People are freaking out about Nicole Kidman's bizarre clap at the Oscars

The INSIDER Summary: 

• Nicole Kidman clapped at the Oscars.
• Her hands looked huge.
• She clapped her palms together but kept her fingers wide apart.
• The internet is weirded out.

Much of the Oscars telecast is crowd shots of the celebrities applauding the winners. Sometimes, the camera catches celebrities caught unaware and looking away. In Nicole Kidman's case, something strange was happening.

This is what Nicole Kidman's clap looked like on TV, where her fingers appear extremely long (for what it's worth, it could be a weird distortion issue with the camera — her husband Keith Urban's hands also look large):

Here's another look:

Why is she holding her hands like that? Why do her fingers appear so long? Why is she holding her hands parallel while clapping her palms together, instead of perpendicular? Is she auditioning for the role of the Babadook in a theatrical version of "The Babadook"?

Here are three theories:

1. She's trying to protect a delicate manicure for the Oscar after-parties.

2. Clapping the jewelry together on her hands would hurt. This one is the most likely. As you can see from this photo, her jewelry looks very big and heavy and would probably reverberate painfully in her bones if struck together at a high velocity.

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3. She is just bad at clapping.

The truth could be a combination of all three factors. At the 2015 Oscars, Kidman clapped similarly, as you can see from this Vine (RIP).

Then, too, she had heavy jewelry.

In any case, Twitter has noticed, and they are disturbed.