--- description: Jodie Foster appeared onstage at the Oscars to present an award — and she did it all on crutches. Here's why she needed them for the night. title: Here's Why Jodie Foster Was Using Crutches at the Oscars image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb13443cfa4293e96/698929bf929fad5beebefd47/jodie-foster-jlaw-oscars.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 # No, It Wasn't Meryl Streep Pulling an _I, Tonya_. Here's Why Jodie Foster Was Using Crutches at the Oscars  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2018 9:38 PM CUT  Actors Jodie Foster (L) and Jennifer Lawrence speak onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Actors Jodie Foster (L) and Jennifer Lawrence speak onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.Kevin Winter—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2018 9:38 PM CUT When Jodie Foster and [Jennifer Lawrence](http://time.com/5186002/jennifer-lawrence-emma-stone-oscars-2018/ "undefined") appeared onstage at the [90th Annual Oscars](http://time.com/5186280/oscars-2018-ratings-low/ "undefined") on Sunday night to present the award for [Best Actress](http://time.com/money/5185502/what-is-an-inclusion-rider-frances-mcdormand-oscars/ "undefined"), audiences were surprised to see that former Oscar winner Foster was using crutches to make her big entrance on the [glitzy,](http://time.com/5185003/oscars-stage-design/ "undefined") bedazzled stage. Helpfully, Lawrence asked her what was up. “She _I, Tonya’ed me_,” Foster joked, referencing Meryl Streep, who was seated in the front row, and the Oscar-nominated movie that hinges on Nancy Kerrigan’s [infamous injury.](http://time.com/5045902/tonya-harding-nancy-kerrigan-1994/ "undefined") The two went on to lightly poke fun at Streep’s vaunted Hollywood status before getting down the business of awarding the honor — to Frances McDormand for her work in _Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri._ But of course the truth is that Streep had nothing to do with Foster’s need for crutches. Instead, Foster was injured after she took a fall while skiing earlier, as [_Entertainment Weekly_ confirmed](http://ew.com/awards/2018/03/05/oscars-jodie-foster-crutches/ "undefined") with her publicist. (Perhaps she was a little _too_ inspired by Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn’s [Olympic runs](http://time.com/5127838/mikaela-shiffrin-2018-winter-olympics/ "undefined")?) The Streep joke just made for much better onstage banter. In any case, props to Foster for handling her injury with humor and grace, even matching her blazer-and-pants combo with her sharp black-and-white crutches. Hopefully she’ll be back to hitting the slopes in no time. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5186639/jodie-foster-crutches-oscars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5186639/jodie-foster-crutches-oscars/"},"headline":"No, It Wasn't Meryl Streep Pulling an I, Tonya. 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