The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards are out, and two of the largest snubs are with out query Barbie director Greta Gerwig and star Margot Robbie getting omitted of the race for Finest Director and Finest Actress, respectively.

The 2 earned nominations in several classes — Gerwig for Finest Tailored Screenplay, and Robbie for Finest Image due to her function as producer — but their omission in Director and Actress failed to acknowledge their most outstanding work within the movie. Provided that Barbie obtained eight nominations complete, making it one of the crucial nominated movies of the 12 months, it’s baffling that its lead and the director who made all of it doable didn’t make the reduce.

Whereas the web is up in arms about these snubs, so too is one among Barbie‘s most outstanding stars: Ryan Gosling. Gosling, who obtained a Finest Supporting Actor nomination for his function as Ken, issued an announcement that expresses each his honor at being nominated, and his disappointment for Gerwig and Robbie’s snubs.

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“I’m extraordinarily honored to be nominated by my colleagues alongside such exceptional artists in a 12 months of so many nice movies. And I by no means thought I might be saying this, however I am additionally extremely honored and proud that it is for portraying a plastic doll named Ken,” Gosling wrote.

He continued: “However there isn’t any Ken with out Barbie, and there’s no Barbie film with out Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the 2 folks most chargeable for this history-making, globally-celebrated movie. No recognition could be doable for anybody on the movie with out their expertise, grit and genius. To say that I am dissatisfied that they aren’t nominated of their respective classes could be an understatement.”

Gosling additionally congratulated his fellow Barbie nominees, together with Finest Supporting Actress nominee America Ferrera.