Wearing a hot pink outfit and a black cowboy hat, the 43-year-old actor began his rendition of the Oscar-nominated song ‘I’m Just Ken’ by singing directly to his Barbie costar Margot Robbie, who couldn’t suppress her laughter.
Mark Ronson joined him on stage with a bunch of men wearing cowboy hats and suits, including fellow Kens Scott Evans, Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Ncuti Gatwa.
To cap off the incredible performance, Gosling was joined by Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen after being carried by the Kens and encircled by enormous cartoon Barbie heads.
He then made his way back to the audience, where Greta Gerwig, the director, and America Ferrera, who costarred with him in Barbie, joined in on the famous song.
Along with Billie Eilish and Finneas’ ‘What Was I Made For?”, Barbie is up for two awards in the Best Original Song category: ‘I’m Just Ken,’ written by Ronson and Andrew Wyatt.
Gosling has been having a great time leading up to the Oscars. He even made an appearance in a funny Oscars 2024 TV spot alongside America Ferrera and Kate McKinnon, his Barbie co-stars.
The Barbie star was honored in the Best Supporting Actor category for his portrayal of Ken,
even though Gosling doesn’t get credit if the song wins—that honor belongs to Ronson and Wyatt (the Oscar ultimately went to Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey Jr.).
His nomination for the box office smash is his third Academy Award nomination overall; he last received a nomination for the musical La La Land in 2016.
This year’s Critics Choice Awards saw ‘I’m Just Ken’ win best original song, which caused Ryan Gosling to make an incomprehensible face that went viral on social media.
Rosnson and Wyatt acknowledged the actor for his ‘matchless performance’ during their acceptance speech.
This prize is equally yours and ours. The actor from The Notebook was praised by the crowd for making them fall in love with the song.
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The 96th Academy Awards, which Jimmy Kimmel is hosting, will be broadcast live from Hollywood, California’s Dolby Theatre on Sunday.