Nobody Was More Excited About The Oscars Than Magic Johnson

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Twitter was ablaze during the 91st Academy Awards on Sunday night. Over the course of several hours, movie buffs and award show fans went through a rollercoaster of emotions surrounding some of the best films and performances that occurred over the last year.

This included Lakers president of basketball operations and Hall of Fame inductee Magic Johnson, who, as it turns out, really loves the Oscars.

Johnson is known for his Twitter presence. It’s endearing, in a way, because Johnson tweets like an extremely normal person who likes stuff and not like every other billionaire who tweets about, I don’t know, Changing The Way We Think About Tires Through Apps or whatever. A few non-Oscars examples:

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) November 20, 2018

I want to congratulate Rutgers women’s basketball Coach C. Vivian Stringer for being the 6th division 1 coach in NCAA history to win 1000 games!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) November 14, 2018

Had dinner last night with Sam & LaTanya Jackson and John & Vicki Palmer at Da Paolino Restaurant better known as the lemon tree restaurant in Capri. pic.twitter.com/Ce860VsULS

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) August 15, 2018

The Bucks just acquired the next Jason Kidd in Michael Carter-Williams.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 20, 2015

Now that the thesis of this post has been established, let’s look into his posts from last night. Johnson sent 15 tweets on Sunday evening, 13 of which were related to the Academy Awards. The NBA’s all-time leader in assists per game was quick to dish out praise (sorry) to the winners of the various major awards.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

Congratulations to Ruth Carter for winning the Oscar for Best Costume Design for Black Panther! I’m glad my friend Spike Lee gave Ruth her start.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

Congratulations to Hannah Beachler making history with her Oscar win for Best Production Design in Black Panther!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Green Book, Mahershala Ali. Congratulations!!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

At a certain point in the night, Spike Lee and Samuel L. Jackson got their chances to shine — the latter presented the former with his first Academy Award win, as Lee’s BlacKkKlansman won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. This excited Johnson, as he’s tight with both dudes and was over the moon that they shared this moment together.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

Congratulations to Spike Lee, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, and Kevin Willmott!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

My best friend @SamuelLJackson was looking sharp in his tux tonight for the Academy Awards!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

It makes me feel so proud to see Spike Lee win an Oscar. I remember when he was making Malcolm X. I believed in it so much that I invested in it. Huge congratulations to Spike!!!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

Johnson kept tweeting as the event went on. He was an especially big fan of Lady Gaga’s performance in A Star is Born and the necklace she wore to the ceremony.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

Lady Gaga you have to tell me where you got your beautiful necklace!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

Congratulations to Rami Malek on being awarded Best Actor in a Leading Role, Bohemian Rhapsody. Amazing performance and well deserved!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

Congratulations Olivia Colman! She beat out the legendary Glenn Close to win Best Actress for her performance in The Favourite.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

To end the night, Johnson disagreed with seemingly much of the Twitterverse when it came to the Best Picture winner.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

Before we learned the Best Picture winner, though, Johnson had to send his two non-Oscars tweets of the night. Both of them had to do with his alma mater winning a hard-fought road game against their biggest rivals.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

Outstanding coaching job by Coach Tom Izzo in the victory over Michigan.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 25, 2019

Sure, the Academy Awards were going on, but it was a legitimately huge win for Michigan State, and as we all know, Johnson is a Spartan for life.