Lip Reader Reveals What Selena Gomez And Samuel L Jackson Said During That Oscars Speech

Selena Gomez and Samuel L Jackson looked fairly uncomfortable on stage at the Oscars last night after presenting the award for Best Documentary to No Other Land; the film about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that obviously carries a very heavy anti-war and pro-freedom sentiment.

Its directors – who are both Israeli and Palestinian – gave a speech calling for a halt to the devastation in Palestine, which I guess made Hollywood stalwarts Selena Gomez and Samuel L Jackson a little nervous? Watch below:

‘NO OTHER LAND’ filmmakers Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal & Yuval Abraham accepting their #Oscar:

“It reflects the harsh reality we’ve been enduring for decades, we call to stop the injustice and stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.” pic.twitter.com/n1xgZJPTDq

— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) March 3, 2025

Funnily enough, Gal Gadot was scheduled to present the award but backed out when she figured that No Other Land might win. Can you imagine the most pro-Israel actress out there having to present an Oscar to Palestine supporters? That would have been a hell of a moment right there.

Anyway, a lip reader has now spoken to MailOnline about what Selena Gomez and Samuel L Jackson said to each other on stage:

While [the speech] was wrapping up, Jackson allegedly told Gomez: ‘He made that speech very political,’ and she purportedly replied: ‘He did, yes.’

Gomez had a faint smile on her face while Jackson talked to her, and after she gave him her response, Jackson was seen laughing.

Political speeches at the Oscars? Come on Samuel L Jackson, this ain’t your first Oscars rodeo! At least this political speech was actually relevant to the award that was being received, and not just a random shot at Donald Trump or something. In any case, people on X weren’t happy with Gomez and Jackson:

The way Selena Gomez & Samuel Jackson were just laughing and having small talk during a speech about GENOCIDE is actually crazy, shows the deep lack of knowledge, respect, and empathy of Palestine. Truly despicable. CONGRATS No Other Land #Oscars2025 #LiberatePalestine

— USA & Israel are committing genocide (@katewright38) March 3, 2025

why were Samuel L Jackson and Selena Gomez kiki-ing while Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham accepted their Oscar and pled for the lives of Palestinians? pretty gross if you ask me #Oscars

— kstrucks (@kstrucks) March 3, 2025