Al Pacino Addresses Bizarre Oscars Moment: 'There Seems To Be Some Controversy'

The actor presented the best picture award without naming the nominees, before announcing "Oppenheimer" as the winner with unexpected leisure.

Just this once, Al Pacino will let people ask him about his business.

The “Godfather” star was front and center Sunday at the Oscars presenting Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” with the best picture award, but caused confusion by opening the winning envelope without first naming the other nine nominated contenders — a list that included “Poor Things,” “Barbie,” “The Zone of Interest” and more.

“There seems to be some controversy about my not mentioning every film by name last night before announcing the best picture award,” the 83-year-old actor told Variety in a statement Monday.

“I just want to be clear it was not my intention to omit them,” Pacino continued, “rather a choice by the producers not to have them said again since they were highlighted individually throughout the ceremony.”

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences typically has the presenter for Best Picture list each film before announcing the winner, and while the ceremony is always changing — and started an hour earlier this year — many were baffled by Pacino.