Jamie Lee Curtis leads stars showing support for Ukraine with blue ribbon at Oscars 2022

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Jamie Lee Curtis has expressed her support for Ukraine on the red carpet at the 2022 Oscars.The actress, 63, wore an outfit that gave a subtle nod in support of refugees on the red carpet on Sunday evening, by holding up a blue ribbon that said #WithRefugees.The star also wore a long-sleeved dark blue gown by Stella McCartney, as she wore the ribbon tied around one hand in a show of support.

Speaking about her decision to wear the ribbon, she said: “It’s a way of standing with solidarity with the displaced people of the world right now.” The show of support for refugees comes amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the ribbon handed out to stars by the United Nations.

According to the organisation, around 6.5 million Ukranians have been displaced within the country as a result of the conflict.

Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter As part of her outfit, Jamie said she was also paying tribute to the late Golden Girls star Betty White, who died in December last year at the age of 99.The star told ABC on the red carpet that she chose her Stella McCartney-designed dress due to the designer’s dedication to animal rights, as Betty White was a lifelong lover of animals. “I’m wearing a Stella McCartney dress that was made for me because I’m doing a special tribute tonight to a certain animal rights activist,” Curtis explained on the red carpet. “A deep animal rights lover and I wanted to wear a dress that was commensurate to her dedication to animals.