Star deletes account amid BAFTAs backlash

The 32-year-old – who was last year’s Best Supporting Actress winner for West Side Story – left the A-listers in the crowd looking visibly awkward as she delivered a rap about the female nominees during this year’s British Academy Film Awards event.After performing a rendition of the Eurythmics’ Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves and We Are Family, DeBose went on to namecheck the actresses, as the camera panned across their faces. “All the ladies in the room, supporting and leading all here I presume,” the Oscar-winner sang.“Hong Chau; Dolly D; Kerry; and Carey with a C; Dame Emma, I’m so fond; Ana girl, you were great in Blonde; Danielle D, you broke my heart; Michelle, I’ve loved you from the start.“Angela Bassett, did the thing. Viola Davis my Woman King. Blanchett, Cate, you’re a genius; Jamie Lee, you are all of us.”Check it out for yourself:Afterwards, the performance went viral – but not for reasons DeBose would have hoped.Following the backlash, a BAFTAs awards producer hit back, describing the pile-on of DeBose as “incredibly unfair”.In an interview with Variety, Nick Bullen – who was backstage during the ceremony – explained that the actress had “put the whole piece together” with her team and didn’t deserve the criticism.“We wanted to open the show with some energy, some fun, and also lay out straight away that this was hopefully going to feel like a different night, but with a familiarity as well, and what Ariana did was exactly that,” says Bullen.“I think a lot of people don’t like change, and there’s a view that the BAFTAs have to be this slightly stiff, traditional British, middle-England messaging. But American awards shows have much more razzmatazz, much more showbiz, and perhaps a broader range of people being involved. We felt we’re not about revolution, we’re about evolution.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au