
On Sunday, March 2, the world's greatest stars will be honoured at the 97th Academy Awards - and, if past Oscars are anything to go by, it'll be as eventful as it will be emotional. Oscars history is punctuated with controversial moments, the most outrageous occurring in 2022 when Best Actor winner Will Smith stormed the stage and slapped host Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada's bald head. But, far from the first time fans have been left gobsmacked, Smith and Rock's on-stage altercation came after a number of other shocking, cringeworthy, unfortunate and simply bizarre moments dating back decades. Here, FEMAIL reveals the most shocking and controversial Oscars moments in the show's long history.