Top 10 Worst Award Show Moments of All Time

From cringe-worthy performances to shocking moments that left audiences stunned, we're diving into the most infamous award show disasters. Get ready for a wild ride through the most uncomfortable, controversial, and downright bizarre moments in televised award show history! Our countdown includes the infamous Oscars mix-up, Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift, Will Smith's shocking slap, Harvey Weinstein's repeated thanks, and more jaw-dropping moments that became instant pop culture legends! What do you think is the worst award show moment? Let us know in the comments.

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[WatchMojo]

What do you think is the worst award show moment? Let us know in the comments.

[stingrey]

in 2009, way before metoo, when kate winslet won her oscar. she thanked everyone from the key grip to the wardrobe. the one person she didnt mention was Harvey weinstein. some thought she forgot, others thought she was ungrateful. in hindsight it was obvious what she was doing by leaving him out of her acceptance speech.

[lynstrom]

I was impressed how quickly and ruthlessly Jordan Horowitz snatched the card from Hollywood legend Warren Beatty in order to hold it up to the camera 0:53

[kenterminateddq]

"Kanye West's rude interruption of Taylor Swift's award speech" has to be in the top 3.

[knowledgeseeker]

I remember when Puff Daddy got a kids choice award for style.

[anthonyscaccia]

Meryl Streep calling Harvey Shitstain god. She’ll never have my respect

[MarkBowenURL]

Letterman making fun of Uma Thurman’s name and repeatedly attempting to get the whole crowd to join in (and failing because there was one person there who found it funny) belongs in this list!!

[emiebex]

The Slap - Will Smith made a fool out of himself slapping Chris Rock over a joke.

[robertpolanco]

Personally, I HATE Kanye West for being such a total weasel of a guy with his embarrassing behavior over the years!

[Hearingscroll]

What kills me is these people knew what Harvey Weinstein was doing and praised him endlessly

[neliusxander]

I gotta say, I was wondering how they would top the slap. But yeah, the Harvey Weinstein praise is pretty bad.

[roxy]

I cannot agree with your number one more. You nailed this list. Yeah Harvey Weinsten being mentioned at award shows has not aged very well and it makes my skin crawl after all the horrific crimes that he committed and tried to use his money and power to buy his way out of it. No matter how famous you are, there is no trying to manipulate the system to not live up to the consequences of your actions, and Weinstein has to live with the consequeces for the rest of his natural life as do the women that he assaulted who have to live with life altering trauma.

[jeremywilliams]

Dishonorable mentions:
1. Ol' Dirty Bastard disrupts Shawn Colvin's award acceptance speech (40th Annual Grammy Awards)
2. Bob Dylan Soy Bomb incident (40th Annual Grammy Awards)
3. Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke (2013 MTV Video Music Awards)

[Jeremiah_Rivers]

Upstaging Taylor Swift made Kanye the biggest loser at the 2009 VMAs.

[ohyesmyles]

AN-GELA BASSETT DIDD THE THING 💃 WHUT THING 🤨 lmaoo

[PrincessofPower]

Poor Britney. She will never live that down.

[Idontwant]

The oddest thing about the SLAP, was Will was laughing at it. Then he saw Jada give him “the LOOK”. The look that every woman gives her husband when she needs him is stand up for her and to defend her. It’s usually a quick flicker and no one else will see it. But husband’s are trained to look for it. I’ve been with my husband for 39 years, 40 years in 5 months. And I have given my husband that look maybe 2 or 3 times total. I give it when I’ve tried my best to handle it on my own. And if he sees it, he knows I’ve had it and I need him to stop it for me. Jada gave him the FULL FIGHT FOR ME NOW!!!!

[dharmawannab]

Britney did want to do the VMAs but because of the conservatorship she had to if she wanted to avoid being punished and if she wanted to see her sons. Due to the backlash she likely got punished anyway for not doing better. That performance was a woman being trafficked; **made** to perform!

[marvelfan]

Don't be mean to Britney. She was under the conservatorship, so I would feel the same. As I'm guessing that she didn't want to do that performance

[mimcduffee]

It was about time someone finally stood up to Chris Rock. He had only spent decades attacking Jada Pinket at that point.