About three years after stirring controversy for playing a half-Asian character in Cameron Crowe’s Aloha, Emma Stone, who is not Asian, appeared to offer an apology of sorts at the 76th annual Golden Globes.
At the start of the ceremony, Sandra Oh, who co-hosted the show with Andy Samberg, joked about the spate of whitewashing of Asian characters in Hollywood while speaking about Crazy Rich Asians, which is up for a Golden Globe.
“It is the first studio film with an Asian-American lead since Ghost in the Shell and Aloha,” she said.
Amid the laughs, Emma Stone could be heard in the audience yelling, “I’m sorry!”
It was an apology that shocked the internet and viewers, who couldn’t confirm what they’d heard right away.
