Journalist Mistakes Daniel Kaluuya for Leslie Odom Jr. During Post Oscars Press Conference
Daniel Kaluuya responds to a journalist who mistook him for Leslie Odom Jr. at the #Oscars and asked him: “What was it like being directed by Regina [King]?”
Odom Jr. was in #OneNightInMiami, directed by King. Kaluuya won for #JudasAndTheBlackMessiah. pic.twitter.com/CWLe0O9jZQ
- Film Updates (@TheFilmUpdates) April 26, 2021
Transcript
Journalist: “I want to congratulate you on this I’ve been following you since the beginning of your career and I was wondering ....what it meant for you ...to be directed by Regina ... what this means for you at this time with the world in the state that it’s in.”
Daniel: “Say that question again please?”
Journalist: “I was wondering what it meant for you to win with the world in the state that it’s in at the moment.”
Daniel: “...it’s amazing to have this honor and to be appreciated in this way”
Journalist: “Does it mean more for the community though?”
Daniel: “...What means something to the community is people pouring into each other and protecting each other and defending each other and guiding each other. That’s what means everything to the community.”
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ONTD, would you take the high road or put that journalist on blast?