Angela Bassett‘s crestfallen reaction to Jamie Lee Curtis beating her to the Best Supporting Actress award at the Oscars has gone viral.
The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star, 64, looked visibly disappointed and failed to applaud as an elated Curtis, 64, screamed at winning the first Oscar of her decades-long career for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Bassett, who was hoping to win Marvel Studio’s first ever acting Oscar after taking home the Golden Globe, was somber as Curtis took to the stage, while fellow nominees Hong Chau, Kerry Condon and Stephanie Hsu applauded.
In fact, Curtis was the third favourite behind Bassett and Banshees of Inisherin star Kerry Condon, who won the Bafta for Best Supporting Actress earlier this month.
Following the announcement, actors Michael B Jordan and Jonathan Majors supported Bassett while presenting an award onstage moments later.
‘Angela Bassett deserves one and everyone knows that,’ one fan wrote, adding: ‘Don’t get me wrong, Jamie Lee Curtis has phenomenal work but Angela’s Oscars is LONG overdue and it’s upsetting to see her get played in the face. The emotion when she lost, she had a blank face. She is amazing. She was SNUBBED.’
One person tweeted: ‘Angela Bassett’s reaction was for real,’ one fan wrote, adding: ‘This woman has given so much to all her films for the Oscars to rob her yet again?!?’
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