For most Hollywood stars, winning a coveted Academy Award is one of the best moments in their career – but when Anne Hathaway was crowned Best Supporting Actress for her turn in Les Miserables, the experience was quite the opposite.
Speaking to The Guardian about her new film Colossal, the star spoke candidly about why she felt “very uncomfortable” during her acceptance speech, which caused some internet users to slam her for seeming ‘fake’.
“I kind of lost my mind doing that movie and it hadn’t come back yet. Then I had to stand up in front of people and feel something I don’t feel which is uncomplicated happiness,” she revealed.
“It’s an obvious thing, you win an Oscar and you’re supposed to be happy. I didn’t feel that way. I felt wrong that I was standing there in a gown that cost more than some people are going to see in their lifetime, and winning an award for portraying pain that still felt very much a part of our collective experience as human beings.

Anne on the red carpet at the 2013 Oscars, wearing Prada. Photo: Getty
The actress went on to acknowledge the backlash she got after that speech, saying she tried to “pretend” she was happy and “got called out on it, big time.”
“It sucks. But what you learn from it is that you only feel like you can die from embarrassment, you don’t actually die,” she said.
While the Oscars may have been a low point for the star, her career has only gotten bigger since then with films such as Alice Through The Looking Glass and Interstellar under her belt. And of course, the 33-year-old’s personal life saw a big change this year with the arrival of her first child with hubby Adam Shulman, a son named Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman.
Back in 2013, Anne gushed about how much she wanted kids of her own.
“I want to be a mother, and I anticipate loving my children quite fiercely,” she revealed. “I think about it all the time.”

Anne and her husband Adam welcomed their first child together in April.