Acclaimed actress Angela Bassett publicly reacted to her losing the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, believing she deserved differently.
Bassett came into the 2023 Academy Awards as the favorite to win the Oscar for her work in the Marvel tentpole, only to lose in a surprise upset to fellow veteran actress Jamie Lee Curtis for her turn in Everything Everywhere All at Once. At the time, social media users noted that Bassett appeared stoic and unhappy.
“I found it interesting,” Bassett told Town & Country magazine. “Interesting that I wouldn’t be allowed to be disappointed at an outcome where I thought I was deserving.”
“I love applauding people,” she added. “But in that moment… No, I have put in:
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