Daniel Kaluuya s mom wins internet as she reacts to son s sex joke about her during Oscars speech: Video
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Monday Apr 26, 2021
Daniel Kaluuya has won an Oscar on Sunday night, but his mother Damalie Namusoke deserved the prize for best viral reaction over her son s sex joke about his parents during speech.
While accepting the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his turn as Fred Hampton in “Judas and the Black Messiah,” the British star thanked his parents for doing their part by welcoming him into the world 32 years ago.
“My mom, my dad, they had sex, it’s amazing!” Kaluuya said on stage at Union Station in Los Angeles. “I’m here! I’m so happy to be alive.”
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Daniel Kaluuya’s 2021 Oscars moment may have came during the first hour of the Academy Awards ceremony, but it quickly became an early contender for best speech of the night.
The British actor was clearly moved on stage while accepting the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his turn as Fred Hampton in biographical drama
Judas and the Black Messiah. His speech started emotionally, as Kaluuya thanked God, his family and his friends. “For my mom, thank you so much for pouring into me, you gave me everything. You gave me your factory settings. So I can stand at my fullest height,” he said, as the camera panned to his mom and sister, who was crying. “Love to my sister, my niece, my friends and family, everyone I love.”
Daniel Kaluuya celebrates his 1st Oscar by thanking parents for having sex: It s amazing!
At the age of 32, Daniel Kaluuya is already an Oscar winner â and his acceptance speech got a bit wild.
Kaluuya on Sunday won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Fred Hampton in
Judas and the Black Messiah. He was seen as the frontrunner in the category after dominating throughout awards season, taking home trophies at previous shows including the Golden Globe Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In his acceptance speech, Kaluuya paid tribute to Hampton, saying, How blessed we are to live in a lifetime where he existed. As the speech continued, though, it had a bit of an .
Here s how a train station was transformed into the site of this year s Academy Awards
This year s Oscars are on track to being one for the history books, and not just because the ceremony is taking place at a train station.
The Academy Awards are typically broadcast from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, but for 2021, the ceremony was moved to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. Union Station has itself starred in several films, including
Blade Runner and
The Dark Knight Rises, and a stage has been set up in the Ticket Concourse, with only about 170 people â nominees and their one guest â in attendance. The tables are six feet apart, with just two to four people at each one, and no one is allowed to mingle.