Ryan Gosling’s stunned reaction toI’m Just Kenwinning Best Song at Sunday night’s Critics Choice Awards has gone viral. InBarbie,Gosling’s Ken belts out the balladas he wonders why he just can’t seem to win Barbie’s admiration. The song, written and produced by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, has become a sensation with over 70 million Spotify streams and over 3 million views on YouTube. Despite all that, Gosling’s reaction indicates that the win was a total shock to the actor.
I’m Just Kenwas up against two other songs from theBarbiesoundtrack, Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” and Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” (which earned a Golden Globe), along withThe Super Mario Bros. Movie’s"Peaches,“Rustin’s"Road to Freedom,” andWish’s"The Wish." As Bella Ramsay and Anthony Ramos announced the winner, the cameras caught Gosling’s bewildered expression. Viewers flocked to social media to share their comedic takes on the now viral moment.
During Ronson and Wyatt’s acceptance speech, Ronson addressed Gosling (who remained in the audience), saying:
“Ryan Gosling, this is as much your award as ours. You made the audience fall in love with this song with your matchless performance, so thank you.”
I’m Just Kenis also nominated for a Grammy.
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Another Ryan Gosling Moment at the Critics Choice Awards Garners Attention
Another Gosling moment during Sunday night’s awards ceremony also caught viewers' attention. Gosling’sBarbieco-star, America Ferrera, was recognized with the SeeHer Award; the accolade is presented to a woman who advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with authenticity, defies stereotypes, and pushes boundaries. Duringher impassioned speech, Ferrera shared how, as a young Latina growing up, she rarely saw characters that looked like her on television, film, or theater. She said:
I yearned to see people like myself on screen as full humans.
Ferrera noted the representation of Latina women expanding in the arts through characters she would not have seen in earlier years.
“To me, this is the best and highest use of storytelling: to affirm one another’s full humanity, to uphold the truth that we are all worthy of being seen. Black, Brown, indigenous, Asian, trans, disabled, any body type, any gender — we are all worthy of having our lives richly and authentically reflected,” she said.
Towards the end of her speech, Ferrera went on to thank herBarbiecolleagues Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, and the team’s Kens - including screenwriter and Gerwig’s husband, Noah Baumbach, producer and Robbie’s husband, Tom Ackerley, producer David Heyman, and Gosling. She said:
“Thank you to thank you to our Kens — Noah Baumbach, Tom Ackerley, David Heyman and Ryan Gosling — for all being man enough to support women’s work. You are all brilliant, and you are more than ‘Kenough.'”
The camera panned to a visibly moved Gosling. On social media, viewers celebrated Gosling’s reaction:
Barbieearned six awards at this year’s Critics’ Choices: Best Comedy, Best Original Screenplay, Best Song, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Hair and Makeup.
