Glenn Close shook her ass to 'Da Butt' at the Oscars, and everyone loved it

   Glenn Close displayed some notable knowledge of go-go music at the Oscars.

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This year in Oscar's history, veteran actor and producer Glenn Close shook her ass to 1988 funk track "Da Butt" by E.U. Not everyone was nominated at the 93rd Academy Awards, but all of us still won.

In a short segment celebrating movie music, actor Lil Rel Howery challenged Oscars attendees to identify famous film tracks from snippets played by DJ Questlove. Yet while Lil Rel Howery's banter with Best Supporting Actor winner Daniel Kaluuya was fun, it was Hillbilly Elegy star Glenn Close's quick identification of a song from the 1988 School Daze soundtrack that stole the show.

"I know that! 'Da Butt' was a classic song by the great Washington, D.C. go-go band E.U." said Close. "Shoutouts to Sugar Bear and the BackYard Band and the whole D.M.V."

Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliot is the frontman of E.U., or Experience Unlimited, and BackYard Band is another Washington, D.C. go-go band. Close wasn't referring to the Department of Motor Vehicles with her reference to the D.M.V. either, rather the Washington metropolitan area (D.C., Maryland, Virginia).

Glenn Close stole the show at the #Oscarspic.twitter.com/dYeKMfqUW0

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 26, 2021

"Spike Lee had ['Da Butt'] written for his brilliant movie School Daze, and my friends at the Oscars missed it and it wasn't nominated so it couldn't have won, which I think is just an effing tragedy," Close continued.

Though no doubt at least partially scripted, viewers were impressed with Close's apparent knowledge of the Washington, D.C. music scene. However it was when the revered 74-year-old actor stood up and put her moves where her mouth was that this truly became a moment to remember, with Close demonstrating to Lil Rel Howery the finer points of how to do Da Butt.

Glenn Close, everyone! #Oscarspic.twitter.com/akwOxvRS6s

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) April 26, 2021

Twitter loved it of course, with Close's moves becoming an unexpected highlight of the night. Few people have the bravery, good nature, and moves to twerk live on television, and fewer expected famed actor Glenn Close to be one of them.

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i love that glenn close knows the entire wikipedia history of da butt #Oscars

— Candice Frederick (@ReelTalker) April 26, 2021

Give Glenn Close an Oscar for that pls.

— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) April 26, 2021

I don’t know what’s happening right now Glen Close is shouting out the DMV and doing the butt and like idk I’m just gonna vibe out...

— SCAM GODDESS (@DivaLaci) April 26, 2021

I did not have Glenn close doing da butt on my Oscar bingo card but here we are.

— roxane gay (@rgay) April 26, 2021

"THAT'S DA BUTT" was not on my list of "things I thought I'd ever heard Glenn Close say or do" but here we are

— shauna (@goldengateblond) April 26, 2021

Oh my god, Glenn Close answering questions about Da Butt is literally my *dream swerve* for this event.

— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) April 26, 2021

Glenn Close just did da butt on the Oscars is a brand new sentence

— 🟣 Wiffy Mountbatten (@wyntermitchell) April 26, 2021

Glenn Close just won her first Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film #Oscarspic.twitter.com/RgtaFO33Uj

— Joey Nolfi (@joeynolfi) April 26, 2021

So funny story, I was taking a quick nap between the awards (it's been a long week for me) and when I woke up, it was to Glenn Close talking about "Da Butt" and dancing to it, so I couldn't tell if that was real or if I was still dreaming/tripping hard. #Oscars

— Shaurya Chawla (@_ShauryaChawla) April 26, 2021

Glenn Close gave a history lesson, cussed the Oscars out for not nominating Da Butt and then did it. Icon😭

— Ashley K. (@AshleyKSmalls) April 26, 2021

I cannot believe I just watched glenn close buss it on live television #Oscars

— paulˣ (@dearapriII) April 26, 2021

it was either a longer in memoriam or da butt but it couldn’t be both and decisions had to be made

— Lana Berry (@Lana) April 26, 2021

I bet they didn’t think ‘Da Butt’ was going to be the most successful part of the production part.

— Linda Holmes Thinks You're Doing Great (@lindaholmes) April 26, 2021

Close lost the Best Supporting Actress award to Minari's Youn Yuh-jung, tying Peter O'Toole's record for most Academy Award nominations without a win. Yet while she didn't win the Oscar, she definitely won the night. 

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