Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel has said the ceremony was fun but ended in confusion with the best picture goof-up and was the strangest finale on TV since "Lost".
"La La Land" which won six trophies including the best director and actress, was incorrectly declared the best picture by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway at the 89th Academy Awards, instead of the real winner "Moonlight".
During his talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live", the 49-year-old presenter said the film "La La Land" was simultaneously somehow the biggest winner and loser at the Oscars ceremony.
"Except for the end, it was a lot of fun. It was the weirdest TV finale since 'Lost'," Kimmel said.
In the video snippet posted by the show on Twitter, he called Beatty's move "slick" when the actor handed over the best picture envelope to Dunaway.
"In retrospect, now we know word is that he (Beatty) was confused so he handed it to Faye... It was a slick move," he said.
"I was supposed to end the show while sitting in the audience, next to Matt Damon... I think I heard the stage manager saying, 'They got the winner wrong'... And the stage manager is never on camera, it was very unusual," Kimmel said.
As a joke, he said he wanted the producers of "La La Land" to "run away with the Oscar" from the stage.
But then, he suddenly remembered he was the host and was supposed to do something and felt "like an idiot" standing between the producers of the two favourite films at the ceremony.
He added, "I felt bad for both the films... I was trying real hard not to laugh. (sic)"
Kimmel pointed out it was Denzel Washington, who snapped him out of a daze so that "Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins could give a speech.
The evening host clarified the gaffe "was not a prank" and added both Beatty and Emma Stone had the same envelope which was the Academy does "just to make it more confusing".
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