Look, we’ve been treated to some shit your pants funny stories all week, especially with the bunch of comic book related 10-year challenges that dropped. But nothing beats this next one. Donald Trump — yes, the actual real-life President of the United States of America — just received a Worst Actor nomination for the 2019 Razzie Awards. If you’re unfamiliar with the Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies), think of it as a troll award show that celebrates the worst of the worst movies of the previous year.
Much like the Oscars, the Razzies consists of various categories too, namely Worst Film, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, Worst Actor and Worst Actress and many more. While most winners don’t usually show up to collect their (un) prestigious awards, there have been cases where actors/actresses show up and even deliver hilarious acceptance speeches just for the fun of it. Who can forget Halle Berry’s acceptance speech where she famously said (while cracking up on stage):
“First of all, I’d like to thank Warner Bros. Thank you for putting me in a piece of shit Godawful movie.”
And while Dwayne Johnson didn’t actually attend the event, he too was gracious in defeat, accepting his award for Baywatch via Twitter, while throwing some light jabs at the film.
It’s the #Oscars and Hollywood’s biggest night!
So let me go ahead and take this “L” right on the chin for Baywatch.
Win some, lose some.. but hey, that’s the way love goes. @RazzieAwards #Baywatch💩🥪 #AndTheWinnerLosesOn pic.twitter.com/2ICyzfVHSV— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) March 4, 2018
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the 2019 Razzie nominees have been announced. And while there are plenty of horrible movies and even more horrible performances that received nods, I think it’s safe to say that most of us will be rooting hard for the great big orange buffoon to take home the prize in the Worst Actor Category. What makes the situation even funnier is that he’s given a nod simply for featuring in a couple of documentaries where he appeared as himself and didn’t do any acting at all. Yeap, you read that right. Donald Trump, the President of USA received a Worst Actor nomination simply for being himself.
Competing with Donald Trump are other actors that are generally considered acclaimed, but dropped the ball big time this time around such as Will Ferrell (Holmes and Watson — 10% on Rotten Tomatoes), John Travolta (Gotti — 0% on Rotten Tomatoes) and Bruce Willis (Death Wish — 17% on Rotten Tomatoes). And to highlight what a nonsensical award show this truly is, Johnny Depp, too has been nominated simply for lending his voice to Detective Sherlock Gnomes (Sherlock Gnomes — 28% on Rotten Tomatoes).
Here’s the complete list of nominees:
Worst Picture
Gotti
The Happytime Murders
Holmes & Watson
Robin Hood
Winchester
Worst Actress
Jennifer Garner / Peppermint
Amber Heard / London Fields
Melissa McCarthy / The Happytime Murders and Life of the Party
Helen Mirren / Winchester
Amanda Seyfried / The Clapper
Worst Actor
Johnny Depp (Voice Only) / Sherlock Gnomes
Will Ferrell / Holmes & Watson
John Travolta / Gotti
Donald J. Trump (As Himself) / Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9
Bruce Willis / Death Wish
Worst Supporting Actor
Jamie Foxx / Robin Hood
Ludacris (Voice Only) / Show Dogs
Joel McHale / The Happytime Murders
John C. Reilly / Holmes & Watson
Justice Smith / Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Worst Supporting Actress
Kellyanne Conway (As Herself) / Fahrenheit 11/9
Marcia Gay Harden / Fifty Shades Freed
Kelly Preston / Gotti
Jaz Sinclair / Slender Man
Melania Trump (As Herself) / Fahrenheit 11/9
Worst Screen Combo
Any Two Actors or Puppets (Especially in Those Creepy Sex Scenes) / The Happytime Murders
Johnny Depp & His Fast-Fading Film Career (He’s doing voices for cartoons, fer kripesakes!) / Sherlock Gnomes
Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly (Trashing Two of Literature’s Most Beloved Characters) / Holmes & Watson
Kelly Preston & John Travolta (Getting BATTLEFIELD EARTH type Reviews!) / Gotti
Donald J. Trump & His Self Perpetuating Pettiness / Death of a Nation & Fahrenheit 11/9
Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel
Death of a Nation (remake of Hillary’s America…)
Death Wish
Holmes & Watson
The Meg (rip-off of Jaws)
Robin Hood
Worst Director
Etan Cohen / Holmes & Watson
Kevin Connolly / Gotti
James Foley / Fifty Shades Freed
Brian Henson / The Happytime Murders
The Spierig Brothers (Michael and Peter) / Winchester
Worst Screenplay
Death of a Nation, Written by Dinesh D’Souza & Bruce Schooley
Fifty Shades Freed, Screenplay by Niall Leonard, from the Novel by E.L. James
Gotti, Screenplay by Leo Rossi and Lem Dobbs
The Happytime Murders, Screenplay by Todd Berger, Story by Berger and Dee Austin Robinson
Winchester, Written by Tom Vaughan and The Spierig Brothers
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
