The 2016 Academy Award season has been riddled with controversy over what many see as a severe lack of diversity. Hashtags have been born and boycotts have been announced, all leading to a promised overhaul in the Oscar voting policies and pool. But the Academy Awards are no stranger to controversy. From wacky acceptance speeches to possible assaults, this show has seen more than its share of memorable moments, and here are 7 that stand out the most.

Marlon Brando’s Best Actor Acceptance Speech (or lack thereof) at the 45th Annual Academy Awards

In 1973, Marlon Brando won a Best Actor award for his role in The Godfather. Pretty straightforward really, except that he didn’t show up. Instead, the award was accepted by a woman named Sacheen Littlefeather, the president of The National Native American Affirmative Image Committee. Littlefeather refused to take the award from presenter Liv Ullmann and instead gave a speech on behalf of Brando. “He very regretfully cannot accept this award and the reasons being the treatment of American Indians by the film industry today and on television and movie re-runs and also with recent happenings at Wounded Knee,” she said as the audience applauded.

Adrien Brody Kissing Halle Berry at the 75th Annual Academy Awards 

In 2003, Adrien Brody landed himself in hot water after getting a bit carried upon winning the Best Actor award for The Pianist. The award was presented by Halle Berry, who greeted Brody at the podium. Brody seized the moment and went in for a big kiss, wrapping his arms around the actress and dipping her. Berry played along but looked pretty surprised upon completion of the unplanned smooch. “I bet they didn’t tell you that was in the gift bag,” Brody said upon taking to the microphone. Berry looked less than pleased as she stood off to the side of the stage while wiping her lips. The kiss went on to be the focus of much debate, with viewers describing the incident as at least obnoxious and unwelcome and at most sexual harassment or even straight up assault. Lesson? Always ask first, even if you just won an Oscar.

Sally Field’s Best Actress Acceptance Speech at the 57th Annual Academy Awards

In 1985, Sally Field received the Best Actress award for her role in Places in the Heart. In one of the most copied (and misquoted) moments ever to occur on an awards stage, an overly excited Field proclaimed, “I’ve wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn’t feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can’t deny the fact that you like me! Right now, you like me!” The moment was memorably over the top, with the camera capturing an audience of semi-confused and surprised looking actors.

Seth MacFarlane’s Opening Performance at The 85th Annual Academy Awards 

Why Oscars organizers thought raunchy comedian Seth MacFarlane would be a good fit to host the 2013 show we will never know. But he quickly made them all regret their decision by opening the night with a cringe-inducing song called “We Saw Your Boobs.” The upbeat and undeniably catchy little ditty listed various well-respected and highly talented actresses and highlighted films in which they showed their breasts, reducing their performances to an incredibly offensive and incredibly unfunny joke. Even worse, some of the movie moments mentioned in the performance took place during scenes of sexual abuse. During the song cameras occasionally panned around the room, showing a variety of shocked audience members. While some song subjects appeared to play along (Jennifer Lawrence), others (Charlize Theron) looked understandably angry and uncomfortable. Of course the backlash that followed was pretty bad and MacFarlane has not hosted since.

Hattie McDaniel Wins Best Supporting Actress at the 12th Annual Academy Awards But Sits at Segregated Table

In 1940, Hattie McDaniel made history as the first African-American to ever win an Academy Award for her role in Gone With The Wind. But the setting for the ceremony—the Ambassador Hotel’s Cocoanut Grove Nightclub—was a segregated venue. According to reports based on photographs of the night, McDaniel and her companion were forced to sit separately at a table laid for two. The moment is certainly one that will go down in Oscar history as an incredible example of a breakthrough shadowed by shameful practices of old.

The Streaker at the 46th Annual Academy Awards

The 1974 Oscars ceremony was a classy affair, hosted by John Huston, Diana Ross, Burt Reynolds and David Niven. However, things took a bit of a turn when Huston was on stage introducing Elizabeth Taylor and a naked man ran across the platform. The incident was captured on camera and the streaker certainly got a reaction from the audience: women screamed and everyone clapped and the band played as he was taken off stage. But no one could have prepared for the cool and collected Huston to reclaim the moment by saying, “Well ladies and gentlemen that was almost bound to happen. But isn’t it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings.” Huston then went right back into his role as host, landing a spot in awards show history with one of the best responses to a controversial moment, possibly ever. 

Vanessa Redgrave’s Best Supporting Actress Speech at the 50th Annual Academy Awards 

In 1978, Vanessa Redgrave was awarded for her role in the film Julia. Her acceptance speech started out routinely enough but then devolved into comparing the fight against Nazis in Germany to the “threats from a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums whose behavior is an insult to the stature of Jews all over the world and to their great and heroic struggle against fascism and oppression.” She went on to mention “that period when Nixon and McCarthy launched the worldwide witch hunt against those who tried to express in their lives and their work the truth that they believed in.” Her words earned some boos and hisses, but ultimately received a round of applause.