2022 NAACP Awards: Angela Bassett Reacts To Forgetting One Of Her Children’s Name During Speech (Exclusive)
etcanada.comAngela Bassett was so shocked, she forgot to thank one of her children! The actress took home the award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama series, for her work in 9-1-1, during the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday.
During her speech, the actress — who was a vision in white — became tripped up and forgot one of her and Courtney B. Vance’s son’s name, during her speech. “Usually, you forget your husband right,” Bassett tells ET’s Lauren Zima. “I went like, brain dead for a second.
I had like six different people I wanted to thank, really quickly, in the time frame. And I was doing pretty good, and thought really well of myself, and then I forgot my child’s name.” Throughout the evening, host Anthony Anderson hilariously revisited the moment.
As for her family, the 9-1-1 star says all will be fine. “They will forgive me too,” she quipped. Bassett faced off against Dawn-Lyen Gardner and Rutina Wesley (Queen Sugar), Octavia Spencer (Truth Be Told) and Queen Latifah (The Equalizer), and had nothing but praise for her fellow nominees.” “Honestly, I didn’t think I would win,” she says. “In that category, that was a great category, I loved all those nominees.
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