupille

Night Ride

The Red Suitcase

Best Documentary Short

The Elephant Whisperers – WINNER

Haulout

How Do You Measure a Year?

The Martha Mitchell Effect

Stranger at the Gate

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