Kylie Jenner had fans buzzing when she quietly swapped seats just before boyfriend Timothée Chalamet’s Oscar category was announced.
As the Oscars 2025 ceremony unfolded at the Dolby Theatre, the makeup mogul was front and center beside the Wonka star, who was up for Best Actor for his turn as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
But when last year’s winner, Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy, stepped onstage to reveal this year’s champ, eagle-eyed viewers noticed Kylie was no longer next to Timothée.
In her place? His mother, Nicole Flender, who had already shared the red carpet spotlight with her son earlier that evening.
And while Nicole was now positioned for what could have been a tear-jerking victory moment, she instead had a front-row seat to watch her son lose to Adrien Brody for The Brutalist.
Naturally, fans speculated that Kylie, who had shifted to the row behind Timothée, stepped aside to let him and his mom share the moment—had he won.
Kylie Jenner had fans buzzing when she quietly swapped seats just before boyfriend Timothée Chalamet’s Oscar category was announced
As the Oscars 2025 ceremony unfolded at the Dolby Theatre, the makeup mogul was front and center beside the Wonka star , who was up for Best Actor for his turn as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown
But when last year’s winner, Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy , stepped onstage to reveal this year’s champ, eagle-eyed viewers noticed Kylie was no longer next to Timothée
‘Kylie swapped seats with Nicole for this category just in case Timothée won,’ one fan tweeted.
A different viewer posted, ‘Who else noticed they switched Kylie Jenner with Timothee’s mom.’
Another quipped, ‘They really put Timothée front and center, moved Kylie so his mom could sit with him, and then gave the award to Adrien Brody. #Oscars.’
Read More Fans think Timothée Chalamet lost at 2025 Oscars thanks to ‘Kardashian curse’ 
Yet another chimed in, ‘them swapping out kylie for timothée’s mom right before best actor was announced…… ooooooo.’
Although Kylie was seated behind Timothée, she still made sure to give him a kiss after his loss.
Timothée leaned back as Kylie stretched her arms over the seat to share a sweet smooch, undeterred by the barrier between them.
While a majority of fans on X/Twitter were elated over the couple’s Oscars date night, some people claimed that Jenner’s presence at the ceremony will cause Chalamet to lose his Best Actor nomination.
‘Everyone saying he’s going to lose because he brought her,’ wrote one X/Twitter user.
‘He goin home empty handed,’ another person suggested.
‘Ohhhhh he’s losing that Oscar,’ a third user said, while someone else wrote: ‘He’s not winning.’
2025 Oscar Winners: AT A GLANCE
Best Picture: Anora
Actress in a Leading Role: Mikey Madison — Anora
Actor in a Leading Role: Adrien Brody — The Brutalist
Actress in a Supporting Role: Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez
Actor in a Supporting Role: Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain
Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldana and Kieran Culkin are seen left to right
Best Director: Sean Baker — Anora
Original Screenplay: Sean Baker — Anora
Achievement in Film Editing: Sean Baker — Anora
Adapted Screenplay: Conclave — Peter Straughan
International Feature Film: I’m Still Here (Brazil)
Documentary Feature Film: No Other Land
Achievement in Costume Design: Paul Tazewell — Wicked
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Despite moving to the row behind him, Kylie stayed close by
They seemed to be enjoying the seat switch
PDA wasnt off the table
Timothee can be seen next to his mother
Naturally, fans speculated that Kylie, who had shifted to the row behind Timothée, stepped aside to let him and his mom share the moment—had he won
Chalamet brought his mother Nicole Flender along for the Oscars ride
Timothee hugged winner Adrien Brody and his girlfriend Georgina Chapman without Kylie nearby
It seemed their reasoning was due to the ‘Kardashian curse,’ an online theory that every man who gets romantically involved with one of the Kardashian-Jenner sisters suffers a fall from grace.
‘I hope the Kardashian curse is fake now,’ said one fan, in response to pH๏τos of Chalamet and Jenner at the Oscars.
‘They told him don’t bring Kylie she got that Kardashian curse,’ another person wrote.
The outing marked Kylie’s first public appearance since the heartbreaking loss of her beloved hairstylist Jesús Guerrero.
Kylie spent much of last Sunday comforting members of Guerrero’s family, which is why her Timothée took his mother Nicole Flender to the SAG Awards where he won the best actor trophy for A Complete Unknown.
Ahead of the ceremony, Kylie’s glam team shared a snap of the beauty, with a tribute to Jesus.
‘Today was really hard without you, but I know how excited you were for Ky to attend the Oscars,’ Jenner’s longtime makeup artist Ariel Tejada wrote on Instagram.
‘I felt your energy guiding us today. I hope we did you proud,’ Tejada continued of Guerrero. ‘We love you forever’
Kylie and Timothée have been an item for almost two years, with rumors of their romance first swirling in April 2023 when her car was parked outside his Beverly Hills home.
Kylie’s appearance comes just days after she pledged to cover the funeral costs for Jesús
Kylie spent much of last Sunday comforting members of Guerrero’s family, which is why her Timothée took his mother Nicole Flender to the SAG Awards where he won the best actor trophy for A Complete Unknown
Award season kicked off last month and so far, billionaire Kylie, 27, has skipped all of the red carpet fanfare to let her Hollywood actor boyfriend, 29, bask in the spotlight alone
Ahead of the ceremony, Kylie’s glam team shared a snap of the beauty, with a tribute to Jesus
The eventually made their first public appearance at Beyoncé’s star-studded birthday concert in September 2023, where videos circulated of them cuddling and kissing in full view of concertgoers.
The couple made their award season debut at the 81st Golden Globes last January.
The 97th Academy Awards are honoring the best films of 2024, with the star-studded ceremony being held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Conan O’Brien, 61, marked his debut as Oscars host, after joking: ‘I only agreed to host so that I could get invited.’
Oscar winners 2025 full list – see who received honors for this year’s Academy Awards
Best Picture
Anora – WINNER
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Anora was the biggest winner of the night as Mikey Madison earned Best Actress
Best Director
Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker — Anora – WINNER
Brady Corbet — The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat — The Substance
James Mangold — A Complete Unknown
Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo — Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón — Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison — Anora – WINNER
Demi Moore — The Substance
Fernanda Torres — I’m Still Here
Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody — The Brutalist – WINNER
Timothée Chalamet — A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo — Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes — Conclave
Sebastian Stan — The Apprentice
Actress in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro — A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande — Wicked
Felicity Jones — The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini — Conclave
Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez – WINNER
Zoe Saldana was recognized in the Best Supporting Actress category for Emilia Perez
Actor in a Supporting Role
Yura Borisov — Anora
Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain – WINNER
Edward Norton — A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce — The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong — The Apprentice
Animated Feature Film
Flow – WINNER
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Cinematography
The Brutalist — Lol Crawley – WINNER
Dune: Part Two — Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez — Paul Guilhaume
Maria — Ed Lachman
Nosferatu — Jarin Blaschke
Original Screenplay
Anora — Sean Baker – WINNER
The Brutalist — Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain — Jesse Eisenberg
September 5 — Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; co-Written by Alex David
The Substance — Coralie Fargeat
Sean Baker earned three individual honors for Anora in addition to Best Picture
Adapted Screenplay
A Complete Unknown — James Mangold and Jay Cocks
Conclave — Peter Straughan – WINNER
Emilia Pérez — Jacques Audiard with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
Nickel Boys — RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing — Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield
Achievement in Production Design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked – Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales – WINNER
Achievement in Sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two – WINNER
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Dune: Part Two won Best Achievement in Sound as Gareth John, Richard King, and Ron Bartlett are seen left to right
Original Song
El Mal – Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard – WINNER
The Journey – The Six Triple Eight
Like A Bird – Sing Sing
Mi Camino – Emilia Pérez
Never Too Late – Elton John: Never Too Late
Original Score
The Brutalist — Daniel Blumberg – WINNER
Conclave — Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez — Clément Ducol and Camille
Wicked — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers
Live-Action Short Film
A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot – WINNER
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress – WINNER
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
Documentary Feature Film
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land – WINNER
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
No Other Land took home Documentary Feature Film as Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham are seen left to right
Documentary Short Film
Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra – WINNER
International Feature Film
I’m Still Here (Brazil) – WINNER
The Girl With the Needle (Denmark)
Emilia Pérez (France)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
Flow (Latvia)
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance – Pierre Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli – WINNER
Wicked
Achievement in Costume Design
A Complete Unknown — Arianne Phillips
Conclave — Lisy Christl
Gladiator II — Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Nosferatu — Linda Muir
Wicked — Paul Tazewell – WINNER
Blockbuster Wicked did not come away empty handed as Paul Tazewell became the first Black male winner of Achievement in Costume Design
Achievement in Film Editing
Anora — Sean Baker – WINNER
The Brutalist — David Jancso
Conclave — Nick Emerson
Emilia Pérez — Juliette Welfling
Wicked — Myron Kerstein
Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two – WINNER
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
