Angelina Jolie's Controversial 2012 Oscars Fashion Moment Resurfaces, Twitter Still Furious

A netizen brought up Angelina Jolie's controversial 2012 Oscars fashion moment by sharing an old video from the event on Twitter and it went viral again. The post received several reactions because the incident became a hot topic after the ceremony.

Jolie was oozing with confidence in the video when she took the stage to present the award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards. The "Maleficent" star showed off her legs in her black velvet Atelier Versace gown with high-thigh slit when she struck a pose before announcing the winners -Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash.

The trio went on stage and Rash surprisingly copied Jolie's pose. The other two did the same gesture, too, which irked many people because they looked like they were mocking Jolie at the time. The video appears to have revived the controversy over the incident as it quickly accumulated 3.1 million views, over 41,000 likes and seven thousand retweets and comments. Apparently, many Twitter users still hold the same opinion eight years later.

"Simple banter, but horrifically unfunny," one wrote.

"Imagine looking this gorgeous and some short a-- bald a-- mf dressed in the most basic a-- suit mocks you in front of all the people there men deserve nothing," another commented.

"It’s funny how they mock someone who is so much more famous then they are. How embarrassing," @thebestsamuel added.

"This is...disgusting. i feel so bad for her," @hannahmayfilm wrote.

"Imagine getting on that stage it’s like a once in a life time achievement and you spend it mocking Angelina.... sad," @bitchincoco commented.

However, many also defended Rash because he is a comedian and was only joking. Several Twitter users believed that he didn’t mean any harm to Jolie when he imitated her pose.

"Isn’t this just a joke jim rash is a comedian and her pose looked out of place it was kind of funny sdjkds twitter chooses the worst things to get mad about," Iya commented.

"I watched this segment of the Oscars on youtube a few months ago. I found Jolie's pose was so ridiculous, I was looking forward to reading the comment section. ONLY TO FIND JIM RASH COMMENTED ON IT FOR ALL OF US IN HIS ACCEPTANCE - HE IS A LEGEND! It was a very light roast, chill," @robbedqueenstan added.

"Okay Jim rash is an angel this was definitely just banter, yall need to chill," Hardman commented.

"Very fair, i dont think it was malicous in the slightest, if you watch ‘community’ you know hes not a remotely sexist person," Hardman added.

Rash already addressed the issue after it happened and the comedian explained that it wasn’t mockery but a tribute to Jolie.

"I just saw her pose and I thought, you know what, we have exactly the same legs. And I wanted to show everyone what it meant. It was a loving tribute," Rash explained.

"It was more like, oh, she's standing, great, I'm going to stand like that, too."

"She's supremely hot," Faxon added. "Jim did the leg first and he didn't tell us — so I had to like quickly adapt."

Jolise also addressed the issue at the premiere of "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" in 2019. The "Eternal" star explained that she acted that way because she was very comfortable with the dress.

"I had a more complicated dress and I wore the more comfortable dress, which was that one, and I think I was just so comfortable that... I think when you feel comfortable, when you feel yourself — which is very much the theme of the film, and we know this in life — you embrace it. And sometimes, maybe it appears to be a thing, I don’t know," Jolie told Extra.