--- title: All the Delightful Things Allison Janney Did at the Oscars description: Allison Janney pranked the red carpert interviewers, pretended to lick Emma Stone and just had a great time. canonical: https://time.com/5536950/allison-janney-oscars-2019/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-25T15:51:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:41.055Z og:title: All the Delightful Things Allison Janney Did at the Oscars og:description: Allison Janney pranked the red carpert interviewers among other things og:url: https://time.com/5536950/allison-janney-oscars-2019/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaadbb4e3c3309ba3/698945d422fb852488e27d96/allison-janney-oscars-2019.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: allison-janney-oscars-2019 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: All the Delightful Things Allison Janney Did at the Oscars twitter:description: Allison Janney pranked the red carpert interviewers among other things twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaadbb4e3c3309ba3/698945d422fb852488e27d96/allison-janney-oscars-2019.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # All the Delightful Things That Allison Janney Did at the 2019 Oscars > Sponsored content. 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Neilson Barnard—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 25, 2019 3:51 PM UTC Allison Janney wasn’t nominated for an Academy Award this year, but she still managed to be victorious at the [Oscars](http://time.com/5534976/oscars-2019-winners/). Janney, won Best Supporting Actress for her [role in _I, Tonya_ ](http://time.com/5027081/allison-janney-i-tonya-review/?iid=sr-link1)at the 2018 Oscars. And despite reports that the Academy was breaking with the tradition of having last year’s winner present the award to their successor, luckily, the Oscars producers appeared to have changed their minds. Janney was at the awards show ready to present—and have a really good time, too. She goofed off with nominee [Emma Stone](http://time.com/5536967/emma-stone-marina-de-tavira/) on the red carpet: > [](https://twitter.com/badpostestone/status/1100022777862602752) And rocked out to Queen’s performance featuring Adam Lambert singing “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions” during the opening segment of the awards show: Perhaps her greatest moment, though, was pranking _Entertainment Tonight_’s interviewers on the red carpet. [According to _ETOnline_](https://www.etonline.com/allison-janney-jokes-about-her-oscars-date-now-hes-going-to-be-mad-at-me-exclusive-120345), the _Mom_ star reportedly told ET’s Kevin Frazier and Nancy O’Dell that the Chopard diamonds she wore to the glamorous event required a security detail and pointed to her guard. “He’s very cute. I think he’s single,” she joked. The interviewers then encouraged the “guard” to join the conversation, which is when Janney cracked, explaining that she was kidding. “He’s not my guard. He’s my date for this evening. 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