A viral post falsely claims that actor Timothée Chalamet fell on the Oscars red carpet, but the image used actually depicts an incident from 2011 at the Cannes Festival.
A post circulating on social media falsely reports that actor Timothée Chalamet fell on the red carpet during the Oscars ceremony on Sunday, February 15, 2026. The post, which includes an image of a man falling down a red carpet staircase, was captioned with supposed eyewitness accounts and was attributed to the official Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. However, this claim is misleading. The photograph in question actually showcases an incident from the Cannes Festival in 2011, where an intruder stumbled while trying to evade security.
