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Journalist Responds After Viral Clip Appears To Show That She Mistook Daniel Kaluuya For Leslie Odom Jr.

<p>Last night was a major win for Daniel Kaluuya&comma; as he won the <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;the-2021-academy-awards-featured-some-big-wins-major-snubs-as-chadwick-boseman-viola-davis-andra-day-leave-empty-handed&sol;">Oscar<&sol;a><&sol;em> for best supporting actor for his role as Fred Hampton in &&num;8220&semi;Judas and the Black Messiah&period;&&num;8221&semi; Following his big win he answered a few questions from the press&comma; however&comma; there is one moment from the press room that has since gone viral&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While speaking to one outlet&comma; a journalist could be heard asking him&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I was wondering what it meant for you to be directed by Regina&comma; what this means for you at this time with the world in the state that it’s in&quest;&&num;8221&semi; With a confused look on his face&comma; Daniel asked to hear the question again&comma; and the question was asked again&comma; but Regina&&num;8217&semi;s &lbrack;King&rsqb; name was omitted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1386723341365616643" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also nominated in the best supporting actor category was Leslie Odom Jr&period; who starred in &&num;8220&semi;One Night in Miami&&num;8230&semi;&comma;&&num;8221&semi; which was directed by Regina King&period; Therefore&comma; many people believed that the journalist may have mistaken Daniel for Leslie&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanityfair&period;com&sol;hollywood&sol;2021&sol;04&sol;did-a-journalist-really-mistake-daniel-kaluuya-for-leslie-odom-jr-at-the-oscars">Vanity Fair<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; journalist Margaret Gardiner made it clear that she did not mistake Daniel for Leslie and <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;MargaretGGG&sol;status&sol;1386757889994334210&quest;s&equals;20">said<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Daniel Kaluuya I did not mistake you for Leslie Odom Jnr&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m sorry if it seemed that way&period; I had wanted to ask about Regina King not being nominated as a director for One Night in Miami&comma; and your win for Judas and the Black Messiah for the community at this time&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1386757889994334210" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She continued to mention that there was an issue with the sound&comma; so she proceeded to state her question again&comma; but dropped Regina&&num;8217&semi;s name the second time around as she restated her question&comma; and asked Daniel what does his win mean to the community&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1386759077129117698" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; 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