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Angela Bassett's reaction to Jamie Lee Curtis' Oscar win for Everything Everywhere All At Once at the 2023 Oscars has taken over Twitter, as fans rushed to criticize the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever actress for not having an appropriate response, deeming her "bitter."
Bassett did not clap or stand up for Curtis' victory ovation as the latter bagged her first ever Oscar for for best supporting actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Fans believe the Queen Ramonda actress was so "pissed" that she refused to clap. Many pointed out that she was "not gracious loser."
For the awards ceremony, the 64-year-old actress showed up in a royal purple Moschino gown, winning hearts on the red carpet. She was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role as Queen Ramonda in Marvel's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, making it the first ever acting nomination for the MCU.
This is Bassett's second snub at the Academy Awards - her first being in 1994, when she was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role as Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It. She lost to lost to Holly Hunter, who took home the Best Actress Oscar for her work in The Piano.
"Expected a lot more class from her": Fans criticize Angela Bassett for not clapping to Jamie Lee Curtis' Oscar win
Twitter has been taken over by disappointed fans who were shocked at Angela Bassett not clapping for Jamie Lee Curtis' surprise Oscar win for best supporting actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Fans believe the 64-year-old Black Panther: Wakanda Forever actress was upset and chose not to clap or stand alongside others.
Several fans rushed to Bassett's defense, arguing that the actress did clap after the speech. Many believe the actress was snubbed yet again from a well-deserved victory.
What did Jamie Lee Curtis say after her surprise win for Everything Everywhere All At Once?
Jamie Lee Curtis was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role as Deirdre Beaubeirdre in Daniels' ground-breaking sci-fi film Everything Everywhere All At Once. The Michelle Yeoh-starrer has become the most award-winning film of all time after its recent victories this year.
The 64-year-old actress got emotional while giving her acceptance speech, thanking everyone who supported her genre of movies:
"I know it looks like I’m standing up here by myself but I am not, I am hundreds of people. I’m hundreds of people."
Jamie Lee Curtis further added:
"To all the people who have supported the genre movies that I’ve made for these years, the thousands and hundreds of thousands of people, we just won an Oscar together!"
Curtis was nominated alongside co-star Stephanie Hsu for Everything Everywhere All At Once, Angela Bassett for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Hong Chau for The Whale, and Kerry Condon for The Banshees of Inisherin.
