An Oscars photographer has come under fire after an incident at the ceremony last weekend.
In a widely circulated video, you can see where musician Lady Gaga tries to save a fallen photographer. She helps him up and the photographer then gets up and pats Lady Gaga twice on the back and hip. In the video, it is clear that this touch was not appreciated by the musician and it seems that she looks spitefully at the place where he touched her then avoids it, looking serious.
she ran to help this man and he basically slapped her butt area like ???? she looked down in shock and felt bad
— #1 replay stan ♋ STREAM M21CB (@scarzonreplay) March 13, 2023
Wait. Now I understand why she got serious again so quickly. He slapped her hip/ass unnecessarily. pic.twitter.com/oJF86Gq90L
— ☽☾ ♡ ˣ (@lovinginvention) March 13, 2023
Lady Gaga stops to help the photographer who fell at the #Oscars . pic.twitter.com/4w4MNCO89X
– PopBase (@PopBase) March 13, 2023
LMAO she just wanted to help and he just took the opportunity to harass her 💀 men don’t deserve anything
— sunny ♀ (@bunneysunney) March 14, 2023
— ray (@rayonhiatus) March 13, 2023
she tried to extend kindness and her response was to touch her like that?? No.
— Clary🦇 (@faerieclary) March 13, 2023
However, others pointed out that the photographer was probably half sorry after the fall and was still trying to regain his balance and only patted his back to express his gratitude. It is therefore quite clear to accuse him of harassment. Like she wasn’t glaring at the photographer, but just looking at something on the floor.
I watched this many times and didn’t understand. This message appears to be a litter. He patted her side to let her know he was fine. He didn’t grope her. Stop creating a problem out of thin air.
— Manny (@ManuelJunior_) March 13, 2023
he literally fell on the Oscars carpet in front of everyone, including the millions watching at home. I can guarantee his brain wasn’t thinking where not to touch someone. literally any part of the person to thank them. he probably didn’t even register who it was
— she ⚡️ (@bvdsteel) March 13, 2023
Y’all reach so hard on nothing he was flustered and patted her to signal he was fine and she didn’t even look uncomfortable she was looking at what he was picking up you should all redirect that energy to real bad people instead of being fake awake
— . (@steferinas) March 13, 2023