Andrew Garfield Brings Goldie Hawn to Tears at 2025 Oscars as He Thanks Her for Bringing 'Joy and Comfort' to His Late Mother

Mar. 15, 2025

Andrew Garfield (left) and Goldie Hawn at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2.Photo:Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty

Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty

Andrew Garfieldbrought his fellow presenterGoldie Hawnto tears with his sweet tribute to her during the2025 Oscars.

Before presenting the award forBest Animated Filmon Sunday, March 2, theWe Live in Timeactor, 41, turned toThe First Wives Clubactress, 79, and thanked her for giving “my mother the most joy, the most comfort” during her life. Garfield’s motherdied of pancreatic cancer in 2019.

“I feel very lucky because I get to thank that person from the bottom of my heart. That person is Goldie Hawn,” Garfield told the famed actress while he held her hand. “You’ve given us movies full of joy. You’ve lifted our spirits and you’ve made us feel it all was right with the world, over and over again.”

Andrew Garfield (left) and Goldie Hawn at the 97th Academy Awards.Kevin Winter/Getty

Kevin Winter/Getty

Hawn gushed over Garfield’s touching words and responded, “Thank you so much, that really touches me.”

“I was so lucky [to] make movies… and making people laugh,” she continued. “And maybe some didn’t, but that’s okay.”

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Garfield has often spoken about the loss of his mother Lynn since her death in 2019.

Andrew Garfield (left) and his mother Lynn in 2018.Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic

In a September 2024 interview withThe Hollywood Reporterto discuss his role inWe Live in Time, he opened up about coping with his grief and said: “I’m not special in that regard… [but] one of the most healing and reassuring, soothing moments I’ve had, is realizing that this has been the way it’s been since time immemorial.”

“Sons have been losing their mothers, daughters have been losing their mothers [since the beginning of time],” the two-time Oscar nominee continued. “We’re lucky if it’s that way around, rather than the other. And of course, countless parents lose their children in one way or another too, I can’t even imagine what that must feel like.”

source: people.com