Julia Fox Had A Mic Drop Moment About Motherhood At The Vanity Fair Oscars Party

If anyone didn’t know, Julia Fox is a girl’s girl — and an advocate for moms — even when it’s Hollywood’s most glamorous night.

At the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 15, Fox was interviewed by influencers Jake Shane and Quen Blackwell. The trio was talking about the movie, If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You, starring Oscar nominee Rose Byrne. The film focuses on a heavy topic about caregivers and the burdens mothers often face in caring for their children, especially when they have a chronic illness.

Fox, who is a single mom to son, Valentino, 5, loved Byrne’s performance and gave her a shoutout during the interview. (You can see the clip here.)

“If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You. Wow, every mother’s story,” she began before Shane interrupted her.

“Do you think the kid was annoying?” he asked. “You know that kid was so damn annoying.”

That was not the direction Fox wanted to take the conversation, and she tried to pivot as Shane and Blackwell agreed about the daughter being “annoying.”

“No, can I tell you something? It’s not that it’s the mother’s fault or the child’s fault. It’s society’s fault,” Fox elaborated. “It sets mothers up to fail. You know, even the fact that, like, school gets out at three, but most jobs are done at five or six. Like, all those little things are so positioned to just not… are not conducive to mothering, if that makes sense.”

“That makes complete sense,” agreed Shane.

Blackwell added, “Julia Fox for president.”

Fox was done with the discourse after sharing her hot take and said, “I feel like we dragged this on a little bit.”

While there was no animosity between the interviewers and Fox, it was clear to social media users that the Uncut Gems star made sure to give moms everywhere a voice, even though it was an Oscars afterparty. Fox was praised by fans under the X account that posted the clip.

“Julia Fox beautifully explaining the significance of if I had legs I’d kick you after Jake Shane’s only comment on the film was ‘wasn’t the kid annoying,'” wrote the social media user.

Another person added, “She really knows how to put things into perspective. His comment definitely missed the point.”

Byrne spoke about the intense role with the Los Angeles Times in October 2025, describing how motherhood is an emotional roller coaster.

“Anything dealing with motherhood and shame around motherhood, whether it’s disappointment, failure — she’s got this line in the movie, ‘I wasn’t meant to do this’ — these are pretty radical things to say,” she explained. “People aren’t comfortable with that. So performance-wise, that was the hardest part because it was like a tightrope, the tightrope of this woman.”

It was a performance that resonated with Fox, so much so that she jumped to Byrne and the film’s defense when they needed it the most.

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