Razzies nominates 12-year-old for Worst Actress, Ana de Armas-starrer Blonde leads noms: ‘Feels straight-up bullying’

The Razzie Awards unveiled their nominations with the “worst” films and performances of 2022. Oscar winner Tom Hanks and Pete Davidson were double nominees for their work this past year. Ana de Armas-starrer Blonde leads the list with eight nominations. Machine Gun Kelly’s comedy Good Mourning followed with seven noms. But many fans online felt the Razzies went too far by nominating 12-year-old Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Worst Actress for her performance in Firestarter. (Also read: Blonde review: A nightmarish, unsettling reimagining of Marilyn Monroe’s life you cannot watch more than once)

This isn’t the first time the Razzies have nominated a child. Previously, actors Gary Coleman was nominated as a 12-year-old and Macaulay Culkin at 13 in 1994. One Twitter user shared, “We’re picking on 12 year old girls now, Razzies? Cool cool cool.” Another added, “The Razzies: ‘yeah let’s nominate a 12-year-old child actor for Worst Actress, surely there won’t be anything damaging that could happen in her career in the future like blacklisting, bullying, abuse, depression, addiction, and suicide along the way.'”

Others felt the Razzies were just bullying some performers. One user wrote, “Maybe it’s just me but nominating 12 year old girl for anything “worst” feels straight-up bullying to me. Then again, I never expected any class from this awful organization. No idea why they still exist. #razzies #razzieawards.” One more user pointed out the organisation’s double standards when it came to other issues in the past. They wrote, “The #Razzies in 2022: “We rescind how badly we insulted Bruce Willis and Shelley Duvall, that was just cruel. The Razzies in 2023: “Let’s ridicule this 12-year-old girl for doing her best in a movie that wasn’t great!”

Other films that found themselves with multiple nominations were Morbius, starring Jared Leto, Disney’s Pinocchio, and the sequel to Netflix’s widely-panned 365 Days. The awards which call themselves the “ugly cousin to the Oscars” will reveal their winners for their 43rd edition on 11 March, one day before the Oscars. They announced their nominations two days before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

Check out the full list below:

Worst Supporting Actor

Pete Davidson – Good Mourning

Tom Hanks – Elvis

Xavier Samuel – Blonde

Mod Sun – Good Mourning

Evan Williams – Blonde

Worst Supporting Actress

Adria Arjona – Morbius

Lorraine Bracco – Pinocchio

Penélope Cruz – The 355

Bingbing Fan – The 355 and The King’s Daughter

Mira Sorvino – Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

Worst Actor

Colson ‘Machine Gun Kelly’ Baker – Good Mourning

Jared Leto – Morbius

Pete Davidson – Marmaduke

Sylvester Stallone – Samaritan

Tom Hanks – Pinocchio

Worst Actress

Alicia Silverstone – The Requin

Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World Dominion

Ryan Kiera Armstrong – Firestarter

Diane Keaton – Mack & Rita

Kaya Scodelario – The King’s Daughter

Worst Director

Judd Apatow – The Bubble

Colson “Machine Gun Kelly” Baker and Mod Sun – Good Mourning

Andrew Dominik – Blonde

Daniel Espinosa – Morbius

Robert Zemeckis – Pinocchio

Worst Screen Couple

Colson ‘Machine Gun Kelly’ Baker and Mod Sun – Good Mourning

Both real-life characters in the fallacious White House Bedroom Scene – Blonde

Tom Hanks and his latex-laden face (and ludicrous accent!) – Elvis

Andrew Dominik and his issues with women – Blonde

The two 365 Days sequels

Worst Screenplay

Blonde

Pinocchio

Good Mourning

Jurassic World Dominion

Morbius

Worst Remake/Rip-off/Sequel

Blonde

BOTH 365 Days sequels — 365 Days: This Day” and The Next 365 Days

Pinocchio

Firestarter

Jurassic World Dominion

Worst Picture

Pinocchio

Blonde

Good Mourning

Morbius

The King’s Daughter