'ROBBED'
ANGELA Bassett's fans have slammed the Oscars after the actress lost out on her first Oscar for best supporting actress to Jamie Lee Curtis.
The actress won for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
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During the Academy Awards, it was announced that Jamie, 54, had been crowned best supporting actress.
She beat out Angela, also 54, whom many fans were eager to see take home the statue.
She was up for the award for her role in the Black Panther sequel, Wakanda Forever.
While Jamie's fans were elated to see her win, and many other viewers felt she had earned the title, Angela's supporters couldn't hide their disappointment.
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One Twitter user wrote: "Of course the #Oscars snubbed Angela Bassett as this is when I tune out cause ain't no way this wasn't rigged she deserved that...."
Another viewer tweeted: "I'm still thinking about Angela Bassett losing her Oscar."
A third tweeted: "Angela Bassett unfortunately did NOT do the thing," referencing a popular meme.
A fourth wrote simply: "Wait, they didn't give it to Angela Bassett?!"
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Someone else chimed in: "The biggest joke at the Oscars is the winner of the best supporting actress.
"Angela Bassett is the real winner."
Another commenter tweeted: "Angela Bassett was ROBBED AND SNUBBED of an Oscar for Wakanda Forever! @theAcademy definitely doesn't get it!"
JAMIE VS MARVEL
Jamie has been making headlines for lots of reasons as of late – not just her accolades.
Back in 2022, she generated buzz after she appeared to criticize Marvel, revealing that she hasn't always been a fan.
She specifically shaded Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and fans were left seeking answers.
In May 2022, she took to Instagram to criticize almost every aspect of the highly anticipated Doctor Strange sequel, from its “copycat poster” to its “artificial” green screen.
“Is it JUST me? Does it seem STRANGE that our tiny movie that could and did and continues to do #1movieinamerica and is TRULY MARVELOUS, out marvels any Marvel movie they put out there @everythingeverywheremovie has a Marvel movie coming out with a copycat poster?” she captioned a side-by-side image of the two movie posters in a since-deleted post, according to Vanity Fair.
In another post, Curtis then went on to say that the Doctor Strange film is missing “a dynamite dildo fight scene as well as a very erotic hotdog mating dance,” in reference to a scene that happened in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
FAMILY MATTERS
The chatter surrounding Jamie in recent years hasn't all been controversial, however.
In July 2021, she opened up about her adult child, revealing that she is a transgender woman named Ruby.
The Knives out star told fans that she and her husband Christopher Guest "have watched in wonder and pride as our son became our daughter Ruby."
Jamie opened up about Ruby's transition - with Ruby's permission - in an interview with AARP Magazine.
The Freaky Friday star revealed at the time that Ruby and her fiancé were planning to get married in 2023 in a wedding that the star will officiate.
Ruby, who works as a computer gaming editor, is one of two children adopted by Jamie and Christopher.
The couple is also parents to daughter Annie who is a dance instructor.
Nearly a year later, Jamie opened up again about her daughter, revealing the struggles she's faced.
"I have a trans daughter. There are threats against her life just [for] her existence as a human being," she revealed.
"There are people that want to annihilate her and people like her. The level of hatred ... [It's] as if we haven't learned from fascism, [as if] we haven't learned what the result of that is: The extermination of human beings. That is terrifying."
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She went on, sending a message to others: "So Jamie Lee Curtis is scared, and you should be too. And Jamie Lee Curtis has a voice, and she's trying to use it. And you should too."
The Halloween actress continued: "And that's how we change things. We think about them, we learn about them and then we use our voices to bring attention to them and fight against them."
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