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Now HILLARY CLINTON is weighing in on Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig's Oscars snap by telling them: 'You are both so much more than Kenough' and using the bizarre #HillaryBarbie hashtag

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Hillary Clinton has spoken out about director Greta Gerwig and actress Margot Robbie not being nominated for the Academy Awards for “Barbie.”

The former foreign minister posted on social media on Wednesday morning: 'Greta and Margot, although it may be tough to win the box office, but not to take home the gold, your millions of fans love you. You are both so much more than Kenough.”

The 76-year-old also added #HillaryBarbie to the bottom of her post on X, formerly known as Twitter, joining the likes of Ryan Gosling in condemning the criticism.

The slate for the 96th Academy Awards, which will take place on March 10, was released on Tuesday, with the two notable omissions sparking an outpouring of anger.

Making matters worse was the nomination of Robbie's male co-star Ryan Gosling, who is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Ken in the film.

Hillary Clinton will participate in the 'Women's turn to reshape the future', a GWL Voices dialogue event, held at Casa America in Madrid, Spain, on Monday.

The former foreign minister posted about the insult on social media on Wednesday morning

The former foreign minister posted about the insult on social media on Wednesday morning

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie pose backstage at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 14, 2024

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie pose backstage at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 14, 2024

Another Barbie star, America Ferrera, was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

Gosling even went so far as to make an extraordinary statement criticizing the Academy for not nominating the couple.

However, he dropped out of his own Oscar nomination in protest.

Gosling solemnly wrote: “There is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally celebrated film.

“No one in film would be recognized without their talent, perseverance and genius. To say I'm disappointed they weren't nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement.

“Their work should be recognized, along with the other very deserving nominees.”

Some fans were unimpressed by Gosling's statement, with one person saying: “It would be a strong statement to leave his name out.”

Others online said Gosling should 'just turn down' the Oscar nomination – and not appear at the star-studded event at all if he is truly outraged and disappointed.”

One person wrote: 'He can decline and give the nomination to another actor. So many things he can do…'

Gosling has been criticized after making an extraordinary statement criticizing the Academy Awards for not nominating Gerwig and Robbie

Gosling has been criticized after making an extraordinary statement criticizing the Academy Awards for not nominating Gerwig and Robbie

Elsewhere in his statement, Gosling expressed his gratitude for his Best Supporting Actor nomination

Elsewhere in his statement, Gosling expressed his gratitude for his Best Supporting Actor nomination

LA Times critic Mary McNamara also claimed that Barbie would have been nominated for an Oscar if she had been a prostitute, survived a serial murder or if she had thrown Ken out the window of the Dream House.

McNamara said the nominations – and lack thereof – showed how voters were out of step with the film's feminist message.

“How did voters justify giving 'Barbie,' with the very clear message that women have to dance backwards in heels to get half the appreciation their male counterparts get, a best picture nomination, while ignoring the two women who made that photo possible?' McNamara wrote.

The critic points to three films that received glowing nominations: “Poor Things,” featuring sex work, “Killer's of the Flower Moon,” about serial slayings, and “Anatomy of a Fall,” about a woman accused of murdering her man.

“If only 'Barbie' had worked as a sex worker for a while,” McNamara mused. 'Or barely survived becoming the next victim in a mass murder plot. Or was accused of pushing Ken out the top window of the Dream House.

“Millions of Barbie fans must be wishing right now that they could push someone – maybe one or two members of the film academy – out of a very high window.”

Director Gerwig, 40, was nominated for adapted screenplay in a lesser category, along with her husband Noah Baumbach, 54 – something McNamara tongue-in-cheek described as “breathtaking.”

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