She might need “carried out the factor,” however Jamie Lee Curtis … received the factor.
Angela Bassett felt “gobsmacked” after shedding the 2023 Oscar for Finest Supporting Actress to Jamie Lee Curtis.
“I used to be,” Bassett, 65, advised Oprah Winfrey throughout a latest interview on the Oprah Winfrey Community. “I assumed I dealt with it very nicely, and that was my intention: to deal with it very nicely.”
“It was, in fact, a supreme disappointment, and disappointment is human, so sure, I used to be upset, and I dealt with it like a human being.”
The actress, who was nominated for her position as Queen Ramonda in Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Without end,” was competing for the celebrated award alongside Curtis, 65, for her position in “Every thing In all places All at As soon as.”
Different nominees included Hong Chau for “The Whale,” Kerry Condon for “The Banshees of Inisherin” and Stephanie Hsu for “Every thing In all places All at As soon as.”
Bassett, who had beforehand scored a Golden Globe and a Critics’ Alternative Award for the position, was believed to be a shoo-in.
Nevertheless, Curtis managed to take the award house in a surprising upset.
“I didn’t get the entire ‘Angela Bassett face,’ ” Winfrey, 70, advised the actress, referring to how Bassett’s muted response to Curtis’ win went viral.
“I assumed, wow, you possibly can see that [you] anticipated one other factor, however you had been nonetheless as gracious as a queen could be,” Winfrey continued. “I assumed you really dealt with it rather well as a result of persons are saying your disappointment confirmed. However I assumed you dealt with it very nicely.”
Bassett, who was the primary particular person ever to be nominated for a Marvel movie, agreed with the previous talk-show host.
“Completely. For myself and for my kids, who had been there with me, sure,” she stated. “I do know a pastor who says ‘expertise is completely different — persons are the identical.’ There are going to be these moments of disappointment that they will expertise. However how do you deal with your self within the midst of them? We’re going to smile, we’re going to be gracious, we’re going to be form — we bought a celebration, anyway.”
Some critics, nonetheless, panned the “Whitney” star for being a sore loser when the actress failed to offer Curtis a standing ovation regardless of being within the entrance row.
“Angela Bassett’s response hurts me,” one particular person posted on X (previously Twitter).
“No matter who received that Oscar … Angela Bassett might have clapped for the winner. To only sit there and never clap since you didn’t win,” somebody wrote.
“Dayumm #AngelaBassett it’s okay. It’s referred to as shedding gracefully. Sitting with a scowl all pissed,” one particular person tweeted.
“Angela Bassett not standing up for Jamie Lee Curtis is kinda shady. I get you’re upset for not successful however rattling,” added a fourth particular person.
Bassett later broke her silence on the loss for the Time 100 Most Influential Folks of 2023 sequence.
“On the night of the Oscars, with Austin [Butler] seated subsequent to me, I understood intimately what he felt when it was time to be taught if he would climb these stairs to the stage,” Bassett wrote. “So, I took his hand and held it softly because the winner was introduced. Though his title wasn’t referred to as, Austin isn’t any much less a winner.”
“The time had come for Austin to say goodbye to ‘Elvis’ as he started to embrace an infinite universe of prospects as an actor. I can’t wait to see what he brings us subsequent,” she continued.