Two months before the Academy Awards, which took place on March 26 that year, Denzel won the Golden Globe — which, if you didn’t know, is often a good indication that they’ll get the Oscar, too. However, that was not how things panned out on the big night.

"For about 15 years, from 1999 to 2014, when I put the beverage down, I was bitter," the legendary actor shares.

Washington was candid about how the loss fueled a alcohol-fueled "pity party" before he eventually got sober in 2014.