Oscars 2015: Ryan Seacrest Criticized for Asking Naomi Watts About Her Frittata

In the wake of the #AskHerMore campaign, Ryan Seacrest‘s questions have been under the microscope today on the Oscars red carpet. Fans were particularly upset when he asked Oscar nominee Naomi Watts about the frittata she made for breakfast.

Watts’ brother, Ben Watts, had posted a photo of Naomi with her breakfast, and Seacrest had the actress elaborate on it during his interview. He asked her about the frittata and the designer of her dress, prompting a lot of backlash on Twitter.

 

Oscars count down #Naomiwatts #fritatta game is tight …. Look out for it on the #redcarpet today #shhhhh

A photo posted by Ben Watts (@wattsupphoto) on Feb 22, 2015 at 10:02am PST

Naomi Watts starts actually talking and Ryan checks out. “Oh you’re bored already.” #askhermore #oscars

— Abigail Diaz (@N3rdyyGirl) February 23, 2015

Seacrest asked Chiwetel Ejiofor how life changed since last yr then asked Naomi Watts about her breakfast fritatta #AskHerMore #ERedCarpet

— Danny Manus (@DannyManus) February 23, 2015

Ryan Seacrest told Naomi Watts “we’re celebrating your work tonight, but first your brother posted about your frittata…” #AskHerMore

— Chloe Wilson (@Chloe_AWilson) February 23, 2015

I feel like Ryan Seacrest was so thrown off by #AskHerMore that he resorted to asking Naomi Watts about her morning frittata instead

— Jillian Selzer (@jillselzer) February 23, 2015

Why are we asking Naomi Watts about FRITTATAS!? @eonline @smrtgrls #AskHerMore

— Elizabeth (@elizabethharvey) February 23, 2015

There are so many things we want to know about Naomi Watts! Her frittata recipe is not one. #OscarsRedCarpet #AskHerMore

— MAKERS (@MAKERSwomen) February 23, 2015

RYAN SEACREST LITERALLY JUST ASKED OSCAR WINNING NAOMI WATTS ABOUT THE BREAKFAST SHE HAD THIS MORNING IM SCREAMING #AskHerMore #PLEASE

— Margot Nockowitz (@NockowitzM) February 23, 2015

So many things Seacrest could have asked Watts about, and it comes down to frittatas and dresses. #Oscars #AskHerMore

— Ben Mortimer (@montimer) February 23, 2015

Ryan Seacrest, with no idea how to #AskHerMore, just spent two full minutes asking Naomi Watts about frittatas. #OscarsRedCarpet

— Courtney Enlow (@courtenlow) February 23, 2015

Seacrest is having a conversation w/Naomi Watts about fritatta. Really? This is not what #AskHerMore meant. #ERedCarpet

— Angela Langster (@AngelaSL813) February 23, 2015