‘Anti-patriarchy nonsense’: Piers Morgan rips into Barbie after Oscars snub

Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan has ripped into the Barbie movie after actress Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig were snubbed from the Oscars in their respective categories.
The film was still nominated for eight awards, including Best Picture.
Actor Ryan Gosling, who plays ‘Ken’ in the film, expressed his disappointment at the Academy Awards after he was nominated for his supporting role.
“I thought the movie was awful; I thought it was man-hating, patronising, anti-patriarchy nonsense from start to finish,” Mr Morgan said.
“I didn’t think Margot Robbie, who I love and think is a brilliant actress, was very good in this.
“I thought he (Ryan Gosling) was the best of a bad bunch of acting performances.”
He added that Ms Gerwig is a good director but questioned why people thought she deserved a nomination for best director.

[@accutronitisthe2nd95]

'Barbie' isn't exactly a masterpiece of cinema...

[@Vanceydress]

Took over a billion at the box office.

[@Vanceydress]

Made over billion. Do understand how many people went and saw Barbie in the cinema for it to make that sort of money? Piers Morgan is a nobody in comparison. He is budget Tucker Carlson. In fact he isn't even budget Tucker Carlson he is Hannity lite.

[@larryjones676]

@@Vanceydressbox office performance is not indicative of whether it should be nominated for an Oscar

[@gsomethingsomething2658]

There's The Godfather I&II, Gladiator, There Will Be Blood, The Silence of the Lambs, Dances With Wolves, Amadeus... and now Barbie.

[@GreenFalcon926]

@@Vanceydress You're a spaz. Just because it made a lot of money doesn't mean it's a masterpiece. If you live by that idiotic logic, then why weren't the Transformers nominated?

[@joshuafielding7667]

It got 8 nominations… yet people are saying it was snubbed?! Wtf?!

[@Vortexfilmclub]

Only the press no one inside Hollywood gives a damn

[@jordanfelix4416]

People are crying about Gerwig being snubbed in Director and Margot in actress and yet Getwig is still a nominee for Screenplay and Margot for Picture…

[@Vanceydress]

It's not about the oscars it's about right wing snowflakes being buthurt. See America Ferrara's characters speech in particular.

[@Vanceydress]

Oh wait America was nominated.

[@keegankennedy1293]

@@Vanceydress You're the one coming across as butthurt and illogical. Nice try bud

[@bruh_hahaha]

Demanding awards for Barbie is another example of the entitlement mentality rotting our society.

[@sethputnamsghost]

Exactly it’s a clown world out there….Omg I just noticed your picture.🤣🤣🤘

[@MrSilverfish12]

Ryan Gosling shouldn´t be mad, we loved Ken!

[@keegankennedy1293]

The logic of the Barbie Oscar Nomination Complaint: 'Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were snubbed due to sexism and the patriarchy'. Not only was the Barbie movie itself nominated for 8 other awards, 2 of which, if won, would go to Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig themselves (best screenplay and best film), but America Ferrera was also nominated for best supporting actress for the same film. These two facts greatly undercut the ludicrous idea there is some sort of sexist plot against the movie. Also, complaining because Margo Robbie was not nominated for best actress... when five other WOMEN were nominated for best actress... in a category that exists and is meant to celebrate females, again is laughable and undercuts the idea this has to do with apparent 'misogyny'. Lastly, Gerwig wasn't nominated for best director but a woman named Justine Treat who directed Anatomy of a Fall was. So the claim here is that Gerwig and Robbie were denied nominations due to a sexist conspiracy even though they both were nominated in other categories...And other women...who are not Gerwig and Robbie...were nominated in the exact categories you think they were denied. Hahah Now obviously trying to connect this to sexism and patriarchy is another delusional and desperate attempt by very bored and very shallow people to feel persecuted because they don't know how to find any meaning in life except through a false personal narrative of victimization.

[@Vanceydress]

No one has said that.

[@Ladyofshalott55]

This year the actress category was excellent: From Sandra Hüller to Anette Benning, all of them better deserving than Robbie! There are only five places! And in the director category we have excellent Justine Triet, her film looks like a jewel before the stone Barbie...

[@MBKMA69]

Barbie vs Oppenheimer vs K O T Flower Moon???????????? Sorry NOT IN THE SAME LEAGUE.... Oscar shmoscar.........

[@sandy89107]

Margot is a great actress but barbie was a beautiful girl playing a beautiful girl. Easy. No effort needed except for actually taking the movie seriously at all.

[@anacc3257]

Barbie developed more and more into a human and had a lot of conversations with her surroundings. Not that easy of a character to play. It's not like she just stood there being pretty

[@Vanceydress]

But according to one the far right troll campaigns as a reaction to barbie MArgot Robbie is now considered mid.

[@justinbarber4567]

Which films has she been great in?

[@sandy89107]

@@justinbarber4567 I Tonya was her best in my opinion

[@justinbarber4567]

@@sandy89107 Tonya is good. I only see a pretty lady playing a pretty lady when I see MR. Nothing wrong with this whatsoever but is it great? Probably not.

[@franklineyombih8863]

Ken was the real star of the Barbie movie period

[@samsong24]

They both got nominations in different categories and they have had multiple nominations and wins at different award shows for well over a month now. How much glory and praise and attention do these people need?! The Golden Globes gave them a goodie bag worth half a million dollars. Seriously, stop feeling sorry for these women. They live elite lives that none of us will ever experience. Please bring Ricky Gervais back to the hosting role of these ceremonies.

[@giusi22]

who was the movie for tbh? i am a woman and also didn’t like it. she freaks out over a bit of cellulite and goes to the real world where a bunch of clowns at mattel act like bumbling monkeys? the barbie‘s get overrun by ken in a matter of hours? it wasn’t for kids, you can’t tell me kids had fun with this movie? i was expecting a campy funny movie but it just really wasn’t anything? the jokes didn’t land expect for goslings lines… i am a movie lover and this just wasn’t it

[@lyndkent-cl2oe]

YEP!...We "really don't care!"

[@Mcvthree3]

What a work of fluffy pink genius. It was the best movie since The Godfather. So touching and meaninful.

[@sethputnamsghost]

I’m a Barbie girl in a Barbie world I’m a dude by the way.😉

[@kennethrohloff7535]

The movie was a woke mess, celebrating some of the worst ideas about life

[@ginobiondi2]

Sorry but this film does not deserve an Oscar and Hillary trying to grab some of the limelight clearly pathetic.

[@CactusJack60]

If you think this is sexist then look at the nominations for Anatomy of a Fall, Poor Things and Everything Everywhere all at Once. All of which were mostly written directed and played by women. Stop crying 😑

[@mskool79]

Ken was the best thing about the movie.

[@alpacino4204]

It just deserve the song nominations

[@ejm6460]

I agree

[@sarge-T.O.]

Ken was the best written character. The best laughs almost all came from male characters. Gerwig writes men well, it seems. Blame her for Barbie not being better.

[@rogerwinters9856]

Barbie represented a white woman's life in the 1950s the movie was horrible.

[@solvingpolitics3172]

Keep getting censored. Try it in the Arab world and see what happens😂

[@zeldabaker1331]

Love Ryan Gosling, have no desire to see Barbie

[@bradwaghorn8955]

Piers. The best acting performance I have ever seen in all my 60 years was from Sandra Huller in the 2023 movie. Anatomy of a fall. You gotta see it.

[@sethputnamsghost]

What genre is it if you don’t mind me asking?

[@sethputnamsghost]

Every ounce of testosterone was completely replaced with estrogen as soon as he started whining.🙄 Ester, give me some common sense.👍

[@luciusesox1luckysox570]

Why don't people who want to push their anti society measures just make their own movies with their own stories, do something new ffs..

[@caratheresehodge4255]

That's so ridiculous. So because it's about Barbie, barbie HAS to get the award? No it's supposed to be who stood out in their role the most. I like Ryan Gosling as an actor but now I think stop snivelling

[@FLeigh12]

Barbie was really just fluff and fun and also very entertaining. That's it. --- Yes.! It had some good life lessons and messages, although I didn't care for all the ''men bashing'' - It was over-kill on that. But Ryan, ... an oscar nod,? Seriously? He can perform, but was not worthy at all for such a prestigous nomination..!!! --- THAT was total bullshit..!!!

[@AnitaAnneLloyd]

No I did not enjoy BARBIE. OH and I am a woman.

[@johnjames2010]

8 nominations INCLUDING best supporting MALE AND FEMALE ACTOR ??????? Yet they are annoyed It was not nominated for BEST actress ??? so Margot is now Meryll Streep ? It was not snubbed...It was overindulged

[@gerrigarrick]

Oh Piers. Did you really say,"Why can't we celebrate strong men?!?" As if Men have not been celebrated?! The movie is not man-hating!!!! First, it is a comedy. Little girls always ignored Ken. Ken never got played with. The movie is in on that joke and I found that bit hilarious. Ryan Gosling stole the movie. Omg. I usually appreciate how even-keeled, common sense your opinions are here, and I'm not even saying that Greta and Margo should have been nominated, although I'd absolutely make an argument for Greta, but to say the film was man-hating, is to miss the point of the film. I suggest you reach out to Greta and Noah( a man) who wrote the film to ask them their intentions here or watch it again, esp. the last scene, where Barbie encourages Ken to find who he is, apart from her. Part of the joke is that it's always been Barbie AND Ken. He felt less than, he felt he didn't exist apart from her gaze, but Barbie tells him he's wrong to think that.

[@teknolab7]

Saving Private Ryan 11 oscars nominations vs barbies 8......so barbie movie is in the same legendary league of movies as the latter???

[@mirunion]

former?

[@hangonaminute]

Piers is miserable. Barbie was a billion dollar success. It told a classic hero's journey in a perfectly realised storyworld shaped by generations of little girls' imaginations. And Ryan Gosling was being collegiate in supporting his co-star and director. Is it high art? No. But is it a well-acted, well-executed comedic story? Absolutely.

[@Femmeaesthetic]

Barbie may not be "man hating" but it was terrible except some of the comedy

[@FLeigh12]

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY M A N H A T I N G .!!!!! ----- Made them all look like KLUNK HEADS...!!!

[@JMBBrasil]

I hope only Ryan Gosling wins! It would be hilarious! And yes. The movie is awful! In many ways!! The only good thing was Ryan’s Ken.

[@hunterhoran]

People getting triggered over Barbie “man hating” is no different than the SJWs that Piers used to dunk on back in 2016

[@JohnnySplendid]

Huh it's almost like reactionaries are the much bigger babies except they somehow made a whole news organization out of whining over wokeness

[@Vanceydress]

We live in the age of triggering.

[@josephkearny5874]

America Ferrera was nominated as was the film for Best Picture and the screenplay by Greta Gerwig

[@dalevintage]

So much for it being an honor just to be nominated. Specially for a barely mediocre flick like Barbie. Remember when people were legitimately gracious?

[@gayavardan]

That movie itself is not worth being nominated let alone any actor who participated in it. The boxoffice is not what defines art nor it's the political agenda. This movie had nothing to do with art and it's offensive to list it in the same category as Oppenheimer or the rest. patriarchy has nothing to do with this narrative.

[@ejm6460]

For once i agree: Barbie should never had been a major player and i do not understand that in many ways! Barbie was laying it on way way too thick and it was a turn off and it took me out of the movie. It actually insulted my intelligence for sure. America Ferrera was an ok choice because she was the beating heart of it. Ryan, Margo and Gerwig: overrated!

[@dannyr2976]

The 'Barbie' brand as a movie is regarded as a good-time popcorn flick rather than a serious attempt at cinema. I would add 'The Dark Knight', regarded as one of the greatest comic book films of all-time, and a massive box-office success wasn't nominated for 'Best Picture' back in 2009 (which Barbie has been) neither were Christopher Nolan for 'Best Director' or Christian Bale for 'Best Actor', respectively. Heath Ledger on the other hand was nominated for 'Best Supporting Actor', no controversy or cries over sexism or excluding a genre of film. Just pure hypocrisy imo! I really hope Piers was joking about a remake of 'It's A Wonderful Life', my favourite Christmas film doesn't need to be destroyed by DEI!

[@drakenefx2816]

Exactly

[@SAHcheers]

I really like this guy whose name starts with Z. I think Piers called him Zubi. I also love the black girl who reports on politics & royals, but I don’t know her name. Both these folks are level headed & I thank God that they refute the Wokes.

[@userMelC]

Esther Krakue is her name and she is amazing. Zubi is his name :)

[@anacc3257]

@@userMelC Zuby. Come on gals, it's just a 4 letter name :)

[@userMelC]

😂 @@anacc3257

[@Vanceydress]

I really like this black girl

[@JMBBrasil]

Gosling is so afraid of getting cancelled that he realized the most stupid laughable statement of the year.

[@mowsey321]

I’m so confused by Pierces comments about Wizard of Oz. He said no white men in leading roles and then called it diverse for having a talking lion and a tin man??

[@tusharkumar8750]

I Honestly think Gerwig is overrated, I think more than her Emerald Fennel is much deserving for a Best Director or for Original Screenplay. Honestly the people compared this with "The Talented Mr. Ripley" are weird, it have nothing to do with that movie, and If people really snub on this criteria than so many movies can be snubbed.

[@zeldabaker1331]

Imagine replacing Morgan Freeman in a movie like Shawshank Redemtion 😮

[@keancrosby5779]

Red headed woman argues and says men don't enjoy female entertainment the proceeds to say the movie wasn't made for when very based person

[@almasmith906]

This movie was made for girls and women that can relate with the movie because of their childhood memories. Little girls really did not pay attention to boys as it should be. They only cared about fashion ect.This movie is fantasy..a movie for girls and women..not grumpy old men without imagination.

[@Nonyabiz370]

Completely agree with Piers, Zuby, and the brilliant (and gorgeous) Esther. Nobody rocks orange better than Esther.

[@lo7381]

Calm down it just a movie

[@rogereberton]

No one likes Greta Gerwig. This movie was forced down the throat of the audience thanks to the over-the-top marketing.

[@Vanceydress]

America Ferrar was nominated

[@vladiator8120]

Good, now we can move on from the abomination of a debacle that was Barbie. Thank you Ryan Gosling. How ironic, lmao!

[@Vanceydress]

Took a billion at the box office.

[@eddydelgado51]

The best acting I’ve ever seen was Pamela Rabe as Joan Ferguson in the Wentworth series.

[@gabrieldjatienza6971]

Ken upstaged Barbie in her own movie 😅😅😅😅😅

[@pabloashan-deleon3088]

🥺 When DELUSION, Becomes ONES REALITY, SANITY Gets SEVERELY, COMPROMISED. 🤭😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 👇🏿 Every *"ACTION"* Has An *"EQUAL"* And *"OPPOSITE"* *"REACTION"* ❗️🤔💭

[@Vanceydress]

Sums Sky News up perfectly. Thanks.

[@annelally]

Worst film ever!

[@KODIAK-ij4yg]

Lol... Made me think of "The Wiz" with Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.... I assume Piers hasn't heard of it and im sure he'd go on Rant if he did💩

[@mcsuibhne005]

It's a comedy. Relax.

[@WillJ99999]

Women problem in barbie that they complain so much can be solved easily in one second…..stop making problem up and stop thinking everything is about you, women.

[@nidhinagaraj2014]

Finally somebody said it

[@jasonwilliams9922]

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[@ch33psk8]

Does extreme beauty then naturally transform into ugliness? ~ John Merrick (The Elephant Man)

[@jasonwilliams9922]

@@ch33psk8bro I’m so dumb I just reckon she’s hot as….

[@jasonwilliams9922]

Margot is so hot 🥵

[@jasonwilliams9922]

It should be of no surprise that their trading strategy’s fail, I mean look how accurate KZbin’s algorithm is ;) Imagine then being silly enough to form trades from that data 😂

[@ch33psk8]

@@jasonwilliams9922 Little head seems smart enough

[@bendovbloch7630]

I draw the line at transformers. Dont dont you dare >:(

[@cityofjey]

The Wiz was mentioned here already, which was an all black cast version of The Wizard of Oz. And despite the big names in the movie, I didn't care much for it; and I'm black for the record. So leave these classic movies alone; especially those starring James Stewart. No one can comes close to making his films better.

[@SimsinWonderland]

What a freaking baby

[@Alexander-bj6vj]

A film about hating men that got 8 oscar nominations only because of that fact.

[@Vanceydress]

And took a billion at the box office.

[@Vanceydress]

Why was it so popular.

[@bradwaghorn8955]

What’s a fillem !

[@angryyoungman66]

Patriarchy wins 😂😂 line of the day

[@shakypam]

i see Piers is back to his usual painful schtick here. Don't want to lose those troglodytes eh Piers

[@Ktalks100]

Pierce casually throws in 'man hating' and 'patriarchy bashing' as reasons to dislike Barbie ...but the film Silence of the Lambs could be seen as having woman hating themes, right ? The central character of this film, is a misogynistic male psychopath who relishes in skinning his female victims and in traumatising the young female FBI agent played by Jodie Foster... but the film won the big awards like best director, best picture, best actor and best actress at the Oscars. But my both my very well educated parents walked out of that film. They thought Silence of the Lambs- arguably the absolute opposite of the film Barbie-was a truly awful film.

[@drakenefx2816]

Sorry but silence of the lambs is a masterpiece. And no way in hell you thought the central character aka the protagonist was buffalo bill. The protagonist was jodie foster and buffalo bill dies at the end of the movie. Genuine question have you watched the movie? I mean jodie foster even won an award(edit:oscar) for best actress in a LEADING role for this movie.

[@margholtz]

Who cares what kind of feminist you like?!

[@justinbarber4567]

Feminists are mostly rotten which is why the majority of woman can’t stand them.

[@JCChavz]

I live in California (reluctantly) and I’m happy to say sky news Australia is my favorite news channel 😂 I’m not even joking.

[@Vanceydress]

It's owned by Murdoch it's exactly the same as Fox news.

[@Vanceydress]

Rupert Murdoch owns Fox News. Rupert Murdoch owns Sky News Australia.

[@ratours9531]

They should do a female version of magic Mike that I down for 😉

[@Vanceydress]

And market it to children? What is wrong with you?

[@drakenefx2816]

​@@Vanceydresswtf are you talking about magic mike was r rated. If there is a female version of magic mike it should and will be r rated too. Wtf is wrong with you?

[@LuciferBlack-er9jd]

Lol Princess piers is known for his fear of independent thinking women...🥵 Its why he supports the princess who submits to doing what she is told by men 24/7 for life..... Kate Middleton 😆😆😆