--- 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. title: Watch Nicole Kidman Prove That She Really Knows How to Clap image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2fd1024fd5ee378/6988cc92ab6d775f136ae08e/nicole-kidman-clapping-normally.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Nicole Kidman Prove That She Actually Knows How to Clap  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2017 5:39 PM CUT  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) 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](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2017 5:39 PM CUT [Nicole Kidman](http://time.com/4721757/nicole-kidman-big-little-lies-finale-celeste/ "undefined") unexpectedly had [a viral moment](http://time.com/4683389/oscars-2017-nicole-kidman-clap/ "undefined") 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/ "undefined"), 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/ "undefined") 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. Watch Nicole Kidman show off her clapping skills below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4772438/nicole-kidman-clapping/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4772438/nicole-kidman-clapping/"},"headline":"Watch Nicole Kidman Prove That She Actually Knows How to Clap","datePublished":"2017-05-09T17:39:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:28.384Z","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.","url":"https://time.com/4772438/nicole-kidman-clapping/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Bizarre","Ellen Degeneres","Nicole Kidman","The Ellen Show"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2fd1024fd5ee378/6988cc92ab6d775f136ae08e/nicole-kidman-clapping-normally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2fd1024fd5ee378/6988cc92ab6d775f136ae08e/nicole-kidman-clapping-normally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"52nd Academy Of Country Music Awards - Backstage And Audience","caption":"52nd Academy Of Country Music Awards - Backstage And Audience","creditText":"Chris Polk/ACMA2017—Getty Images for ACM","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4772438/nicole-kidman-clapping/","name":"Watch Nicole Kidman Prove That She Actually Knows How to Clap"}}]}] ```