The 2026 Oscars have had a handful of controversies make headlines, and the omission of the late actor Eric Dane from the In Memoriam segment has become the latest addition.
As netizens harshly condemned the Academy’s decision to exclude the Grey’s Anatomy star, who passed away last month, just weeks before the prestigious event was televised, the creator of the hit show, Shonda Rhimes, has stirred backlash with her defense of the decision.
The actor passed away on February 19 after an almost year-long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
