HFPA member denies mistaking Daniel Kaluuya for Leslie Odom Jr
An HFPA journalist has denied mistaking 'Judas and the Black Messiah' actor Daniel Kaluuya for Leslie Odom Jr. while asking a question following his Oscar win. https://t.co/fYzXWzu6gN
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) April 26, 2021
The mess that is the Hollywood Foreign Press Association just doesn't know when to stop.
Margaret Gardiner, a member from South Africa, took to Twitter to insist that she didn't mistake Daniel Kaluuya for Leslie Odom Jr during Daniel's talk with the press after winning Best Supporting Actor. She just wanted to ask how Regina King not being nominated for directing One Night in Miami and him winning "for the community." She claims there were audio issues on her end that made it seem like she was mistaking the two actors, but she can tell the two apart.
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