Here Are 3 Oscars Best Picture Flub Conspiracy Theories

Was it one of Jimmy Kimmel’s elaborate pranks?

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“La La Land” was erroneously named the Best Picture winner at the 2017 Oscars on Sunday night — but was it just one big prank by host Jimmy Kimmel?

That’s at least what one conspiracy theory suggests, 12 hours after Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced the wrong winner when “Moonlight” ultimately took home the big prize of the night.

The Oscars’ accounting firm, PwC, released a statement taking the blame for the error that led to “La La Land” being incorrectly named the Best Picture. While they are still investigating how it happened, Beatty said he had been given a card that said Emma Stone won for Best Actress, but the actress herself said she had been in possession of her card the entire time.

“I want to tell you what happened,” Beatty said. “I opened the envelope and it said Emma Stone, ‘La La Land.’ That’s why I took such a long look at Faye and at you. I wasn’t trying to be funny.”

The Washington Post unearthed three prominent conspiracy theories spiraling around on the internet.

1. This was Kimmel’s biggest prank

Kimmel had been pulling pranks all night, from dropping candy from the ceiling to playing rival Matt Damon off the stage while he was presenting. He is also known for his Kids’ Halloween Candy prank and has been in an ongoing prank war with neighbors John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. Many took to Twitter to suggest this was just another one of Kimmel’s elaborate jokes.

https://twitter.com/pierce/status/836085683596906496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/bafeldman/status/836081942667935745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

2. It’s Leonardo DiCaprio‘s fault

Conspiracy theorists on Twitter noticed Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t give Emma Stone her card when she won Best Actress. Later on, Stone told reporters that she was in possession of the card the entire time after Beatty said he saw Stone’s name on the card.

https://twitter.com/kellyoxford/status/836086161885974528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/pollock_mitch/status/836090194025574401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

3. Matt Damon pulled a prank on Jimmy Kimmel

Who knows, maybe the tables turned and Matt Damon actually pulled the ultimate prank on Kimmel.

https://twitter.com/cashleelee/status/836105821381668864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

And here are some other conspiracy theories that people tweeted out in light of the embarrassing Oscars error, from it being a publicity stunt to being all about the ratings.

https://twitter.com/ckgourdet/status/836100499367686145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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