Sebastian Stan Says His Mom Was 'Very Upset' He Didn't Shave for Oscars 2025 as He Gives Her Kiss on Red Carpet

Mar. 15, 2025

Sebastian Stan and his mother at the 2025 Oscars.Photo:abc

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Sebastian Stanis giving his mom some love!

During a red carpet interview with E! News, the Romanian native said that his mother “was very upset I didn’t shave tonight.” However, that wasn’t a decision that he made himself.

“I told her I can’t because I have to do this other role,” Stan, who stars in Marvel’s upcomingThunderbolts*, explained. “But she was preferring I didn’t have the beard.”

Sebastian Stan and his mother at the 2025 Oscars.abc

Elsewhere in the interview, Orlovschi opened up about being proud of her son’s accomplishments. “He works very hard, so he deserves the best,” she said. “I can’t be more proud. He’s adorable.”

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Before the cameras cut, Stan pressed a sweet kiss to his mom’s cheek.

In addition to his nod forThe Apprentice, in which Stan portrays real-life PresidentDonald Trumpin his years as a businessman in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, the actor’s other 2024 movie is up for an award.A Different Manwas nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

In September 2024, the Marvel alum opened up in a chat withColman DomingoforThe A24 Podcastaboutthe advice his mother recently gave him.

“I love [my mom]. But here’s what she said to me recently when she came to visit me, and she’s about to leave. I’m like, ‘Oh, yeah, everything’s great. Thank you so much.’ And she goes, ‘I have to tell you something, but don’t get upset,’ " Stan recalled.

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Admitting he was “already in an anxious place” at the time, the actor continued, “And she goes, ‘I know you’re an actor and everything, but maybe you can express a little less because … I can see these lines.’ "

Stan was previously nominated at the Golden Globes andBAFTA Awardsfor his role inThe Apprentice. While he didn’t take home the prize at either award show, hewon the best actor awardin musical or comedy for his portrayal as a struggling actor with neurofibromatosis inA Different Manat the Golden Awards.

source: people.com