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Ryan Gosling performs hilarious rendition of I'm Just Ken at Oscars

Ryan Gosling stormed the stage to sing I'm Just Ken from Barbie
Ryan Gosling stormed the stage to sing I'm Just Ken from Barbie

Ryan Gosling performed a hilarious rendition of I'm Just Ken at the Oscars, which began with him serenading Margot Robbie and ended with a full-blown sing-along with director Greta Gerwig and co-star America Ferrera.

The Barbie star donned a bright pink suit covered in sparkling rhinestones with gloves to match to perform the smash hit, which received a nomination at the 96th Academy Awards for Best Original Song.

Wearing a stetson hat tipped over his head and sunglasses, Gosling started his performance sitting in the audience by singing to his laughing Barbie co-star Robbie, who appeared unable to contain her giggles.

The La La Land actor then moved towards the stage to reveal songwriter Mark Ronson, who wore a billowing pink shirt as he played the guitar.

Gosling was then joined onstage by several actors who played Ken in Gerwig’s film, Ncuti Gatwa, Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, as well as a host of dancers in stetsons.

The army of Kens performed an all-singing all-dancing rendition of the song, which included the actor being lifted into the air surrounded by cutouts of Barbie’s head.

Slash then delivered a killer guitar solo while Gosling stepped out into the audience.

The actor stopped by actress Emma Stone, who enthusiastically sang along before he shared the microphone with his co-stars in the front row – Robbie, Ferrera and Gerwig – who passionately joined in.

Gosling lost out on the Best Original Song Oscar which went to Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell for their Barbie track, What Was I Made For?


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The 96th Academy Awards will be broadcast on RTÉ2 on Monday from 9:35pm. The ceremony will be available on demand on the RTÉ Player.

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