Jenny Slate Details Her Embarrassing, Butt-Baring Wardrobe Malfunction at the 2023 Oscars
"I'd say it was half-crack," the 'Marcel the Shell with Shoes On' star told Jimmy Kimmel
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Jenny Slate attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023.Jenny Slate is getting candid about her wardrobe mishap at the 2023 Oscars.
During her appearance on Tuesday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the 41-year-old actress recounted the incident that occurred during last year's awards ceremony. Slate revealed that shortly after arriving at the event, her dress (which she was sewn into) unexpectedly split.
"It was like, bah bah bah bah," she humorously described to Kimmel, 56, recalling the moment. "And guess what was exposed? My butt."
"I'd say it was half-crack," she continued, playfully noting the extent of the wardrobe malfunction.
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Coincidentally, as this happened, Slate shared that the Academy was announcing the award for best animated feature, a category for which her film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On had been nominated. Upon learning that she hadn't won, she admitted to feeling relieved, knowing she wouldn't have to take the stage in her compromised attire.
Recounting the immediate aftermath, Slate told Kimmel, "My husband's sitting next to me and I'm like, 'My butt's out.' He's like, 'Should we leave?' And I'm like, 'I don't know, let's just go get a drink.' So we go get a drink, we come back, and our seats have been taken by a team of Belgian filmmakers."
Finding themselves without seats, they moved to a different spot, ironically more visible to the camera. "I'm like, 'I should just go. Let's get out of here, man. My butt's out, and I lost, which is fine,' " she continued. Despite the mishap, Slate realized she was experiencing a career highlight, being involved in two significant films.
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Despite the initial embarrassment, Slate's spirits were lifted when her other film, Everything Everywhere All at Once, won best picture. She described how she made her way onto the stage, carefully holding her dress together, to join her colleagues in celebration.
"I was like, 'I'm here, I'm back here, thank you so much.' And then, as I waddled off holding my butt closed, I saw you," she said, addressing Kimmel, who was present at the event but unaware of her predicament.
"I never know when people's butts are out," Kimmel quipped in response. "It's one of my things."
Earlier in the interview, Slate shared how the dress situation wasn't the only thing that went wrong that night. Turns out, her driver also originally took her to the Hollywood Bowl instead of the Dolby Theatre when departing for the event after getting sewn into the gown.
She added how she rode the way drive in a sprinter van to not wrinkle her dress.
"They're like, 'You'll be there in 17 minutes. This is an ordeal, but it'll be fine,' " she recalled. "But then a bunch of time goes by and obviously I have no idea what's going on. I'm like, 'This feels longer than 17 minutes.' "
She continued, "But we show up at the Hollywood Bowl. I don't know that's just not where the Oscars are."
The 96th annual Academy Awards will be held Sunday, March 10, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will air live on ABC starting at 7:00 p.m. ET (an hour earlier than usual).
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