Actor Adrien Brody surprised audiences last night by pausing mid-speech during his Best Actor win for The Brutalist, pulled out a piece of gum from his mouth and tossed it to his girlfriend Georgina Chapman. This unusual gesture occurred as he reflected on 22 years since winning the award for his role in The Pianist.
In his acceptance speech, Brody referred to acting as a “fragile profession” while mentioning lingering traumas and repercussions of war, oppression, antisemitism, racism, and othering. He stated he was onstage again to represent these issues, despite attempts by production team to cut him off with music.
Source: https://www.thecut.com/article/oscars-what-did-adrien-brody-throw-to-georgina-chapman.html