Watch: Ryan Gosling steals the show with hilarious performance of ‘I’m Just Ken’

Ryan Gosling stole the show at the Oscars with a hilarious performance of his hit song I’m Just Ken on Sunday evening.

The Barbie actor, 43, had the audience in peals of laughter as he performed a rendition of the song packed with an ensemble of his fellow Ken cast members and “Kenergy”.

The performance, which he did wearing a pink jewelled rhinestone suit and sunglasses, saw him serenading Margot Robbie and doing a full-blown singalong with co-star America Ferrera and director Greta Gerwig.

The La La Land actor performed the smash hit alongside the songwriter Mark Ronson, who wore a pink shirt as he played the guitar onstage.

I’m Just Ken was nominated for best song at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, but missed out to another Barbie tune - also performed at the Oscars by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas.

Gosling began his show stopping performance wearing a stetson hat tipped over his head as he sat in the audience. Eilish and Robbie, who were sitting nearby, could be seen barely containing their laughter.

The actor was joined onstage by several actors who played Ken in the blockbuster film, including Ncuti Gatwa, Simu Liu, and Kingsley Ben-Adir, as well as a host of dancers in stetsons.

The Ken army performed the all-singing, all-dancing rendition to the audience’s delight - and it even included a moment where Gosling was lifted into the air and surrounded by cut-outs of Barbie’s head.

British-American musician Slash then delivered a surprise guitar solo while Gosling stepped out into the audience.

The actor stopped by his former co-star Emma Stone, who enthusiastically sang along, before he shared the microphone with his co-stars in the front row - Robbie, Ferrera and Gerwig - who passionately joined in.

Stone, who won best actress for her performance in Poor Things, later joked that she had ripped her dress during the performance.

Speaking to reporters backstage after her win, she said: “I genuinely do think I busted it during I’m Just Ken.

“I was so amazed by Ryan and what he was doing and that number just blew my mind and I was right there and I was just going for it and you know, things happen,” she laughed.

The actress had to have the back of her dress sewn back up after joking about it during her acceptance speech.

Gosling’s performance was already going viral immediately after the Oscars wrapped up, with one clip of it posted by Variety on TikTok gaining 2.3 million views in under one hour.

Over 4,000 gushing comments praised his effort and commitment to the rendition, including one fan saying that it “could have been a Super Bowl half-time show”.