Goldie Hawn left viewers of the 2025 Academy Awards stunned after she gave a heartbreaking health update on stage.

The 79-year-old Oscar winner — who presenting with Andrew Garfield — stopped part of the way through her scripted presentation speech because she was unable to read what was projected on the teleprompter.

‘I was so lucky [to] make movies… and making people laugh,’ Goldie said. ‘And maybe some didn’t, but that’s OK.’

‘In the meantime,’ she continued, before suddenly pausing and turning to Garfield.

‘OK. Sweetheart, can you read that. I can’t read that,’ she said, going off script.

‘I’m completely blind. I mean, I am!’ she continued, before revealing the cause of her vision issues: ‘Cataracts.’

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Goldie Hawn left viewers of the 2025 Academy Awards stunned after she gave a heartbreaking health update on stage with Andrew Garfield

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She paused her prepared speech after being unable to read the teleprompter. ‘I’m completely blind. I mean, I am!’ she said, before revealing the cause of her vision issues: ‘Cataracts’

Garfield played it cool, responding, ‘OK, I’ve got you.’

Cataracts develop when the usually clear lens of the eye begins to develop a cloudy texture, which can make it feels as if one is viewing things through a fog.

The condition can impact any activity requiring sight, but it can make things like reading or driving — particularly at night — difficult.

Cataracts often aren’t noticed for some time, as the condition tends to develop slowly.

However, the good news for affected individuals is that surgery to remove cataracts is usually safe and effective, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Before Goldie’s admission, Andrew was responsible for one of the most touching moments of the night

The two-time Oscar nominee, 41, was joined by Goldie as they presented the award for Best Animated Feature Film.

But Andrew took her by surprise when he brought her to tears as he revealed her surprise impact on his late mother.

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Andrew Garfield was responsible for one of the most touching moments at the 2025 Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday when he made Goldie Hawn tear up at the mention of his late mother

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The Social Network star thanked Goldie for giving his late mother ‘the most joy, the most comfort’ through her long career peppered with classic film and television performances

Goldie Hawn is joined by Kurt Russell at 2025 Academy Awards

2025 Oscar Winners: AT A GLANCE

Best Picture: Anora

Actress in a Leading Role: Mikey Madison — Anora

Actor in a Leading Role: Adrien Brody — The Brutalist

Actress in a Supporting Role: Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez

Actor in a Supporting Role: Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain

Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldana and Kieran Culkin are seen left to right

Best Director: Sean Baker — Anora

Original Screenplay: Sean Baker — Anora

Achievement in Film Editing: Sean Baker — Anora

Adapted Screenplay: Conclave — Peter Straughan

International Feature Film: I’m Still Here (Brazil)

Documentary Feature Film: No Other Land

Achievement in Costume Design: Paul Tazewell — Wicked

The ocial Network star, who lost his mother Lynn Garfield to cancer in 2019, thanked Goldie for giving his mother ‘the most joy, the most comfort’ through her long career peppered with classic film and television performances.

Goldie was visibly moved by the seemingly impromptu speech and started to cry, before she partially covered her face with the winner’s envelope and tried to wipe her eyes.

Andrew, who looked stylish in a brown tux with a lustrous satin shirt, turned toward Goldie at the microphone and held her hand between his as he shared his sweet praise.

‘Can I tell you something?’ Andrew asked mysteriously as soon as he and Goldie were ready to start their presentation.

‘There’s someone, there’s a person who gave my mother during her life the most joy, the most comfort, and tonight, I feel very lucky, because I get to thank that person from the bottom of my heart,’ he said before revealing that the person was standing right next to him.

‘You’ve given us movies full of joy. You’ve lifted our spirits and you’ve made us feel it all was right with the world, over and over again,’ he said while holding Goldie’s hand.

Goldie, whose face crumpled up as she tried to hold back her tears, responded: ‘Thank you so much, that really touches me.’

‘I was so lucky [to] make movies… and making people laugh,’ she continued in what seemed to be the start of her preplanned speech. ‘And maybe some didn’t, but that’s OK.’

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Garfield lost his mother Lynn Garfield (R) to cancer in 2019; they’re pictured with his father Richard Garfield at a Tony Awards after party in 2018 in NYC

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‘You’ve given us movies full of joy. You’ve lifted our spirits and you’ve made us feel it all was right with the world, over and over again,’ he said while holding Goldie’s hand

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‘I was so lucky [to] make movies… and making people laugh,’ she continued in what seemed to be the start of her preplanned speech. ‘And maybe some didn’t, but that’s OK.’

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Andrew, whose latest film We Live In Time was released in October in the US and on New Year’s Day in the UK, spoke about his mother last year during the film’s publicity campaign, as his love interest in the film, Florence Pugh, battles cancer

Andrew, whose latest film We Live In Time was released in October in the US and on New Year’s Day in the UK, spoke about his mother last year during the film’s publicity campaign.

In the film, Florence Pugh plays his love interest who battles Ovarian cancer, and the storyline prompted comparisons to Andrew’s mother Lynn’s own battle with cancer before her death.

While speaking with the Hollywood Reporter last year, Andrew said that filming We Live In Time had helped him to heal from the loss of his beloved mother.

‘Every species of every living thing on this earth has lost a mother. Young dinosaurs were losing their mothers,’ he said, adding that his experience wasn’t ‘special.’

‘We’re lucky if it’s that way around, rather than the other. And of course, countless parents lose their children in one way or another too, I can’t even imagine what that must feel like,’ he continued.

‘So in terms of my own personal experience, yeah, it felt like a very simple act of healing for myself, and hopefully healing for an audience.’

Andrew and Goldie’s special moment at the 97th Academy Awards comes as the ceremony honors the best films of 2024