Angela Bassett Was ‘Gobsmacked’ She Lost the Oscar for ‘Black Panther 2’
Angela Bassett says losing the 2023 Oscar for best supporting actress was a "supreme disappointment."
“I was gobsmacked! I was. I thought I handled it very well. That was my intention, to handle it very well. It was, of course, a supreme disappointment and disappointment is… pic.twitter.com/S98J1QxSWD
- Variety (@Variety) March 8, 2024
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Angela Bassett, got candid about how she felt when she lost the Oscar for best supporting actress in 2023 to Jamie Lee Curtis.
Oprah noted that Bassett’s despondent facial reaction became a meme. “People are saying your disappointment showed, but I thought you handled it really well,” said Winfrey.
“I was gobsmacked! I was,” Bassett responded. “I thought I handled it very well. That was my intention, to handle it very well. It was, of course, a supreme disappointment, and disappointment is human. So I thought, yes, I was disappointed and I handled it like a human being.”
Bassett said handling the Oscar loss with grace was of the utmost importance “for myself and for my children who were there with me.”
“There are going to be these moments of disappointment that you’ll experience, but how do you handle yourself in the midst of them?” she added. “We’re going to smile, we’re going to be gracious, we’re going to be kind, we’re going to party anyway.”
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