Sebastian Stan Says His Mom Was 'Very Upset' He Didn't Shave for Oscars 2025 as He Gives Her Kiss on Red Carpet

Sebastian Stan is giving his mom some love! 

The actor, 42, brought his mother Georgeta Orlovschi to the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., where he is nominated for Best Actor for his role in The Apprentice. It is the first Oscar nod of his career.

While his mom was by his side to shower him with support, she disapproved of one big choice he made before the award show. 

During a red carpet interview with E! News, the Romanian native said that his mother "was very upset I didn't shave tonight." However, that wasn’t a decision that he made himself. 

"I told her I can't because I have to do this other role," Stan, who stars in Marvel's upcoming Thunderbolts*, explained. "But she was preferring I didn't have the beard."

Elsewhere in the interview, Orlovschi opened up about being proud of her son’s accomplishments. "He works very hard, so he deserves the best," she said. "I can't be more proud. He's adorable."

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Before the cameras cut, Stan pressed a sweet kiss to his mom’s cheek. 

In addition to his nod for The Apprentice, in which Stan portrays real-life President Donald Trump in his years as a businessman in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, the actor’s other 2024 movie is up for an award. A Different Man was nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. 

In September 2024, the Marvel alum opened up in a chat with Colman Domingo for The A24 Podcast about the advice his mother recently gave him.

"I love [my mom]. But here's what she said to me recently when she came to visit me, and she's about to leave. I'm like, 'Oh, yeah, everything's great. Thank you so much.' And she goes, 'I have to tell you something, but don't get upset,' " Stan recalled.

Admitting he was "already in an anxious place" at the time, the actor continued, "And she goes, 'I know you're an actor and everything, but maybe you can express a little less because ... I can see these lines.' "

Stan was previously nominated at the Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards for his role in The Apprentice. While he didn’t take home the prize at either award show, he won the best actor award in musical or comedy for his portrayal as a struggling actor with neurofibromatosis in A Different Man at the Golden Awards. 

 See PEOPLE's full coverage of the 97th annual Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien and airing on ABC.