Jennifer Garner ‘Can’t Even Look’ at Her Oscars Meme: ‘I Wanna Just Punch Her in the Face’ (Video)
“I have no control over this. What am I doing?” actress tells Ellen DeGeneres
Jennifer Maas | March 16, 2018 @ 8:30 AM
Last Updated: March 16, 2018 @ 8:37 AM
Jennifer Garner became the new Chrissy Teigen when a confused expression crossing her face at an inopportune moment was caught on camera during the 90th Annual Academy Awards earlier this month. It soon spread across the internet, becoming the best Oscars meme of the night, as people questioned what the heck the “disturbed”-looking Garner was thinking.
Though she poked fun at herself with a few joke answers on Instagram after the Academy Awards, she has now revealed she really has no idea “what’s happening” there.
“I can’t even look at it,” she told Ellen DeGeneres while appearing on her show Friday. “I can’t. It’s too embarrassing.”
When DeGeneres asked her what’s happening in that moment Garner responded with a shocked, “what is happening?!?”
“I have no control over this,” Garner said. “What am I doing? I started getting texts, as you can imagine. People going, ‘What were you thinking? What’s happening?’ And I try really hard not to see myself online, but she was a little unavoidable.”
“No, I regret, regret, regret,” she said, adding: “I wanna just punch her, you know, in the face. No! Not really, I don’t.”
All we can hope is for Garner’s sake, that Teigen (who didn’t attend this year’s Oscars) hits up another awards show soon to save her with an even more awkward expression.
Watch the clip above.
Oscars 2018 After-Parties: Winners Frances McDormand, Jordan Peele and Kobe Bryant Celebrate (Photos)
Sam Rockwell, Frances McDormand, Jordan Peele and Kobe Bryant walked away from the Dolby with Oscars, ready to hit the after party circuit. The Governors Ball, Elton John, and Vanity Fair events continued long after Jimmy Kimmel signed off for the night.
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A few floors above where "The Shape of Water" won Best Picture to cap off the ceremony, producer J. Miles Dale and double winner Guillermo del Toro coast in to the Governors Ball.
"I did it all by myself." Best Supporting Actress winner Allison Janney's opening line of her acceptance speech was the early leader for "Quote of the Show."
At the Governors Ball, Danny Glover (right) embraces L.A.'s only five-time NBA champion and Oscar winner, Kobe Bryant.
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Even Academy Award winners get photobombed. Gary Oldman gripped a new gold trophy as his wife Gisele Schmidt grew bunny ears at the Governors Ball. Winners headed to the Academy's official after-party to get their trophies engraved.
Netflix's Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos held the premium service's first feature film Oscar outside the Governors Ball, along with director Bryan Fogel (right), whose winning doc, "Icarus," detailed doping in Russian athletics. "Truth wins," the official @Netflix account tweeted.
Over at the Elton John party, Rufus Wainwright, Lionel Richie, Miley Cyrus and Ricky Martin huddled up with the host. The 26th annual AIDS fundraiser netted $5.9 million for Sir Elton's foundation.
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This is probably the last awards show Darren Criss is going to be watching on television for a while. His portrayal of serial killer Andrew Cunanan on FX's "The Assassination of Gianni Versace" has him poised for an Emmy run this summer. Criss and Mia Swier (left) recently got engaged.
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Jamie Foxx headlined Byron Allen's second annual Oscar night viewing party benefiting The Children's Hospital Los Angeles. As soon as the Oscars telecast ended, Foxx took the stage and began performing Michael Jackson songs at the Regent Beverly Wilshire bash.
Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez brought their daughter to the Governors Ball. The Best Song winners for "Remember Me" are the same married duo who won for "Frozen" anthem "Let It Go" in 2014.
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A one-time British soap opera star, Rachel Shenton is now an Oscar winner. Shenton and fiancé Chris Overton won for their live action short "The Silent Child."
To the parties go the victors. The Governors Ball, Elton John and Vanity Fair were a sea of gold on Sunday night.
Sam Rockwell, Frances McDormand, Jordan Peele and Kobe Bryant walked away from the Dolby with Oscars, ready to hit the after party circuit. The Governors Ball, Elton John, and Vanity Fair events continued long after Jimmy Kimmel signed off for the night.