Toni Collette Fans Roast The Oscars for Mother's Day Hereditary Tweet

By Kofi Outlaw - May 10, 2022 12:29 pm EDT

Toni Collette fans are going off on The Oscars, over a Mother's Day tweet that was posted by The Academy's official Twitter account. The tweet in question was a set of still images taken from a scene Collette did in Ari Aster's cult-hit horror movie debut Hereditary (2018). However, the scene that was chosen for the image collage is a pretty dark one, in which Collette's character (a mother who's lost her daughter, due to her son's carelessness) finally breaks down and unleashes her grief and rage on her son in a major emotional explosion during dinner.

The scene is, indeed, a major showcase of Toni Collette's talent and power as an actress – but, according to the flame-war of response The Academy is now getting – it may not have been the most tasteful choice for a Mother's Day post...

What The Academy Did...

Happy Mothers Day to Toni Collette in Hereditary. pic.twitter.com/yTzP9NC7f0
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) May 8, 2022

Here's the post by The Academy that set things off.

Are you Fing With Us?

are you fucking with us rn? pic.twitter.com/q8B8xVh5T6
— dan the cartepillar (@racoon_sandwich) May 8, 2022

Serious question. Asking for a generation of horror fans.

How Dare You!!!

pic.twitter.com/HnMjxFvyvP
— 3x Grammy Winner Olivia Rodrigo (@fer_kirbyddl17) May 8, 2022

The cojones on these Oscars people...

Don't Talk About Snubs

Man y’all snubbed her. Stop talking about all the movies you snubbed. First Robert Eggers and now Toni.😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/HLs1tgaRiE
— k0rt3z_1211 (@k0rt3z_1211) May 9, 2022

It IS rather gauche...

Why Didn't You Nominate Her Though?

Why didn't you nominate her??? pic.twitter.com/Vk9YzbMUm8
— Èṣù (@Quimera_fc) May 9, 2022

Ok, why didn't you nominate her though??
— sam 🐙 (@SharpShubham) May 8, 2022

This is pretty much the baseline of the heat The Academy is catching on this.

Oscars Voters Don't Run Twitter

I have doubts that the 9921 voters of the Academy run the Twitter account
— Joala Kentucky (@JoalaKentucky) May 8, 2022

The Academy has several different divisions like any organization. The ones who do the awards voting aren't necessarily the same ones that are out here running the social media accounts. Let's just be clear.

Horror Bias Day

Happy You Forgot To Give Her Or Anyone Else Involved In It Any Nominations Because You’re Biased Against Horror Day. pic.twitter.com/6hBKC2xF0O
— S. Patrick Burke 🇺🇦 ☮️ 🕊 (@JawsVTheReturn) May 8, 2022

Horror fans aren't buying it. They want to see the gold statues.

This Is Annual

Every year, without fail, the academy posts about Hereditary. Like a dad who comes to the last baseball game their son is playing and then wants credit for “being there”.
— A Nightmare John Elm Street (@TWiStEdVoODoLL) May 8, 2022

The Academy seems to keep eating off Toni Collette's Hereditary performance – without actually awarding the lady. Rude.

She's Still At It...

tw// blood

toni collette gave yet ANOTHER phenomenal performance (released just a few days ago) of a scene reenacting one of the many theories of the tragic death of kathleen peterson at the bottom of the staircase.

check out the true crime miniseries ‘the staircase’ on hbo!! pic.twitter.com/8ggEZ7G1VJ
— TONI IS IN A NEW HBO SHOW (@T0NICOLLETTE) May 8, 2022

Toni Collette is still out here killing it. Check out The Staircase on HBO right now.

Best of the Decade

Why you didn’t nominate her? Best performance of the decade
— Johnny Hooker 💉 VACINA JÁ! 💉 (@JohnnyHooker) May 9, 2022

All jokes and memes aside, there are things Toni Collette did in Hereditary that haunt us to this day. She deserved more.

Take A Joke Like A Champ

logging into twitter today after tweeting about toni collette in hereditary. pic.twitter.com/k4hySG9r55
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) May 9, 2022

Clearly, The Academy knows to just take the "L" on this one.