Oscars 2020: 15 WTF Moments

10. Yes, Tony Hawk Was At The Oscars

Oscars 2020 Tony Hawk
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Many viewers on social media expressed their surprise that a man resembling skateboarding legend Tony Hawk was fleetingly visible in the audience during the show, and that's because it was indeed the real Tony Hawk.

Hawk, looking uncharacteristically dapper in his suit - with not a single knee pad or helmet in sight - attended the Academy Awards to support the short film Learning to Skate in a Warzone (If You're a Girl), which actually ended up winning the Best Documentary Short Subject Oscar.

If it was odd enough to see Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello on stage introducing Vice at last year's Oscars, Hawk's sheer presence alone is somehow even weirder (but also totally awesome).

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