Jared Leto revealed that he finally tracked down his missing Oscar, three years after confessing that he hadn’t seen it since 2018.
On Sunday, the 52-year-old movie star shared a slideshow full of new snaps featuring him holding up his Academy Award with a cheeky caption, nodding to its disappearance.
‘Found my Oscar,’ he captioned his post, which received more than 248,815 likes and thousands of comments from fans congratulating him on locating the trophy.
In the first image, he can be seen proudly holding up his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor while posing for a bathroom mirror selfie.
The next showed an up-close photo of just the award, which stands 13.5 inches tall, weighs 8.5 pounds and has his name engraved on the front.
A third snap showed Leto smiling as he kept a tight hold on the statuette, which he won for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club (2013).
Jared Leto revealed that he finally tracked down his missing Oscar, three years after confessing that he hadn’t seen the statue since 2018
He did not provide any further details on when he found his Academy Award or where it was hiding all this time.
In 2021, Leto revealed that he hadn’t seen his Oscar in three years while appearing on The Late Late Show With James Corden.
‘You know, I found out that it’s been missing for, like three years, and I didn’t know that,’ he admitted.
”I don’t think anyone wanted to tell me. But I had moved houses in L.A. and then when we moved, it somehow just magically kind of disappeared,’ he explained.
The 30 Seconds To Mars frontman added that it could be somewhere in that new home, but everyone had been looking ‘high and low’ for it to no success.
He did have a positive outlook regardless of its whereabouts as he said: ‘I hope it’s in good hands wherever it is, but, you know, we haven’t seen it for quite some time.’
Corden laughed as he asked if Leto actually believes someone else has it.
The actor responded: ‘I think it’s a possibility. It’s not the sort of thing someone accidentally throws in the trash. I hope someone is caring for it.’
‘I remember the night I got it, I passed it around to so many people. I didn’t see it half the night. The thing’s beat up and scratched up, but people had fun taking pictures with it. It’s nice to share it, so hopefully someone’s taking good care of it,’ he recalled.
On Sunday, the 52-year-old movie star shared a slideshow full of new snaps featuring him holding up his Academy Award with a cheeky caption, nodding to its disappearance
‘Found my Oscar,’ he captioned his post, which received more than 248,815 likes and thousands of comments from fans congratulating him on locating the trophy
In 2014, he told Entertainment Tonight Canada that he accidentally ‘accidentally’ after ‘letting some of the people that’ he works with take a picture with it.
While accepting the award, he paid tribute to his mother, who he credited for teaching him to dream, and ‘the 36 million people who have lost the battle to AIDS.’
In Dallas Buyers Club, Leto portrayed Rayon, a transgender woman who is HIV-positive and struggling with addiction.
His critically acclaimed performance as Rayon also earned him a Golden Globe and SAG Award.
Others stars that have lost or misplaced their Academy Awards, include Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg, Matt Damon, Frances McDormand and Marlon Brando.
Leto won the Academy Award for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club (2013); seen above accepting the trophy in 2014
Jolie told The Telegraph that she gave her statue to her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, at some point, following her win in 2000, but it ended up missing following her mom’s death in 2007.
‘I didn’t actually lose it,’ Jolie said in 2009. ‘But nobody knows where it is at the moment.’
If you lose your Oscar, you are are required to report the loss to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences immediately.
Depending on the circumstances, they may provide you with a replacement statue.
