Warren Beatty on THAT infamous Oscars blunder

It seemed kind of silly

It's one of the most controversial moments in Oscars history, Hollywood star Warren Beatty has spoken about the mistake that saw the wrong film announced as Best Picture at this year's prestigious awards ceremony.

The actor, who was on today's show to promote his new movie Rules Don't Apply, presented the top gong alongside Faye Dunaway who mistakenly announced La La Land as the winner in an unprecedented mix-up.

When asked about the infamous blunder, the 80-year-old actor said he couldn't understand why the mishap had caused such a stir.

He said of the whole episode: "It seemed kind of silly."

“Some poor guy made a mistake, gave me the wrong [envelope].”

It struck me [as] kind of funny that this moment was so overly dramatised

He added: “In some ways like Howard Hughes [the subject of Warren’s latest film Rules Don’t Apply] the mystery about it all is kind of goofy.

“No, they just gave me the wrong envelope and I’m not supposed to open the envelope until I’m walking out.

''Then I look at the envelope, I mean I look at what comes out the envelope and I thought, this is mysterious, maybe it’s a misprint, but let’s not make too much out of it. But my obligation was then to, once the envelope was open, was to hand it to Faye [Dunaway] so she could then read what was there and she did. It struck me [as] kind of funny that this moment was so overly dramatised, you know, but then stuff happens."

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