Halle Berry, 58, sent tongues wagging when he kissed The Brutalist star on the red carpet at the glitzy Hollywood ceremony on Saturday nights, moments before he won the Oscar for Best Actor.
The shock smooch was a nod to an equally iconic Oscars moment 22 years ago, when Adrien, now 51, pulled Halle in for a dramatic kiss after bagging his first Academy Award for The Pianist.
This time around, the kiss was planted in front of the actor’s girlfriend –Â Harvey Weinstein’s ex – Georgina who clapped as the pair then went in for a warm embrace.
Now the 48-year-old English fashion designer and actress, who has been dating Adrien since 2020, has broken her silence on the incident.
She told Extra: said: ‘It was [quite the moment], wasn’t it? I mean, how can you deny a man a kiss with Halle Berry?
Georgina confirmed that Adrien was not in her bad books for the impromptu snog, adding: ‘He was more than fine.’
Halle appeared to pre-emptively apologise to Georgina just before she planted the kiss on the Oscar winner.
She then turned to his girlfriend and said: ‘I’m sorry, Georgina, but I’ve gotta do it.’
The Catwoman icon later clarified to Extra: ‘Oh yeah! Only because she was fine could I do it.
’21 years I’ve been waiting to get him on a red carpet and slap on one.’
The stars first caused a scandal at the 2003 Oscars ceremony, when Halle, who won an Academy Award for her role in Monster’s Ball the previous year, presented the honour for Best Actor.
After she introduced a montage that featured past winners of the category going back to the start of the ceremony, Adrien was crowned the winner for starring in Roman Polanski’s acclaimed Holocaust drama The Pianist.
The star broke a record with the win, become the youngest Best Actor winner at 29 years old.
