The only thing more awkward than fashion giant Andre Leon Talley insistently calling Jennifer Hudson the "People's Princess" at the Oscars pre-show over and over again? The insane outfit that he styled her in: a metallic python bolero over a floor-length brown gown by Oscar de la Renta.

Yes, you read that right. A metallic python bolero.

Paired with that brown dress, it was snakes on a plain. It was Ming the Merciless meets "Battlefield Earth." It was, as humorist Andy Borowitz notes, like a "rejected design for the Freedom Tower."

Our favorite comedians put it all in perspective: