Jamie Lee Curtis has known as out Bella Ramsey for her “unfunny” joke about Ariana DeBose on the 2024 Critics Alternative Awards.
Yesterday (January 15), the Oscar award-winner took to Instagram to precise her displeasure at a joke the Final Of Us star informed about Ariana DeBose in the course of the award ceremony. Ramsey had joked by categorising DeBose – alongside Ryan Gosling and Jack Black – as an actor “who additionally [thinks] they’re [a singer]”. Curtis responded by posting a video which consisted of a snippet of Ramsey’s presentation, earlier than chopping to a compilation of DeBose’s musical theatre work, which concerned numerous singing roles.
Tagging DeBose within the submit’s caption, Curtis wrote: “Are you fucking kidding me! Ariana DeBose is a queen!” Curtis additionally hashtagged “#backthefuckoff” and “#shutthefuckup” on the finish of the caption.
Nevertheless, Curtis’ followers had been fast to leap to Ramsey’s assist, reminding Curtis that Ramsey was merely studying the joke, possible written by another person, off a teleprompter, and that the younger actor had not written the joke themselves.
“Okay however please don’t direct the complaints to Bella Ramsey, who was simply studying from the teleprompter. The jokes, as Chelsea Handler mentioned, had been written by the writers,” one remark reads. One other wrote: “Please be sure you make it VERY clear you might be referring to the author’s and NOT Bella Ramsey. This was NOT their fault.”
Ariana DeBose was current in the course of the ceremony for her Finest Tune nomination for the music ‘This Want’ from Disney’s 2023 movie Want. After Ramsey informed the joke, the digicam minimize to DeBose, a Broadway veteran and Tony Award nominee, who didn’t look amused. In keeping with Selection, she additionally took to Instagram after the ceremony in a submit which merely mentioned: “No I didn’t discover it humorous. Lol.” The submit seems to be deleted.
Curtis’ newest submit marks the second time the actress publicly defended DeBose. In February, Curtis addressed DeBose’s opening rap efficiency on the 2023 BAFTAs – which namechecked nominees together with Curtis, Michelle Yeoh and Cate Blanchett – in an interview with Deadline. “I’m unclear what the fuck individuals are on about,” she informed the outlet. “For me, it was joyous, celebratory, sisterly, sizzling, spicy and he or she’s simply so extremely proficient.”
In September, Curtis expressed her curiosity in taking part in Dr. Kureha on Netflix’s live-action adaptation of One Piece. The actress posted fan artwork depicting herself because the character, the caption studying: “ONCE the STRIKE in opposition to the greed of the AMTPT is SETTLED with a FAIR CONTRACT, I’ll foyer together with the rising fan frenzy to change into Physician Kureha in [One Piece]”. One Piece showrunner Matt Owens responded favourably to the request, commenting on Curtis’ submit: “As soon as we get what we deserve and get again to work, let’s speak!”
Curtis acquired backlash in October for posting about Gaza in assist of Israel. The submit, which depicted Palestinian kids trying in direction of the sky hooked up to caption which learn “terror from the skies” and an Israeli flag, has since been deleted. Tom Morello responded by reposting a Palestinian journalist’s touch upon Curtis’ submit on X, and writing: “I’d prefer to make the novel proposal that the harming of youngsters, regardless of who they’re & regardless of who does it, is all the time fallacious and must be condemned.”
