Nicole Kidman reveals reason behind her 'seal clapping' at the Oscars

Had Warren Beatty not read out the wrong film for Best Picture, the only thing noteworthy about the otherwise pretty sedate 2017 Oscars might have been Nicole Kidman’s supremely weird clapping.

The Australian actress managed to go viral thanks to her bizarre line in audible congratulation, which appeared to excessively favour the palms over the fingers.

The result looked amazingly strange, and she was quickly dubbed ‘seal hands’.

But now she’s revealed why she was clapping in such an unorthodox manner, and actually, it makes plenty of sense in hindsight.

While a guest on the Kyle and Jackie O radio show in Australia, Kyle Sandilands wasted no time in grilling her on it.

And it turns out it was because the massive and expensive rings she’d borrowed for the evening.

“It was really awkward and I was like, ‘gosh I want to clap, I don’t want to not be clapping,’ which would have been the worst,” she said, laughing.

“Therefore I’m clapping but it was really difficult because I had a huge ring on that was not my own but was absolutely gorgeous and I was terrified of damaging it.”

So there we have it. She may clap strangely, but she will protect borrowed rings even at the expense of her public image.

Good on ‘er.

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