Harvey Weinstein’s ex Georgina Chapman looks awkward as partner Adrien Brody and Halle Berry kiss – after actor threw her his chewing gum

From Adam Sandler ‘storming out’ to Timothee Chalamet’s all-yellow ensemble sparking comparisons to Curious George, last night’s Oscars were full of wacky gags. 

But perhaps most bizarre of all was Halle Berry recreating one of the most memorable awards moments of the current century when she reunited with The Brutalist star Adrien Brody and kissed him – while his girlfriend awkwardly laughed nearby.

She joked that the surprise peck was ‘payback’ after he pulled her in for a dramatic smooch at 2003 ceremony, just after he won his Academy Award for The Pianist.

‘I’m sorry, Georgina, but I’ve gotta do it,’ Halle declared to Adrien’s partner Georgina Chapman – who is disgraced director Harvey Weinstein’s ex – as she interrupted his chat with red carpet reporters at Dolby Theatre in California. 

Speaking to FEMAIL, one body language expert remarked on the wince-worthy encounter, which saw the British fashion designer, 48, stand by and giggle as she was embroiled in the exchange.

‘On the red carpet, Halle Berry approaches Adrien Brody and gives him a deliberately unromantic kiss,’ Inbaal Honigman – working with Covers.com – explained.

‘Their arms are around each other, but Halle’s hand is flexed against Adrien’s shoulder, creating a slight pushing motion rather than pulling him closer. Meanwhile, her other hand hooks around his neck, putting her firmly in control of the joke-kiss.

‘This playful moment recreates their infamous Oscars moment from 2003, when Halle presented Adrien with his Best Actor Academy Award, and he spontaneously kissed her on stage. This time, however, it’s an inside joke, but with Halle dictating the interaction.

‘Adrien’s partner, Georgina Chapman, acts as though she is unbothered by the moment, but her body language tells a different story.

‘She throws her arms wide and turns her palms upwards, a symbolic gesture of welcoming Halle into the joke. However, when she claps, her hands rise unnaturally high, covering her body, suggesting a protective instinct rather than genuine enthusiasm.’

Inbaal added that Georgina’s laughter ‘appears exaggerated’ as she ‘bends over in apparent amusement, but her eyes never leave the back of Halle’s neck’.

‘This forced reaction suggests that her giggles are purely for show,’ she continued. 

‘Adrien picks up on it, and in response, he turns to Georgina and kisses her, a silent reassurance that she is the one who truly has his heart.’

It’s not the only time the couple’s relationship took centre stage at the Oscars on Sunday.

Even as Adrien snagged Best Actor for his role in The Brutalist, it was his and Georgina’s romance that appeared in the spotlight as the star – realising he still had gum in his mouth while running up to accept the award – turned around and threw it back to his girlfriend.

‘Love or hate the gum moment, it reveals the depth of their connection,’ Inbaal observed.

‘He instinctively knew who to turn to, and she anticipated his need before he even voiced it.’ 

Adrien also mentioned Georgina in his acceptance speech, thanking his partner and the two children she shares with jailed Weinstein.

‘I know it’s been a rollercoaster,’ he gushed. ‘Thank you for accepting me into your life’ – as he revealed the two youngsters call him ‘Popsie.’

Georgina first became romantically linked with Adrien in 2019, marking her first relationship since her 2017 split from disgraced film producer Harvey. 

She and the actor – an arty New Yorker who was single after splitting with model Lara Lieto – were invited to the launch of Helena Christensen’s swimwear line in Puerto Rico in April of that year.

The relationship took off quietly, only publicly emerging in early 2020. A source said: ‘She thinks he’s unusual. She finds [him] to be an interesting person with a deep passion for his work that is similar to hers.’

When news of Weinstein’s horrific crimes against women first broke in 2017, his Georgina didn’t go out in public for five months and cancelled the runway show for her fashion label Marchesa. 

Common wisdom was that no celebrity would ever wear the brand again, especially after it emerged that actresses including Sienna Miller and Felicity Huffman were pressured into wearing the label, which was propped up by former movie mogul Weinstein’s own investment. 

It’s all the more remarkable, then, to now see Georgina re-established as one of the queens of the award season red carpet – and not only because celebrities are wearing her gowns again. 

The British-both mother-of-two has been a regular fixture as the proud partner of Adrien, who has swept this awards season as he also this month took home the BAFTA for Best Actor for his role in The Brutalist.

He even thanked Georgina when he won his Golden Globe in January, hinting at her difficulties when he paid tribute to her ‘own resilience’. 

The designer found herself retreating from the spotlight in a bid to give Weinstein’s victims the ‘dignity and respect’ they deserved, and described the quiet months that followed her ex-husband’s downfall as a time for ‘mourning’.

In 2020, Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years behind bars for third-degree rape and criminal sexual assault for incidents involving two women. 

While Georgina herself has, of course, done nothing wrong, it would have surprised nobody if she quietly faded into the background due to the pressure of public attention proving too much. 

However, she’s been gradually making it back on to the social scene in recent years, and has been pictured at high-profile gatherings with celebrities such as David Beckham, Helena Christensen and Stella McCartney. 

And with Adrien’s star status rising again after some years in the wilderness, she finds herself once again part of a Hollywood power couple in a turn of events that seemed so unlikely a mere seven years ago. 

In 2021, the couple made their first red carpet appearance together. The months passed, love seemingly deepened and in 2022 they both went to the Vanity Fair Oscars party in March and the Met Gala in May.

By the time the pair were seen at the Venice film festival in September 2022, he had moved into Chapman’s farmhouse in upstate New York. 

They live there with her mother, her two children she shares with Harvey, and a menagerie of pets including ponies, dogs, cats and chickens. 

Adrien was catapulted to international fame with his Oscar-winning performance in The Pianist (2002), where he portrayed the Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, earning critical acclaim and a Best Actor Academy Award. 

Following his breakout role, he continued to build an eclectic career, starring in films like King Kong (2005), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), and Predators (2010)

However, Adrien’s rise to the top has also been scuppered by a series of avoidable controversies.

In March 2003, the up-and-coming actor – who had been trying to get his big break since he was 15 – planted an unexpected kiss on Halle Berry as he accepted his Oscar, a move which baffled audiences and the actress has criticised him for.

Months later, Adrien found himself in hot water again when he wore a dreadlock wig and put on a Jamaican accent to introduce Sean Paul on Saturday Night Live. He recently joked that he was never invited back.

Later that year, he  attended P Diddy’s private MTV Movie Awards after-party and has been pictured several times with the rapper, who is facing life in prison if he is found guilty of a racketeering charge.

However, the actor’s somewhat tainted public image may be about to change for the better again – following his revered performance in The Brutalist.

And if it weren’t for his partner, he admits he would never have returned to the spotlight. 

Georgina persuaded him he wasn’t doing what he loved and so slowly he started saying yes to parts rather than throwing the scripts in the bin. 

And it paid off for both of them when the Blonde star accepted a Golden Globe for his latest film The Brutalist, he gave his thanks to Georgina, saying: ‘To my beautiful and amazing partner Georgina.

‘Your generosity of spirit, your own resilience, your immense creativity, are a daily reminder of how to be. I would not be standing here before you if it wasn’t for you. 

‘There was a time not too long ago that I felt this may never be a moment afforded to me again, so thank you.’

In an interview with Vogue this year, Adrien talked about having an art studio to paint in at their farmhouse. And Georgina told the magazine: ‘If he’s in the midst of inhabiting a role, he’s up in the office, reading, covered in cats.’

She added that acting ‘exhausts him, because he gives so much. He’s very sensitive, he has a thin veil emotionally with the world’.

Georgina was born in London, and grew up in the leafy town of Richmond. Her father founded the coffee firm Percol and her mother worked for Reader’s Digest. Her younger brother, Edward, is currently the CEO of Marchesa. 

She was born with a hip defect and had dyslexia that was undiagnosed until the age of eight, which led to ‘terrible anxiety’ in class.

In her teens, Georgina modelled to pay the bills and harboured ambitions of becoming an actress.

She graduated from the Wimbledon School of Art in 2001 and started off designing costumes for theatre and film. 

When she was 18 she took a train to Hull to visit the drama studies department of a college, but the train broke down. While she waited, she got talking to the then unknown young actor, David Oyelowo. They became lifelong friends and she stayed with him and his family after the scandal surrounding her ex-husband broke.

Georgina met Keren Craig when they were both 17, at the Chelsea College of Art and Design, and in 2004 started their own label, Marchesa.

At around the same time she began Marchesa, Georgina started dating Weinstein after meeting him at a party. 

For the 2004 premiere of the Miramax [Weinstein’s old company] film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Renee Zellweger wore an outfit from the label. 

The speed with which Marchesa became a success raised some eyebrows. In 2006, the Los Angeles Times published an article titled ‘The Harvey Factor?’ which observed: ‘Competitors complain that Marchesa dresses are worn on the red carpet because the stars – and their agents, managers and lawyers – need to please the powerful Weinstein. Say the word “Marchesa” and publicists groan.’ 

The New York Times reported that he made ‘timely contributions in amounts the company would not disclose’. 

Cate Blanchett wore a Marchesa mini to the Rome premiere of The Aviator in 2005, while Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Diane Kruger also graced the red carpet in its gowns. The label was named Red Carpet Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in 2007.

Weinstein married Georgina at his waterfront Connecticut estate in December 2007 before an A-list crowd that included Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony, Cameron Diaz, Renee Zellweger and Naomi Watts. 

According to People magazine, the pair exchanged vows in an intimate winter ceremony under the stars, and topped it off with a grand fireworks display.

‘Harvey looked the happiest he’s ever looked,’ said a source. ‘Georgina was absolutely glowing.’

Guests watched from huge tents decorated with crystal chandeliers and fir trees as fireworks exploded off a barge in nearby Long Island Sound.

The crowd broke into cheers after the 10-minute spectacle, which was followed by music from a live band, and the party continued until 1am.

The guest list for the glamorous wedding included media mogul Rupert Murdoch, Quentin Tarantino, Vogue’s Anna Wintour, and models Karolina Kurkova and Helena Christensen.

In October 2017, the New York Times and The New Yorker published a series of allegations against Weinstein, including three accusations of rape. 

Among the women who made accusations were actresses Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd. He then became the face of the #MeToo movement after dozens of women came forward alleging sexual abuse. 

In the days afterwards, Georgina announces her decision to leave him.  

‘My heart breaks for all the women who have suffered tremendous pain because of these unforgivable actions,’ she said.

‘I have chosen to leave my husband. Caring for my young children is my first priority.’

At the time, Weinstein said he supported her decision but added he hoped they could ‘rebuild’ their relationship.

‘I am in counselling and perhaps, when I am better, we can rebuild,’ he said.

‘I understand, I love her and I love our children and hopefully, when I am better, I will be in their lives again.’

In January 2018, it was reported that she and the producer had reached a divorce settlement that would see her get up to $20 million as well primary custody of their children.

Those children are now 13 and 11. Their three older half-siblings – all girls – from Harvey’s first marriage, are thought to choose not to see him, but the two youngsters do. 

They have visited their father in Wende prison and the prison ward of Bellevue hospital, both in New York, where he has previously been held. They also have Zoom calls with him. 

He has been hospitalised at various points during his sentence, which he is currently serving at Rikers Island in New York, due to his poor health: he uses a wheelchair, is going blind, and has diabetes, arthritis, spinal stenosis, anaemia, sleep apnoea, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease.

A source close to Weinstein said: ‘He sees his two children by Georgina; they talk to him on the phone, too. He has maintained a good relationship with them. Being close to them means the world to him. There’s no acrimony with Georgina. He’s happy for her and hopes that continues to be the case.

‘They have a cordial relationship. They talk about things that are necessary for the children and that’s about it.’