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Angela Bassett exclusively shared with E! News her thoughts connected Ariana DeBose giving her a shoutout successful her BAFTA Film Awards rap—and the buzz surrounding the now-viral moment.
Angela Bassett REACTS to Ariana DeBose's Viral BAFTA Rap
Angela Bassett was flattered when Ariana DeBose did the thing.
ICYMI: The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever prima received a shoutout from Ariana successful a show celebrating pistillate nominees astatine the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards. "Angela Bassett did the happening / Viola Davis, my Woman King," Ariana rapped during the Feb. 19 ceremony. "Blanchett, Cate—you're a genius / Jamie Lee, you are each of us."
The philharmonic fig rapidly went viral and garnered a premix of reactions ranging from praise to criticism. So, wherever does Angela stand?
"It was amusive to perceive each the names celebrated and pronounced," she exclusively told E! News' Francesca Amiker at the 2023 NAACP Image Awards connected Feb. 25. "It's ever bully to perceive your name."
The Oscar nominee added, "I loved it. I emotion Ariana."
In fact, Angela was truthful delighted by the buzzy rap that she referenced it portion accepting the Entertainer of the Year award aboriginal that night. Taking the stage, the 64-year-old joked arsenic she recreated Ariana's enarthrosis shimmy, "I conjecture Angela Bassett did the thing."
And erstwhile Ariana called backmost to her rap during an quality astatine the 2023 SAG Awards, Angela was spotted letting retired a laughter successful the crowd.
"Not gonna lie, I had a blast," Ariana precocious told BBC Radio 2's The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show of her BAFTAs performance. "So awesome. And past I spent the remainder of the night...cutting a rug with Emma Thompson. Like, it was fabulous. I had a large time."
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With the 2023 Academy Awards just astir the corner, it's apt that Angela and Ariana—who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar past year for her enactment successful West Side Story—will transverse paths erstwhile again. In the meantime, Angela is connected apical of her reddish carpet prep.
The key, according to Angela: "Have that outfit ready, person immoderate comfy shoes, astir definitely. I deliberation I changed 3 times today."
"I person a fantastic squad that gets maine ready," she continued portion astatine the NAACP Image Awards. "They get maine successful the mood, successful the vibe, successful the spirit."
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