'Sore loser': Viewers slam visibly upset Angela Bassett's reaction as Jamie Lee Curtis beat her at Oscars 2023

As Jamie Lee Curtis accepted the award, she thanked the people she has worked with throughout her career
UPDATED MAR 13, 2023
Angela Bassett looked visibly disappointed and did not applaud as Jamie Lee Curtis expressed her joy on the stage (ABC Live screenshots)
Angela Bassett looked visibly disappointed and did not applaud as Jamie Lee Curtis expressed her joy on the stage (ABC Live screenshots)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Angela Bassett's reaction to Jamie Lee Curtis beating her to the 'Best Supporting Actress' at the Oscars 2023 has gone viral, and viewers are not impressed. Bassett, 64, looked visibly disappointed and did not applaud as Curtis expressed her joy at winning the award for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'. This is Curtis' first Oscar in her decades-long career. Bassett, on the other hand, was hoping to win the Marvel Studio's first-ever acting Oscar.

As Jamie Lee Curtis, also 64, accepted the award, she thanked the people she has worked with throughout her career. “I look like I’m standing up here by myself–I am not,” she said. Curtis dedicated her award to “all the people who have supported the genre movies that I have made for all these years.”

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'The sore loser vibe'

Most social media users slammed Bassett, with one saying on Twitter, "Angela Bassett is an amazing actress, but the sore loser vibe… It would be great to see women supporting each other, even in the face of disappointment (esp. during women’s history month)". "I do not want to disparage Angela in any way - but, man, that reaction is NOT sitting right with me," another said. One wrote, "She didn’t stand or clap though? I understand the disappointment in the moment but still." "Not gracious at all," one user wrote. 



 



 



 



 

'Her reaction was RUDE'

"I love Angela Bassett, but her reaction was RUDE!! I was really surprised," one user wrote, while another said, "You should always applaud the winner regardless of how you feel. Being a sore loser doesn't look good on anyone." "She’s amazing, talented and loved. But tonight qas Jamie Lee’s moment. Deal with it," one user wrote, Another said, "She's a great actress, but showed absolutely no class tonight."



 



 



 



 

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