American actor and movie producer Brad Pitt year just got better as the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor accepted his first gold statuette for Best Supporting Actor in the movie at Sunday’s Oscars ceremony, which took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Pitt cracked jokes about Trump Impeachment during his acceptance speech: “Thank you to the Academy for this honor of honors,” he said.
“They told me I only have 45 seconds up here, which is more than the Senate gave John Bolton this week.” he added.
He joked about how the Senate voted against allowing witnesses during the trial that wrapped up last week.
"They told me I only had 45 seconds up here, which is 45 seconds more than the Senate gave John Bolton this week," Pitt said.
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The U.S. Senate voted last month against 52-48 to acquit US President Donald Trump of abuse of power, and of obstruction of Congress.
Pitt won for his role as stuntman Cliff Booth in Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood."
Set in 1969, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood revolves around the murder of prominent director, Roman Polanski wife, actress Sharon Tate, by an American criminal and cult leader, Charles Manson and his accomplices.
It also stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino, Dakota Fanning, Kurt Russell, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Luke Perry, Damon Herriman, Mike Moh, Sydney Sweeney, Lorenza Izzo, Rebecca Gayheart, and Damian Lewis.
It is produced by David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is Tarantino’s ninth film to direct.
The film held its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21.
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