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Ryan Gosling Initially Turned Down ‘I’m Just Ken’ Oscars Performance Ask Before Unleashing Inner Pop Star

Ryan Gosling revealed his initial reluctance to accept the Academy Awards' offer for him to perform 'I'm Just Ken' from 'Barbie' at the 2024 Oscars.

"There's a lot of ways that can go wrong," theactor recently told Jimmy Fallon about his early reluctance to perform the Barbie song at the awards ceremony Ryan Gosling performs "I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie" at the 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 10, 2024 PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images During a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Ryan Gosling admitted that his first response when the offer to perform the Barbie song was brought to him was: “100 percent no.” The actor eventually changed his mind but shared that his initial reluctance was rooted in the fact that “there’s a lot of ways that can go wrong.”

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