Reply #37: not allowed in US to attend?

[suffragette]

This happened earlier but I didn't see it in thread 1 and had to look up the speech to verify.
It sounds like someone wasn't allowed into the country for the awards. Anyone heard anything about this?

From Martin McDonagh's acceptance speech for best short film (live action):

http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/winners/bestliveactionshortfilmcategory.html

Hi. I'd just like to thank everybody who was involved in the film. Especially Brendan Gleeson and Ruaidhri Conroy. And Rory, I'm sorry that you couldn't be here tonight, but I hope next time if they let you into the country. I'd like to say hi to my mom and dad back in Ireland. And, a big hello to everyone involved with Lieutenant Lynchmore in Yatlantic, New York. Thanks.