Angela Bassett Was ‘Gobsmacked’ She Lost the Oscar for ‘Black Panther 2’

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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
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[richyrich909]

This was highway robbery and you can’t convince me otherwise. Well…highway race-ery.

[peddlestools]

JLC didn't deserve that Oscar, but neither did Angela

it should have gone to Kerry Condon (or Stephanie Hsu, tho I liked Kerry's performance more)

[richyrich909]

I forgot about Stephanie and you’re right tbh.

[nightwing30]

Both JLC and Angela were/would have been career wins, though out of the two, Angela gave the better performance.

Kerry was my pick too, wouldn’t have minded Stephanie either

[champagnexdream]

Angela was much more deserving than Jamie performance wise but IA, Kerry and Stephanie out-acted both of them

[komnene]

I lost interest in this movie about 20 minutes in. Was she good in it? Better than Stephanie Hsu?

Jamie Lee Curtis winning was bizarre.

[treenotree]

Especially because Jamie Lee Curtis was in the same damn movie as Stephanie Hsu! I mean how do you watch that movie and give it to Jamie over Stephanie?!

[doriiansz]

I love Angela, but that award was Stephanie's.

[picturemegone]

I love that we can all agree JLC didn't deserve it lol

[champagnexdream]

I generally like JLC as an actress too and think she deserves an Oscar at some point. This just wasn’t it. It’s like Leo for The Revenant all over again (he should’ve gotten it for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Catch Me If You Can, The Aviator, or Django Unchained).

[ari_angelique]

I'm watching The Bear (I know, late to the game) and maybe JLC should have won an emmy instead for her role on there. She's really good in it.

[champagnexdream]

1. I love The Bear sfm, 2. I shit you not, I was literally thinking this same thing when I made the original comment! I hope she gets an Emmy for that. I bet she will at least snag a nomination