The Brutalist star Adrien Brody held a gold statue in his hands at Sunday night’s Oscars, while his girlfriend, Georgina Chapman, watched from the audience with a wad of her husband’s used chewing gum in hers.

As the two-time Oscar-winning star made his way to the Academy Awards stage to accept his second career Best Actor trophy for his work in the Brady Corbet-directed drama, he briefly paused, lifted his hand to his mouth, and then tossed an object toward his girlfriend’s outstretched palms. In a post-victory interview that aired Monday morning on Live With Kelly & Mark, Kelly Ripa inquired as to what happened in the moment — and Brody quickly clarified.

Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman at the 2025 Oscars. Mike Coppola/Getty

“Gum! Because I forgot I was chewing gum, and I can’t [chew gum in a] thank you speech,” Brody said.

Cohost Mark Consuelos observed that “you can’t swallow it” because “it’s bad for you,” as Brody replied, “I could’ve! I didn’t think about that. [I just thought] I’ve got to get rid of this somehow!”

Brody and Chapman, a former judge on Project Runway All Stars, have been together since 2020. Chapman was previously married to disgraced film producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein, whom she divorced following sexual harassment and assault accusations from dozens of women, including A-list actresses.

Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, and Adrien Brody. ABC

Brody won his Best Actor prize for his performance in The Brutalist, which follows a Holocaust survivor who expands his career as an architect in the United States while attempting to reconnect with his wife (fellow Oscar nominee Felicity Jones) as she makes her way to America as well.

In addition to Brody’s win, The Brutalist also scored Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Cinematography, while Corbet contended for Best Director (he lost to Sean Baker) and the film competed for Best Picture (which it lost to Baker’s Anora).

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Elsewhere at Sunday’s Oscars, Brody and history-making Best Actress winner Halle Berry made headlines after reuniting on the red carpet, where the pair exchanged a kiss in a nod to the infamous moment Brody gave an unsuspecting Berry a kiss as he accepted his first Best Actor statuette (for The Pianist) from her at the 2003 Academy Awards.

See the full list of 2025 Oscars winners here.