Jared Leto went viral at the Golden Globes for seemingly being ‘abandoned’ at an empty table at the star-studded annual awards ceremony.
The actor, 52, had been seated at a table with Joaquin Phoenix and Nicolas Cage for the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California on Sunday night.
But viewers were left in hysterics when Jared’s fellow celebrities left him alone at the table during the ceremony, sharing their amused reactions to the moment.
While Oprah Winfrey was presenting the award for Best Picture – Drama, the star-studded crowds framed the shot, with Jared seen sitting at his table solo directly behind her.
Taking to X – formerly known as Twitter – viewers were quick to jokingly question what Jared had done to prompt his table mates to ‘abandon’ him mid-ceremony.
Jared Leto went viral at the Golden Globes for seemingly being ‘abandoned’ at an empty table at the star-studded annual awards ceremony
The actor, 52, had been seated at a table with Nicolas Cage (pictured) and Joaquin Phoenix for the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California on Sunday night
Turning him into a meme, they quipped: ‘Jared Leto sitting in a corner in a empty table is so funny like’ … ‘What team bonding exercise did Jared Leto want to do w his table?’
‘Jared Leto’s table said: ‘yeah we’ll be right back” … ‘Jared Leto clearing out his entire table before the Golden Globes ended will never not be funny to me’ …. ‘Jared Leto what did you do to your table mates?’
Elsewhere during the ceremony, Jared was seemingly ‘snubbed’ from a reunion snap of actors who have played the Joker.
Barry Keoghan took to Instagram to share a snap of himself and Joaquin Phoenix, who have both portrayed the iconic Batman villain.
Despite Jared sitting on the same table as Joaquin during the ceremony, he was not seen in the reunion snap – even though he too portrayed the Joker in Suicide Squad.
Barry, 31, played Joker in 2022’s The Batman, and while he was only heard in the theatrical cut, Warner Bros. released a deleted scene with him and Robert Pattinson’s Batman, shortly after the film hit theaters.
Joaquin, 49, won his first Oscar for playing the title character in 2019’s Joker, which isn’t connected to the over-arching DC Extended Universe.
Uploading the snap of himself and Joaquin to social media, Barry captioned the snap post: ‘Just havin’ a laugh’ accompanied by a clown face emoji.
But when Oprah Winfrey was presenting the award for Best Picture – Drama, Jared could be seen sitting at his table solo directly behind her, prompting amused reactions from viewers
Taking to X – formerly known as Twitter – viewers were quick to jokingly question what Jared had done to prompt his table mates to ‘abandon’ him mid-ceremony
Joaquin will return as Arthur Fleck/Joker in Joker 2: Folie a Deux, starring alongside Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.
It was previously reported that Jared was furious about Joaquin’s Joker movie after his own performance in the role that he tried to get the film canned.
In 2019, it was claimed that Jared tried to get his agents’ help in killing the Warner Bros. project.
He reportedly believed he had been ‘strung along’ by Warner with promises of his own Joker stand-alone film after Suicide Squad, only for Joaquin to win the title of a project the studio assumed to be small.
Jared spent months getting into character for his Joker and went as far as sending gifts to his castmates – a live rat to Harley Quinn’s Margot Robbie, bullets to Deadshot actor Will Smith and a dead pig to the entire cast during rehearsal.
Elsewhere at the Golden Globes, Both Joaquin and Barry were nominated for Golden Globes, though they came away empty-handed.
Barry was nominated for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, though he lost out to Oppenheimer’s Cillian Murphy.
Joaquin was nominated for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for Beau is Afraid, but he lost to The Holdovers’ Paul Giamatti.
Elsewhere during the ceremony, Jared was seemingly ‘snubbed’ from a reunion snap of actors who have played the Joker as Barry Keoghan and Joaquin Phoenix posed together
Despite Jared sitting on the same table as Joaquin during the ceremony, he was not seen in the reunion snap – even though he too portrayed the Joker in Suicide Squad (pictured)
Barry played Joker in 2022’s The Batman, and while he was only heard in the theatrical cut, Warner Bros. released a deleted scene with him and Robert Pattinson’s Batman
Joaquin, 49, won his first Oscar for playing the villain in 2019’s Joker, which isn’t connected to the over-arching DC Extended Universe, and will return to the role in Joker 2: Folie a Deux
Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan also paid tribute to the late Heath Ledger, who played Joker to massive critical acclaim in 2008’s The Dark Knight, during the ceremony.
‘The only time I’ve ever been on this stage before was accepting one of these on behalf of our dear friend Heath Ledger, and that was complicated and challenging for me,’ he said, while accepting the award for Best Director for Oppenheimer.
‘And in the middle of speaking, I looked down at Robert Downey Jr., [who] caught my eye and gave me a look of support.’
‘The same look [he’s] giving me now — the same love and support he showed so many people in your community over the years,’ he added.