Hillary Clinton Roasted on Social Media For Conflating The Barbie-Oscars Dustup With Her 2016 Election Loss

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton posted her condolences for the Barbie movie’s “Oscars snubs” to social media, only to be accused of trying to steal some of the limelight for herself.

Barbie received eight Academy Award nominations on Tuesday and made history as “the only billion-dollar movie solely directed by a woman,” according to National Public Radio.

However, many movie fans thought director Greta Gerwig and actor Margot Robbie were shamelessly overlooked in the nomination process.

Clinton must have seen a connection between her loss in the 2016 presidential elections and the Barbie “snub” when she posted to X on Wednesday: “Greta & Margot, While it can sting to win the box office but not take home the gold, your millions of fans love you. You’re both so much more than Kenough. #HillaryBarbie.”

The made-up word “Kenough” was a reference to “Ken’s” awakening in the movie when he realized he could stand on his own two feet as more than just an accessory to Barbie.

Clinton probably felt she was “Kenough” when she famously won the popular vote by 2.9 million, only to lose to Donald Trump in the electoral college. She went down in history as having “the largest popular vote margin of any losing presidential candidate in U.S. history.”

However, digital pub Indy500 said Hillary’s statement backfired “spectacularly.”

One person on X posted a photo of Fonzie from the TV show Happy Days, who was “jumping the shark,” a gesture that came to represent “being past your prime.”

Ryan Gosling, who was nominated in the Best Actor category, released a statement that read in part:

I am extremely honored to be nominated by my colleagues alongside such remarkable artists in a year of so many great films. And I never thought I’d being saying this, but I’m also incredibly honored and proud that it’s for portraying a plastic doll named Ken.

But there is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally-celebrated film.

Barbie snagged eight nominations overall, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Song (for both “I’m Just Ken” and “What Was I Made For?”), according to Entertainment Weekly.