Posted 3 minutes ago"It's Like Falling From A 100-Story Building": Here Are 13 Celebs Who've Spoken Out About The Disappointment Of Losing Major Awards"I gave up. I got bitter. My pity party."by Ellen DurneyBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink They're not supposed to say it, but celebrities looooove winning awards. And if they say they don't care, they're probably lying. Sorry, I said it! John Shearer / Getty Images With that in mind, here's a roundup of famous people who've put their pride aside and candidly shown that it sucks to lose - or, in some cases, not even get nominated. Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images 1. After taking home the award for Best Director for Argo at the 2013 Golden Globes, Ben Affleck became a clear frontrunner for a directing nomination at the Oscars that same year. However, when the all-important nominations were announced, his name shockingly wasn't on the list. Handout / Getty Images This snub was and still is pretty wild, especially as Argo went on to win Best Picture at the Oscars. So, in a recent interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Ben described the whole thing as a "massive embarrassment." "The horrible thing of everyone telling you, 'You're gonna get nominated, you're gonna get nominated for director,'" he recalled. "And so, of course, I wake up that morning, and sure enough...I had not been nominated for Best Director. I woke up and people [said], 'You didn't get nominated.'" Jason Merritt / Getty Images Jimmy accused Ben of "underselling" just how controversial the snub was at the time. "Argo, not only was it nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, you won Best Picture," the host said. "You starred in it and directed it, and you were not nominated in either category...
It's as if the movie directed itself." (C)Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Ben agreed that it was very "embarrassing," especially because of how much he'd been hyped up by critics. "I wasn't the one going out there being like, 'I'm going to be nominated!'" he said. "It's having to be put through the ritual of then answering for why you didn't get nominated. I didn't say I was [going to be]!" ABC / Via youtu.be 2. The big talking point of the 2025 Oscars was Demi Moore losing out on Best Actress to Mikey Madison for her performance in Anora. Demi had been widely predicted to win for The Substance, and so the outcome was quite divisive. A month later, Demi confessed that she was disappointed, but was handling it as best as she could. Kevin Mazur / Getty Images "The question of 'Should I have won?' is certainly not the perspective of how I hold it. Because I didn't [win]. And I really do subscribe to this idea that everything in life is happening for me, not to me," she said at the Time100 summit. "In that moment, it was being projected that I would win, and so, of course, there's disappointment. I also immediately recognized that there is something that is greater that I am to be in service to - even if I don't know what that is." Frank Micelotta / Getty Images 3. After the commercial and critical success of Travis Scott's Astroworld album in 2018, it seemed like it might be the project that finally got the rapper his first Grammy win - but, unfortunately for him, it wasn't meant to be. Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Images Travis's 2019 Netflix documentary shows the exact moment that Cardi B's Invasion of Privacy beat Astroworld for Best Rap Album at the Grammys, and it's safe to say, he didn't hide his disappointment. Steve Granitz / Getty Images Right before the award was announced, Travis and his then-girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, were told by producers to stand in the tunnel under the stage where he could easily run up and collect the award. There was a huddle of photographers poised to capture what many expected to be Travis's big winning moment, but when his name wasn't called, things got awkward fast. Kylie stood there in shock, and Travis walked away, loudly yelling "FUCK!" in frustration. Cardi was a very, very deserving winner, but the Astroworld loss was definitely a surprise to everyone. Netflix 4. In 2000, Denzel Washington looked set to take home his second Oscar for his performance in The Hurricane. However, he was beaten by Kevin Spacey, who won the award for American Beauty. Oscars / Via youtu.be In an interview with Esquire in 2024, Denzel got brutally honest about the wave of shock and disappointment that washed over him when Kevin's name was called instead of his. "I have a memory of turning around and looking at him, and nobody was standing but the people around him," he said, confessing that he "went home and drank that night." Jeff Kravitz / Getty Images It's worth noting that Kevin has since faced sexual assault allegations, which he has vehemently denied. In this interview, Denzel seemed to indicate that there was already "talk in the town" about Kevin's alleged behavior at this time, which perhaps impacted his bitter reaction to the loss. Although he eventually won his second Oscar in 2002 for Tra