Sean Ono Lennon Has Oscars Crowd Wish Mom Yoko Ono ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ in U.K. While Winning for Animated Short

Sean Ono Lennon gave his mom the ultimate shout out on the Oscars stage.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s only child, Sean, 48, took to the stage to accept the award for best animated short for The war is over!and he got the entire star-studded crowd to join him in wishing Yoko a happy Mother’s Day.

“Thank you, I just want to quickly say that my mother turned 91 this February,” Sean said as he began his brief remarks. “And today is Mother’s Day in the UK, so can everyone say, Happy Mother’s Day, Yoko?”

The packed Dolby Theater joined him in repeating, “Happy Mother’s Day, Yoko!”

Sean was joined on stage by director of the animated short Dave Mullins and producer Brad Booker. During the trio’s acceptance speech, Booker praised son John and Ono as “amazing to work with.”

“John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote a song that inspired us, and it’s an anti-war message that we tried to convey in honor of this film,” said Booker, who was inspired by the pair’s 1971 collaboration, “Merry Christmas (The War Is Over ). ”

rad Booker, Dave Mullins and Sean Lennon accept the award for best animated short for “The War is Over!”.

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Although Sean is the only child of John and Yoko, who were married for 13 years before John’s death in 1980, he has a sister, Kyoko Chan Cox, from Yoko’s second marriage to director Anthony Cox in 1963.

Sean also has a brother, Julian Charles John Lennon, from Lennon’s first marriage to Cynthia Lennon. The couple are close and continue to honor their father’s legacy to this day. They celebrated their father’s 80th birthday in 2020 with a special BBC radio show.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono arrive at London Airport from New York in 1971.

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Earlier on Sunday, Sean commented on Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles movies — one for each of the band’s members, John, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — while sharing one of his dream casting scenarios.

“Well, I hope Emma Stone might think about it,” Sean said Diversity when asked who should play his father, who died at the age of 40 in 1980.

He went on to explain why Stone, who is nominated for best actress at Sunday’s Academy Awards, should be considered for the role: “Because she did such a good job in Poor people and I think if you’re going to make it as an actor, the next obvious step is to actually do it.”

Sean also admitted that it would be “very difficult to cast” a film about his father, given how “famous” John was.

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The 96th Academy Awards air on ABC at 7:00 PM ET from the Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood.

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