Michael Keaton almost missed accepting his SAG Award because he was in the bathroom
- Michael Keaton was in the bathroom when he won a SAG Award for his role on "Dopesick."
- Keaton ran through the audience and rolled onto the stage to accept it.
Michael Keaton rolled onto the stage to accept his Screen Actors Guild award for his performance in "Dopesick," saying that he almost missed it because of the line in the men's restroom.
The actor, who won the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or limited series award, made presenter Salma Hayek wait alone at the podium, scanning the audience for Keaton.
"Are you kidding me? I have stage fright," Hayek said, standing alone at the podium onstage while holding Keaton's award. "Come on Michael, come on Michael."
Keaton was then spotted jogging through the audience. When he made it up to the stage, he briefly turned back to his peers before forgoing the stairs completely, instead sitting on the stage and rolling his legs over in a makeshift somersault to get up there quickly.
"Thank you very much," Keaton said when he finally made it to the podium and took the award from Hayek. "Sorry, quick trip to the men's room. It's packed, by the way."
In the powerful speech that followed, Keaton referenced the privilege that allowed him to become an actor, and nodded to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who is also an actor, for "fighting the fight."
"I'm so blessed to do what I do, and so fortunate," Keaton said. "I have a job where I can be part of a production like 'Dopesick," or 'Worth,' that actually can spawn thought, conversation, actual change — who gets to have that job? Seriously, how fortunate am I that good can come from something I do just 'cause I wanted to become an actor?"
In the emotional conclusion to his speech, Keaton teared up as he dedicated his win for "Dopesick," which examines the opioid crisis in the United States, to his nephew Michael and sister Pam. Keaton previously told The Hollywood Reporter that his nephew died of fentanyl and heroin use in his 30s, drawing him to the story of the show.