Oscar Night Snubs

Forget who wasn’t nominated in whatever category.

It seems all some people could talk about after the Oscars on Sunday night was the fact that Whoopi Goldberg was left out of a montage highlighting past hosts. For the record, Goldberg was the first female emcee, as well as the first African American, and she served as host in 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2002.

Goldberg told E! News that the ceremony’s longtime producer, Gil Cates, personally phoned her to make amends for the oversight.

“They had a lot on their minds,” she said of the oversight, which also included a fellow former host and a notable “In Memoriam” absentee. “They even missed Brad Renfro and Steve Martin. I love Gil. He was the one who came to me and said, ‘I want to put you in as first female host of the Oscars, let’s make history.’ “