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Social Media Reacts to Oscars Best Picture Mix-up

Barry Jenkins of "Moonlight" (L) embraces Jordan Horowitz of "La La Land" after the presentation of the Oscar for Best Picture was corrected and given to "Moonlight." (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)

By Clyde Hughes | Monday, 27 February 2017 08:22 AM EST

Social media had a field day with the Academy Awards best picture mix up at the end of the 2017 Oscar ceremony Sunday night.

The Academy's longtime accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers took the fall for co-presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway reading the wrong envelope on live television, mistakenly giving the Oscar best picture award to "La La Land" instead of the correct winner "Moonlight," Deadline.com noted.

The embarrassing episode, reminiscent of Steve Harvey's 2015 blunder at the Miss Universe pageant when he announced the incorrect winner, forced "La La Land" producers to end their acceptance speeches after taking the stage and announcing the error.

Beatty said he hesitated initially to present the award when he saw Emma Stone's name on the card, who was given the Academy Award for best actress earlier.

Twitter exploded with a flurry of humorous and stunned responses.

#theWINNERSare
Best Picture#SteveHarvey #Oscars #Oscars2017
Actress in a Leading Role

#envelopegate 📩 pic.twitter.com/f5OiCrMa80
— Tracy (@GigiTracyXO) February 27, 2017

The true culprit behind the #Oscars #BestPicture mix up... #Hollyweed pic.twitter.com/epHMCIcpy8
— Venus-O-Neal (@TheOnlySmalls) February 27, 2017

Watching the La La Land #Oscars mix up last night 🙈 *cringe* pic.twitter.com/4nILzjQwg8
— Simply Be (@SimplyBeUK) February 27, 2017

There's been a mistake. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/jJtgGj0pqQ
— The Ostrich (@ALostrich) February 27, 2017

The funniest thing about the mix up would be every single social media account changing their posts! 😂 #Oscars #Moonlightforthewin
— Ashna Shetty (@Hyperbole_Queen) February 27, 2017

#envelopegate Did the Russians hack the Academy Awards and, if so, who helped them???
— Steve Ross (@steveross2016) February 27, 2017

You know what the problem is -- millions of Academy members voted illegally.
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) February 27, 2017

It would have been a better ending if Suicide Squad had somehow actually won Best Picture.
— RainnWilson (@rainnwilson) February 27, 2017

Harvey's name played prominently in numerous funny Twitter responses to the Oscars blunder.

Warren Beatty was FRAMED! #oscars2017 #envelopegate #steveharvey pic.twitter.com/b78pfceDj8
— Cartuna (@CartunaTV) February 27, 2017

WOW WHAT A MISTAKE!?!?!?!?!?!?! A STEVE HARVEY LOL #Oscars
— Lonzo Ball👉🏽Miami (@YEEZY77_) February 27, 2017

Wait what?!!!! Moonlight really won Best Picture at the #Oscars!!! Wow...Best Gaffe has now been passed from Steve Harvey to Warren Beatty.
— AJ Ross (@AJRossABC7) February 27, 2017