Adrien Brody has defended his controversial moment at the 2025 Oscars, where he threw his chewing gum toward girlfriend Georgina Chapman. The 51-year-old actor was caught on camera removing the gum from his mouth before accepting his Best Actor award for The Brutalist.

Brody's speech clocked in at five minutes and forty seconds—which, according to Guinness World Records, makes it the longest speech given in the history of the ceremony.