12 Wild Oscar Conspiracy Theories People Actually Believe

Any conspiracy theorist worth their salt knows that the entertainment industry is basically run by the nefarious, brainwashing Illuminati so it only makes perfect sense that its influence would one day spread to the most hallowed of Hollywood ceremonies.

Nowhere was that more evident – well, at least according to some – than at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013 where a certain method actor named Daniel Day-Lewis picked up the award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the titular US president in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln and gave a particularly illuminating acceptance speech.

In it he thanked the usual suspects – his wife, his fellow nominees, the cast and crew of Lincoln – but included one specific reference about a ‘human pyramid’ that had conspiracy quack tongues a wagging.

What could Day-Lewis’s linguistic puffery possibly have to do with the Illuminati, I hear you cry? Well, pyramids are kind of triangular shaped and everybody knows that the Illuminati’s most favourite shape ever is the triangle.

Not to mention this occasion marked the third time Day-Lewis scooped the Best Actor accolade having previously won in 1990 for My Left Foot and in 2008 for There Will Be Blood. If the Illuminati really does control every facet of the entertainment industry, then they must play a part in selecting which of their celebrity minions gets a much-coveted golden statuette.

Perhaps that ‘human pyramid’ reference was a direct thank you from Day-Lewis to the Illuminati overlords. Perhaps this generation’s greatest method actor is no more than an Illuminati puppet. Or, you know, perhaps Day-Lewis was simply employing the king of verbal fellatio and unnecessary metaphor that many a gushing Oscar winner does in their acceptance speech.

Remember, though: this was the same Academy Award ceremony that supposedly saw Ben Affleck snubbed for a Best Director nomination on account of his Greek god-like abdominals, so anything is possible.