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Daniel Kaluuya responds to a journalist who mistook him for Leslie Odom Jr. at the #Oscars and asked him: “What was it like being directed by Regina [King]?”
Gardiner took to social media on Monday to slam reports that she had confused Kaluuya to Odom, writing, “Daniel Kaluuya, I did not mistake you for Leslie Odom Jr. I’m sorry if it seemed that way. I had wanted to ask about Regina King not being nominated as a director for ‘One Night in Miami,’ and your win for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ for the community at this time.”
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Black Panther starâs moment took a turn as he was seemingly confused with fellow nominee Odom Jr. The moment went viral, leading to the journalist denying the mistake.
For Daniel Kaluuya, the Oscars was a night filled with excitement and some TMI. While Hollywoodâs biggest night was a little different, the tradition of the after-win press conference still happened (virtually, of course). Daniel Kaluuyaâs press conference went smoothly until the Leslie Odom Jr. snafu with one member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association occurred. Check out the viral exchange below:
Daniel Kaluuya responds to a journalist who mistook him for Leslie Odom Jr. at the #Oscars and asked him: âWhat was it like being directed by Regina [King]?â
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A member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association took to Twitter Monday to apologize and explain what led many viewers to think she mistook Daniel Kaluuya with another Black actor.
“I’ve been following you since the beginning of your career, and I was wondering what it meant for you to be directed by Regina, what this means for you at this time with the world and the state that it’s in?” South African journalist Margaret Gardiner asked Kaluuya on Sunday.
After the actor asked for clarification, Gardiner rephrased her question, saying, “I was wondering what it meant for you to win with the world and the state that it’s in in the moment?”
A South African reporter for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is setting the record straight following backlash and criticism after mistaking British actor
Daniel Kaluuya for actor Leslie Odom Jr. during a press conference at Sunday night’s Academy Awards.
“#DanielKaluuya I did not mistake you for Leslie Odom Jnr. I’m sorry if it seemed that way,” journalist Margaret Gardiner wrote, Monday, April 28. “I had wanted to ask about Regina King not being nominated as a director for One Night in Miami, and your win for Judas and the Black Messiah for the community at this time.”
(L-R) Daniel Kaluuya and Leslie Odom Jr. Photo by Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images. Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images