Academy President Cheryl Isaacs Boone has since stated both Cullinan and Ruiz will not be working any future Oscars; unsurprising, considering even more damning details have since emerged.
PwC released a statement explaining Cullinan mistakenly handed the back-up Best Actress envelope instead of Best Picture, which many have speculated was due to Cullinan being distracted tweeting.
When it was revealed the second envelope named Moonlight the Best Picture winner, Natoli then told the stage managers in the wings to get both accountants onto the stage but, “John was trying to get Brian to go on stage, and he wouldn’t go.
He also broke down what happened following the mistaken declaration of La La Land as Best Picture: “I was in the wings stage left with Jimmy [Kimmel] when they announced La La Land.