Duplicate envelopes were initially to blame, but the Pricewaterhouse Coopers use two sets every year, so that reasoning was a little too pat.
That might explain why it took Cullinan a full two minutes to ensure the Best Picture Oscar went to the correct winner, but a better — and more relatable — explanation might be that Cullinan was a little distracted because he was sending out a tweet on his phone.
The Wall Street Journal points out that Cullinan tweeted .
The explanation for the confusion is fairly simple, but, in a twist befitting the ongoing insanity of this whole debacle, the dependable accountants of PricewaterhouseCoopers may have predicted their own error just days before the awards.