10 Weirdest Celebrity Conspiracy Theories You Won't Believe

8. Marisa Tomei Never Won An Oscar

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Marisa Tomei, soon to be seen as Aunt May in Spider-Man: Homecoming, is an Oscar-winning actress thanks to her role in 1992's My Cousin Vinny. The problem is that My Cousin Vinny is a slapstick comedy and Tomei was nothing but a TV star at a time when TV stars and movie stars didn't mix. So the fact that she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1993 despite being up against "serious actresses" that were projected to win points to one thing; conspiracy!

As the story goes, there's no way Tomei should have won the Oscar because she wasn't even meant to be nominated. But when 74 year old Jack Palance presented the award and read the card with the winner on it, he couldn't see the actual name and announced Tomei's instead. Because, you know, old people can't see and they say crazy things all the time. Since the Academy didn't want to be publicly embarrassed by the mistake, they let it slide and hid the truth immediately after.

This conspiracy followed Tomei around for over two decades until finally, at the 2017 Oscars, the world was shocked when La La Land won Best Picture - and then didn't. This proved once and for all that, even though it may take a shamefully long amount of time, if the wrong winner is named someone will (awkwardly) fix the mistake live for the whole world to see. And since Tomei having her Oscar taken away on-stage never went viral, it seems that this conspiracy isn't true.

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