Anne Hathaway makes fun of her own disastrous 2011 Oscars hosting gig
By KATE FELDMAN
Feb 24, 2019 | 5:45 PM
James Franco and Anne Hathaway hosted the 2011 Oscars. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
Anne Hathaway may not have found "Serenity" eight years after she and Oscars co-host James Franco flopped on stage, but she can laugh about it, at least.
"No matter what happens with today's show, just remember, it's already been worse," the "Ocean's 8" star posted on Instagram with a photo from the stage. "Happy Oscars!"
Hathaway and Franco shared the hosting gig in 2011 and were panned for the job, which saw the 36-year-old actress look like a giddy schoolgirl compared to Franco, who seemed out to ruin the show.
The "Disaster Artist" actor defended his behavior later, telling Playboy that he felt "trapped."
No matter what happens with today's show, just remember, it's already been worse. Happy Oscars!
A post shared by Anne Hathaway (@annehathaway) on Feb 24, 2019 at 12:55pm PST
"I just didn't want to fight anymore, even when they said, 'You'll come out as Marilyn Monroe. It'll be funny.' Me in drag is not funny," he told Playboy at the time.
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"Me in drag as Cher trying to sing like her is a thing. That didn't happen, so then I just didn't want to argue anymore. I was going with their program; I wanted to do the material they gave me, not be one of the many cooks doing the writing. There were a lot of cooks who shouldn't have been cooking but were allowed to. There were some cooks my manager tried to bring in, like Judd Apatow, who wrote some very funny stuff that wasn't used."
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Franco has since faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
This year, the Oscars will go without a host for the first time in 30 years after Kevin Hart stepped down once his old homophobic tweets went viral online.
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