BAFTAs 2020: Rebel Wilson makes a VERY awkward joke about Prince Andrew and Prince Harry in front of William and Kate as she presents Best Director award
- The Australian actress was on stage to present the Best Director award to Sam Mendes for World War I epic 1917
- But she took the opportunity to poke fun at Prince Andrew, whose friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has dragged the monarchy into another crisis
- She also joked about Prince Harry following his decision to abdicate to Canada with Meghan Markle
- Prince William and Kate Middleton looked notably reserved as cameras immediately cut to the Royal couple in the audience
- Rebel's monologue also referenced the lack of females in the Best Director category and the event's drive towards sustainability
The separate controversies that have overshadowed the British monarchy over recent months were played for laughs on Sunday evening as Rebel Wilson attended the 73rd annual EE British Academy Film Awards.
With guests including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in attendance, the Australian actress referenced Prince Andrew and the recently abdicated Prince Harry before presenting the Best Director award to filmmaker Sam Mendes.
Addressing the star-studded audience at London's Royal Albert Hall, she joked: 'It is really great to be here, at the Royal Andrew... Royal Harry... no, sorry, Royal Phil- at this royal... palace place.'
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Comedy gold: Rebel Wilson cracked a joke at Prince Andrew and Prince Harry's expense as she presented the Best Director award at the BAFTAs on Sunday evening
The awkward gag prompted a ripple of laughter from those in attendance, however William and Kate looked notably reserved as cameras immediately cut to the Royal couple.
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The 39-year old also touched on the decision to offer guests environmentally friendly goodie bags for the first time, part of their ongoing push for sustainability at the annual event.
She added: 'Sorry I was just told backstage that no one's getting a gift bag tonight. Instead, you’re all getting a gifting wallet, which is funny because that’s also nickname of my vagina.'
Banter: 'It is really great to be here, at the Royal Andrew... Royal Harry... no, sorry, Royal Phil- at this royal... palace place,' she joked
Awkward: The awkward gag prompted a ripple of laughter from those in attendance, includign a slightly strained looking William and Kate
Choosing to joke about the absence of females in the Best Director category, she quipped: 'I don’t think I could do what they do, honestly. I just don’t have the balls.'
While her appearance went down well with the star-studded audience, viewers were divided over here decision to make a joke at the Royal family's expense.
Taking to Twitter, one viewer wrote: 'Three cheers for the producer who cut to William and Kate after Rebel Wilson’s Prince Andrew and Harry joke.'
While another raged: 'I thought it disgustingly rude and unfunny. I felt sorry for them. Why should they go to an awards ceremony to have their family insulted. A crude and insensitive remark.'
Spotlight: Prince Andrew's friendship with convicted sex offender has Jeffrey Epstein has dragged the monarchy into another royal crisis
Topical: The 39-year old also touched on the decision to offer guests environmentally friendly goodie bags for the first time, part of their ongoing push for sustainability at the annual event
Mixed response: While her appearance went down well with the star-studded audience, viewers were divided over here decision to make a joke at the Royal family's expense
Evidently in agreement, a third added: 'I totally agree she made me cringe .... not the time or the place for her tasteless remarks I don’t find her remotely funny anyway just crude and talentless in my view. When you have to resort to being unkind to promote yourself it’s sick.'
Others praised the star for injecting life into the event, with one adding: 'Rebel Wilson does 3 minutes; good jokes about Cats, all male nominations lists, coronavirus and her vagina; rescues BAFTAs.'
'If Rebel hosted the show, it would be quality,' wrote another.
Well done: Others praised the star for injecting life into the star-studded event with her unique brand of humour
Special appearance: The actress was on hand to present the Best Director award to Sam Mendes
BAFTAs 2020: THE WINNERS
BEST FILM
1917 Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes, Jayne-Ann Tenggren - WINNER
THE IRISHMAN Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
JOKER Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE Bong Joon-ho, Kwak Sin-ae
Joker has earned the most nods with 11 nominations
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
1917 Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Krysty Wilson-Cairns - WINNER
BAIT Mark Jenkin, Kate Byers, Linn Waite
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
ROCKETMAN Dexter Fletcher, Adam Bohling, David Furnish, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn, Lee Hall
SORRY WE MISSED YOU Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty
THE TWO POPES Fernando Meirelles, Jonathan Eirich, Dan Lin, Tracey Seaward, Anthony McCarten
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
BAIT Mark Jenkin (Writer/Director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (Producers) - WINNER
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab (Director/Producer), Edward Watts (Director)
MAIDEN Alex Holmes (Director)
ONLY YOU Harry Wootliff (Writer/Director)
RETABLO Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio (Writer/Director)*
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE FAREWELL Lulu Wang, Daniele Melia
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
PAIN AND GLORY Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar
PARASITE Bong Joon-ho - WINNER
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Céline Sciamma, Bénédicte Couvreur
DOCUMENTARY
AMERICAN FACTORY Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
APOLLO 11 Todd Douglas Miller
DIEGO MARADONA Asif Kapadia
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts - WINNER
THE GREAT HACK Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim
Frozen 2 earns a nomination for Animated Film
ANIMATED FILM
FROZEN 2 Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho
KLAUS Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh - WINNER
A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON Will Becher, Richard Phelan, Paul Kewley
TOY STORY 4 Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen
DIRECTOR
1917 Sam Mendes - WINNER
THE IRISHMAN Martin Scorsese
JOKER Todd Phillips
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE Bong Joon-ho
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BOOKSMART Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman
KNIVES OUT Rian Johnson
MARRIAGE STORY Noah Baumbach
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE Han Jin Won, Bong Joon-ho - WINNER
Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood has earned 10 nods
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE IRISHMAN Steven Zaillian
JOJO RABBIT Taika Waititi - WINNER
JOKER Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
LITTLE WOMEN Greta Gerwig
THE TWO POPES Anthony McCarten
LEADING ACTRESS
JESSIE BUCKLEY Wild Rose
SCARLETT JOHANSSON Marriage Story
SAOIRSE RONAN Little Women
CHARLIZE THERON Bombshell
RENÉE ZELLWEGER Judy - WINNER
Saoirse Ronan has earned a leading actress nod for Little Women
LEADING ACTOR
LEONARDO DICAPRIO Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
ADAM DRIVER Marriage Story
TARON EGERTON Rocketman
JOAQUIN PHOENIX Joker - WINNER
JONATHAN PRYCE The Two Popes
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
LAURA DERN Marriage Story - WINNER
SCARLETT JOHANSSON Jojo Rabbit
FLORENCE PUGH Little Women
MARGOT ROBBIE Bombshell
MARGOT ROBBIE Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
SUPPORTING ACTOR
TOM HANKS A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
ANTHONY HOPKINS The Two Popes
AL PACINO The Irishman
JOE PESCI The Irishman
BRAD PITT Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood - WINNER
ORIGINAL SCORE
1917 Thomas Newman
JOJO RABBIT Michael Giacchino
JOKER Hildur Guđnadóttir - WINNER
LITTLE WOMEN Alexandre Desplat
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER John Williams
JoJo Rabbit has received six nominations in total
CASTING
JOKER Shayna Markowitz - WINNER
MARRIAGE STORY Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Victoria Thomas
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Sarah Crowe
THE TWO POPES Nina Gold
CINEMATOGRAPHY
1917 Roger Deakins - WINNER
THE IRISHMAN Rodrigo Prieto
JOKER Lawrence Sher
LE MANS ’66 Phedon Papamichael
THE LIGHTHOUSE Jarin Blaschke
Netflix hit The Irishman has 10 nominations
EDITING
THE IRISHMAN Thelma Schoonmaker
JOJO RABBIT Tom Eagles
JOKER Jeff Groth
LE MANS ’66 Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker - WINNER
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Fred Raskin
PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917 Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales - WINNER
THE IRISHMAN Bob Shaw, Regina Graves
JOJO RABBIT Ra Vincent, Nora Sopková
JOKER Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh
COSTUME DESIGN
THE IRISHMAN Christopher Peterson, Sandy Powell
JOJO RABBIT Mayes C. Rubeo
JUDY Jany Temime
LITTLE WOMEN Jacqueline Durran - WINNER
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Arianne Phillips
Sam Mendes' movie 1917 has received nine nominations
MAKE UP & HAIR
1917 Naomi Donne
BOMBSHELL Vivian Baker, Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan - WINNER
JOKER Kay Georgiou, Nicki Ledermann
JUDY Jeremy Woodhead
ROCKETMAN Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
SOUND
1917 Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson - WINNER
JOKER Tod Maitland, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic
LE MANS ’66 David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow, Donald Sylvester
ROCKETMAN Matthew Collinge, John Hayes, Mike Prestwood Smith, Danny Sheehan
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
1917 Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, Dominic Tuohy - WINNER
AVENGERS: ENDGAME Dan Deleeuw, Dan Sudick
THE IRISHMAN Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, Pablo Helman
THE LION KING Andrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, Adam Valdez
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
GRANDAD WAS A ROMANTIC. Maryam Mohajer - WINNER
IN HER BOOTS Kathrin Steinbacher
THE MAGIC BOAT Naaman Azhari, Lilia Laurel
BRITISH SHORT FILM
AZAAR Myriam Raja, Nathanael Baring
GOLDFISH Hector Dockrill, Harri Kamalanathan, Benedict Turnbull, Laura Dockrill
KAMALI Sasha Rainbow, Rosalind Croad
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) Carol Dysinger, Elena Andreicheva - WINNER
THE TRAP Lena Headey, Anthony Fitzgerald
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
AWKWAFINA
JACK LOWDEN
KAITLYN DEVER
KELVIN HARRISON JR.
MICHEAL WARD - WINNER
Producer Kathleen Kennedy was granted the BAFTA Fellowship Award.
Actor Andy Serkis was honoured for his Outstanding Contribution to Cinema.
Sam Mendes' 1917 led the winners at the event, with the World War I masterpiece taking home seven gongs, including Best Film, Director, Outstanding British Film, Special Visual Effects, Cinematography, Production Design and Sound at the star-studded ceremony.
Renee Zellweger won the Leading Actress gong for her role as Judy Garland in the namesake biopic Judy with Joaquin Phoenix taking home the Leading Actor award for his role as Joker.
Despite receiving 11 nominations, Joker only took home three awards - Casting, Original Score and Joaquin's Leading Actor gong.
Other A-lister wins included Laura Dern, who won the Supporting Actress gong for her role as cutthroat lawyer Nora Fanshaw in Marriage Story.
Farewell: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle recently announced their desire to abdicate and live independently in Canada
