--- title: Nicole Kidman Proves She Knows How to Clap on the Ellen Show description: After her viral clapping moment at the Oscars, Nicole Kidman took to The Ellen Show to prove that she actually knows how to clap. canonical: https://time.com/4772438/nicole-kidman-clapping/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-09T17:39:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:28.384Z og:title: Watch Nicole Kidman Prove That She Really Knows How to Clap og:description: After her Oscars fiasco og:url: https://time.com/4772438/nicole-kidman-clapping/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2fd1024fd5ee378/6988cc92ab6d775f136ae08e/nicole-kidman-clapping-normally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 52nd Academy Of Country Music Awards - Backstage And Audience og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Nicole Kidman Prove That She Really Knows How to Clap twitter:description: After her Oscars fiasco twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2fd1024fd5ee378/6988cc92ab6d775f136ae08e/nicole-kidman-clapping-normally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Nicole Kidman Prove That She Actually Knows How to Clap > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Chris Polk/ACMA2017/Getty Images for ACM) LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 02: Actor Nicole Kidman attends the 52nd Academy Of Country Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on April 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Polk/ACMA2017/Getty Images for ACM) Chris Polk/ACMA2017—Getty Images for ACM  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 9, 2017 5:39 PM UTC [Nicole Kidman](http://time.com/4721757/nicole-kidman-big-little-lies-finale-celeste/) unexpectedly had [a viral moment](http://time.com/4683389/oscars-2017-nicole-kidman-clap/) during this year’s Oscars ceremony when the Internet noticed that [she was clapping somewhat like a seal during the show](http://time.com/4683389/oscars-2017-nicole-kidman-clap/), touching only her palms and not using her fingers. However during an an interview on _The Ellen DeGeneres Show_, with no small embarrassment, the [_Big Little Lies_](http://time.com/4673242/big-little-lies-author-liane-moriarty-interview/) star again revealed that the reason she was clapping so abnormally was because she was wearing very expensive diamond jewelry that she had borrowed for the occasion. “Because I borrowed — it’s the Cinderella thing — you borrow these expensive jewels and I’m like, ‘I must not damage these diamonds because I have to give them back at midnight!’” she said with a laugh. “And so I’m, like, clapping… And they went back beautifully intact, not a scratch on them.” Upon prompting from DeGeneres (and sans borrowed jewels,) Kidman proved once and for all that she actually knows how to clap. 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