15 WTF Moments From BAFTAs 2017

15. Meryl Streep Freaks Out At Cirque Du Soleil

This year's BAFTAs opened with a bizarre and grossly overlong performance from Cirque du Soleil, which while impressive in its athleticism and pageantry, just felt rather unnecessary and tangential.

Still, viewers likely perked up a bit when the director cut to Meryl Streep, who seemed to be having a panicked reaction to the acrobats' death-defying performance, covering her eyes, removing her glasses and clearly mouthing "My God" as a female acrobat performed an insane flip.

Moments later Streep at least seemed to have regained her composure a little once it was clear that nobody had died during the impressive display, and appeared to at least partially enjoy the show.