Daniel Kaluuya for a different Black actor minutes after he won an Oscar. Margaret Gardiner, a South African journalist and member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, confirmed on Monday (26 April) that she had been involved in the interaction with Kaluuya in the Academy Awards press room the night before.
In the incident, Gardiner asked Kaluuya “what it meant for [him] to be directed by Regina” – a reference to Regina King, director of One Night in Miami.
Kaluuya was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category alongside One Night in Miami star Leslie Odom Jr. Kaluuya asked Gardiner to clarify her question, with the journalist repeating the same question without mentioning King’s name.
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