Greater than 20 years after their notorious Oscars kiss, Halle Berry received her “payback” on the 2025 Academy Awards.
WASHINGTON — Twenty two years after their surprising kiss on the 2003 Oscars, Halle Berry received her “payback” on Adrien Brody.
Whereas strolling the Oscars 2025 purple carpet on Sunday, Berry approached Brody and stunned him with a kiss of her personal.
Berry shared a video of the second on her Instagram with the caption: “Surpriseee @adrienbrody!! I needed to get some payback.”
The official Oscars social media account additionally posted one other angle of the “reunion 22 years within the making” the place you’ll be able to hear Berry comment to Brody’s companion, Georgina Chapman, that she’s “sorry Georgina, however I’ve received to do that.”
Whereas accepting the award for his first greatest actor win in 2003 for “The Pianist,” Brody kissed Berry, who offered the award, on the podium.
“I guess they didn’t let you know that was within the reward bag,” he joked throughout his acceptance speech whereas Berry, who appeared caught off guard.
Throughout a 2007 episode of “Watch What Occurs Stay with Andy Cohen,” Berry – who made historical past along with her greatest actress win in 2002 – confirmed the Oscars kiss was not deliberate.
“As a result of I used to be there the 12 months earlier than, and I do know the sensation of being out of your physique, I simply…went with it,” she recounted.
“Twenty one years I have been ready to get him on the purple carpet and slap one on him,” Berry remarked to “Further” after Sunday’s “payback” kiss.
Similar to in 2003, Brody additionally gained the Academy Award for greatest actor. The 22-year hole between his first and second win for “The Pianist” is the second longest between greatest actor wins. It was 29 years between wins for “Silence of the Lambs” and “The Father” for Anthony Hopkins.
