An English news presenter was left red faced on Sunday evening during a red carpet interview with Oscar hopeful Daniel Kaluuya at the 90th annual Academy Awards. The 29-year old Londoner narrowly lost out on the coveted Best Actor award for his leading role in the critically acclaimed Get Out, one of four nominations at the annual ceremony.
But he was clearly annoyed while speaking to Arts and Entertainment Correspondent Lucy Cotter outside the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles after she claimed the racial drama ‘ticked a lot of boxes and raised a lot of important things.’ Audibly annoyed, he told her: ‘We’re not boxes though! Articulating a black experience isn’t a box. It’s like, what we are articulating is our truth. We are human beings.’
To make matters worse, Lucy appeared to forget Kaluuya, who was born in London to Ugandan parents, is actually British during a pre-interview introduction – during which she wrongly assumed Gary Oldman was the only homegrown nominee. ‘Can’t wait to see the Get Out lot!’ she enthused to camera. ‘It’s a film everyone’s talking about, and Daniel Kaluuya. Obviously we’re hoping Gary Oldman will get the Best Actor award.’
???? Kaluuya chill bro ?? pic.twitter.com/dZML9WltYa
— Michael ‘Buck’ Maris (@buckotb) March 5, 2018
Brit best actor (and first-time) nominee Daniel Kaluuya tells Sky News how he prepared for #Oscars night pic.twitter.com/U7jTRbbqhN
— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 5, 2018
Daniel Kaluuya is #Oscars MVP for eloquently shutting down ignorant reporters
Sky Reporter:(Get Out) ticks a lot of boxes in some ways,it raises important themes
DK:We’re not boxes though, articulating black experience isn’t a box,we’re articulating our truth,we’re human beings
— Conor Hunt (@conor_hunt) March 5, 2018
I’ve watched this clip five times and I’m still left speechless by the offensiveness and downright racism of the interviewer suggesting #GetOut “ticks a lot of boxes”. Massive kudos to Daniel Kaluuya in the way he handled it, but it’s still a gobsmackingly awful interview. https://t.co/7jB6q2gYG7
— Zoe Margolis (@girlonetrack) March 5, 2018
Give Daniel Kaluuya an award for that red carpet interview please #AcademyAwards
— Yas U (@YazzieU) March 5, 2018
