18 WTF Moments From Oscars 2017

5. Sunny Pawar Gets Lion King'D

Oscars 2017 Jimmy Kimmel Sunny Pawar
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At one point, Jimmy Kimmel decided to take a breather and start chatting to Sunny Pawar, the adorable, enormously talented young star of the Best Picture-nominated Lion.

After talking about Pawar's role in the movie, Kimmel decides to give him his own Lion King moment, lifting him up into the air, Simba-style, as the movie's iconic theme plays out, much to the crowd's delight.

And at that moment, some more candy dropped from the rafters, because why not?

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