Spike Lee praises Glenn Close for her Oscars 'Da Butt' performance, a song famously featured in his movie 'School Daze'
- Glenn Close stole the show at the Oscars by doing "Da Butt" on live TV.
- The song was memorably featured in Spike Lee's "School Daze."
- "You were getting down," Lee said to Close in an Instagram post thanking her for the shout-out.
Spike Lee took to Instagram on Monday to shout out fellow legend Glenn Close for her memorable moment on Sunday's Oscars, when she danced to the E.U. 1988 single "Da Butt," which is famously featured in Lee's 1988 movie "School Daze."
"I got to give a shout out to my sister Glenn Close," the Oscar-winning director said in his Instagram post. "[She] gave me love on 'School Daze' and she was doing Da Butt too. Glenn Close was doing Da Butt! I saw it on a video, you were getting down."
The viral moment happened towards the end of the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday when comedian and "Judas and the Black Messiah" star Lil Rel quizzed attendees about famous songs that have appeared in movies, asking if the tunes had won an Oscar, been nominated for one, or neither.
When Rel got to Close, he was shocked to find out that the eight-time Oscar nominee knew a lot about "Da Butt."
"It was a classic song by the great Washington, DC go-go band E.U," she said. "Shoutouts to Sugar Bear and the Backyard Band and the whole DMV."
She also noted that the song is featured in Lee's "brilliant" "School Daze."
Then to top it all off, as the show's DJ, The Roots' Questlove, began playing the song, Close got up and began doing Da Butt.
So even though Close left the Oscars empty handed again, she stole the show.
And if you're curious, no, that wasn't really a spontaneous moment of live TV. The Los Angeles Times did discover that it was all a scripted comedy bit planned prior to the show.
But that's okay - it was still one of the highlights of the evening, even if it wasn't entirely organic.