KO'd: Sylvester Stallone Doesn't Win Oscar And Social Media Isn't Pleased
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Academy Award voters give Rocky Balboa a jarring uppercut.
In a major upset, Sylvester Stallone – who played the beloved retired boxer in "Creed" – lost the Best Supporting Actor Oscar to Mark Rylance from Steven Spielberg's "Bridge of Spies."
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The loss came as a surprise after Stallone won a Golden Globe in the same category.
Many took to Twitter to voice their displeasure at Stallone's Oscar loss.
Mark Rylance just handed Rocky his worst loss since Apollo Creed.
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) February 29, 2016
No one likes you, Rylance. No we've never heard of you, but we don't like you.
— John Stolnis (@JohnStolnis) February 29, 2016
Why do the Oscars hate Rocky? #bias
— FakeWIPCaller (@FakeWIPCaller) February 29, 2016
Stallone was robbed :(
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) February 29, 2016
Take down the Oscar statue outside the Art Museum.
— Jawn Gonzalez (@JohnGonzalez) February 29, 2016
Creed was the best movie I saw this year don't even @ me
— Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) February 29, 2016
Booooooooooooooooo pic.twitter.com/cM8L8skOgN
— Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) February 29, 2016
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) February 29, 2016
THIS IS THE TYREE CATCH ALL OVER AGAIN
Damn... Was rooting for Stallone to get it.
— John Jastremski (@john_jastremski) February 29, 2016
Awful. #Oscars
— Jeff Capellini (@JCapGLJ) February 29, 2016
.@TheSlyStallone To me, you're the best, no matter what they say. pic.twitter.com/zs4ZLl1nhY
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) February 29, 2016
The @Oscars_Live had a chance to award a role that has really touched lives - and they blew it. @TheSlyStallone @creedmovie #Rocky
— Mick Foley (@RealMickFoley) February 29, 2016
In 1977, "Rocky" captured Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards.