Nicole Kidman got some attention for her bizarre clapping at the 2017 Oscars last month, but according to the actress, there’s a reason she had to applaud like a seal.
“It was really awkward,” she said. “I was like, ‘I wanna clap, I don’t wanna not be clapping.’ That’d be worse, right? Like, ‘Why isn’t Nicole clapping?'”
Kidman continued, “So therefore I’m clapping but it was really difficult because I had a huge ring on that was not my own — but it was absolutely gorgeous — and I was terrified of damaging it.”
“That was bizarre I have to say. I wasn’t sure what was going on. No one in the audience was,” she shared. “Then there was some shuffling and envelopes and I’m thinking, ‘What is going on?'”
At the time, she thought it was some sort of medical emergency: “I thought someone wasn’t well. And then I saw people’s faces dropping. It was bizarre.”
Watch a video of Kidman’s weird clapping below.
On Oscars night, her clapping prompted comparisons to a seal on Twitter:
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Donald Trump's presidency has largely been met with resistance from Hollywood stars, but a few have taken a different path. Objections to Trump's detractors range from apolitical calls for unity to outright criticism of those protesting in the streets.