Demi Moore’s One-Word Response To Mikey Madison’s Oscar Win

Demi Moore was amongst a powerful set of nominees for the Greatest Actress award, together with Fernanda Torres for “I’m Nonetheless Right here,” “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón, and “Depraved” actress Cynthia Erivo.

In accordance with a lip reader, the “Substance” star appeared visibly upset when Madison’s title was introduced because the winner of the coveted Academy Award on Sunday night time. Nicola Hickling, knowledgeable lip reader, instructed the Daily Mail that Moore stated “good,” however her expression and physique language instructed a unique story.

“Demi says ‘good,’ however she isn’t smiling when she says it,” Hickling defined. “Her physique is nearly nodding like she needed to drive herself to say it.”

A video shared on X additionally confirmed the 62-year-old actress clenching her jaw and looking out tense because the 25-year-old’s title was known as.

After making her option to the stage, Madison addressed the viewers whereas clutching her Oscar.

“That is very surreal. I grew up in Los Angeles, however Hollywood at all times felt so far-off from me, so to be right here, standing on this room right this moment, is basically unbelievable,” she stated.

The “Scream” star expressed gratitude to the film’s manufacturing firm and director Sean Baker earlier than acknowledging the intercourse employee group. “Sure, I’ll proceed to assist and be an ally. The entire unbelievable folks, the ladies that I’ve had the privilege of assembly from that group has been one of many highlights of this unbelievable expertise,” Madison shared.

Madison additionally honored her fellow nominees, saying, “I additionally simply need to acknowledge the considerate, clever, stunning, breathtaking work of my fellow nominees. I’m honored to be acknowledged alongside all of you.”

“Anora,” which tells the story of a intercourse employee who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, was a standout on the 97th Academy Awards, taking residence the Greatest Image award over sturdy contenders like “The Brutalist,” “Depraved,” “Conclave,” “A Full Unknown,” “Dune: Half Two,” “Emilia Pérez,” “I’m Nonetheless Right here,” “Nickel Boys,” and “The Substance.”

The movie’s director, Sean Baker, additionally gained Greatest Authentic Screenplay, Achievement in Movie Modifying, and Greatest Director.

In the meantime, Moore’s “The Substance” took residence the award for Greatest Make-up and Hairstyling.

Social media erupted with reactions to Demi Moore shedding the Greatest Actress award on the 2025 Oscars, with many stating the ironic similarities to her movie “The Substance.”

A viral put up on X captured the sentiment, “Wow, Demi Moore getting handed up for a youthful, brighter star, somebody ought to make a film about this.” The put up, which shortly gained traction, highlighted the uncanny resemblance to the plot of Moore’s film.

The comparisons stem from “The Substance”’s storyline, which explores the pressures and sacrifices confronted by ageing actresses in Hollywood, usually overshadowed by youthful expertise. Moore’s loss to 25-year-old Madison, whose position in “Anora” earned her the Greatest Actress win, felt like life imitating artwork to many viewers.

ESPN workers author Paolo Uggetti weighed in, writing, “Demi Moore shedding to Mikey Madison is principally the plot of ‘The Substance.’”

In the meantime, TV persona Roxy Striar echoed the sentiment, posting, “Mikey Madison was completely wonderful, however her beating Demi Moore feels just like the plot of ‘The Substance.’”

Regardless of the frustration expressed by her followers, Moore has maintained a grounded perspective on awards and recognition.

In a earlier interview with The New York Times, she shared, “No matter occurs, I simply preserve specializing in remembering to not make it imply an excessive amount of, but additionally to not make it imply too little. However I can get pleasure from all of it.”

Moore later added, “Girls being marginalized at a sure age, notably within the leisure trade is the least-new info of the whole film.”

The actress additionally spoke with Variety final yr, the place she expressed, “There’s evolution that has occurred, even, I’d say from once I was 40. As a result of once I was 40 however didn’t appear to be what they imagined 40 ought to appear to be, they didn’t know what to do with me.”

She continued, “I didn’t really work that a lot, as a result of I wasn’t 20 or 30. I believe if we actually take a look at the deeper crux of this, what we’re is that this previous concept that girls’s worth and desirability was tied to their fertility.”