MANILA, Philippines – And the best reaction at the Oscars goes to Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez!
Patricia Arquette’s acceptance speech got the Academy Awards crowd cheering, including Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez who could not help but holler at the actress’ plea for equal wages for women.
After Arquette thanked all the people behind her win as Best Actress in a Supporting Role for “Boyhood,” she turned political and said:
To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else's equal rights. It is our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America!
And the crowd went wild.
Streep and Lopez’s reaction to Arquette's words won the hearts of many. The two became suddenly the "avatar" of women empowerment on the Internet. Bound by their shared support for equal wages, Lopez posted a selfie with Streep on her Instagram account: “MERYL STREEP #oscars #oscarlegend #needsomeofthatoscarjuju lol”