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Elon Musk; Jimmy Kimmel on stage at the Oscars
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Billionaire Elon Musk expressed his disdain for the Academy Awards, characterizing the prestigious event as a "woke contest," questioning the current significance of winning an Oscar—and was widely mocked after backtracking when it was pointed out just how many of the night's winners were white.

In a post shared before the award show began, Musk originally stated that winning an Oscar meant "you were the best Quisling," a term referring to a traitor collaborating with an enemy. He later revised his comment, referring to the Oscars as a "woke contest."

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