Ryan Gosling’s reaction to winning the Critics’ Choice Award

Very often at awards shows, winners claim that they weren’t expecting to win, despite have a speech ready and path to the stage clearly mapped out in their heads. This didn’t appear to be the case for Ryan Gosling at this year’s Critics Choice Awards on Sunday. During the show, held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, Gosling’s song from Barbie, “I’m Just Ken,“ won Best Song -- beating out odds-on favorite “What Was I Made For“ by Billie Eilish, as well as Dua Lipa’s Barbie song “Dance the Night,“ and a whole slew of excellent songs. When “I’m Just Ken“ was announced as the winner, the cameras cut to Gosling in the audience, and it appeared that the actor simply did not comprehend what had actually just happened. In fact, he almost looked suspicious, as if it was some sort of elaborate prank. The announcer declared that the award would be accepted by writers Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, as well as Gosling himself -- however, Gosling remained in the audience, cheering Ronson and Wyatt on from the table, while still in total disbelief.