NEWSHalle Berry Gets 'Payback' on Adrien Brody by Unexpectedly Kissing Him at 2025 Oscars 2 Decades After He Did the Same to Her: Watch
Halle Berry and Adrien Brody's second kiss was 22 years in the making!
Revenge is a dish best served cold!
At the 2025 Oscars on Sunday, March 2, Halle Berry shocked the masses when she unexpectedly smooched Adrien Brody on the red carpet to recreate their viral kiss from the 2003 Academy Awards.
While Brody, 51, was chatting with reporters, the mom-of-two stepped into the scene, put her arms around Brody and planted one on him. After holding the kiss for a few seconds, the two hugged and smiled as Brody gave the brunette beauty a peck on the cheek.
"Surpriseee @adrienbrody!! I had to get some payback š," the actress, 58, captioned a video of the moment on Instagram.
The Academy Awards' official Instagram page also shared a clip of their interaction, captioning it, "A reunion 22 years in the making. #Oscars."
Halle Berry got 'payback' on Adrien Brody by kissing him at the 2025 Oscars after he did the same to her at the 2003 awards show.
There isn't any romantic connection between the two, as Berry is dating musician Van Hunt and Brody is in a relationship with Harvey Weinstein's ex-wife Georgina Chapman.
The two first locked lips in 2003 after the Catwoman lead announced Brody as that year's winner of Best Actor for The Pianist. Berry seemed to be caught off guard by the kiss, and he then joked to her, "I bet they didnāt tell you that was in the gift bag."
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Brody got mixed reactions when he unexpectedly kissed the actress at the 2003 Academy Awards.
Though some people laughed off the awkward incident at the time, it's also been widely criticized ā however, Berry's 2025 move made it clear there are no hard feelings.
"That was one h--- of a night for him, and for me as well," the Extant alum told Variety after she got her revenge. "To be a part of his momentā¦ tonight I had to pay him back."
"Iāve seen him out at parties, but this is the first time since that night that Iāve seen him on the red carpet somewhere. Heās nominated this year. He deserved that," Berry explained.
Berry made it clear she doesn't have any hard feelings over the 2003 incident.
Brody addressed the controversy last month, telling a reporter, "We live in a very conscious time, which is a wonderful thing. And nothing that I ever do or have done or wouldāve done is ever done with the intention of making anyone feel bad."
Brody is once again nominated for Best Actor this year for his role in The Brutalist. He's up against Conclave's Ralph Fiennes, The Apprentice's Sebastian Stan, A Complete Unknown's TimothƩe Chalamet and Sing Sing's Colman Domingo.
