Win-Win!? Social Media Reacts To Angela Bassett’s Honorary Oscar & Friendly Kiss With Regina King

<p><strong>Angela Bassett <&sol;strong>went viral overnight after receiving a long overdue honor and sharing a moment with <strong>Regina King <&sol;strong>on stage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bassett grew her <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tiffany-haddish-more-messages-katt-williams-comments-career-videos-watch&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">career accolades<&sol;a> when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized her film industry contributions with an honorary Oscar&period; Angela was presented with the award at the academy&&num;8217&semi;s Governor&&num;8217&semi;s Awards on Tuesday &lpar;Jan&period; 9&rpar; in Hollywood&comma; California&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This marks her first Oscar&comma; despite acting since the late 1980s&period; It also comes less than a year after Bassett lost the &&num;8216&semi;Best Support Actress&&num;8217&semi; Oscar to Jamie Lee Curtis&period; Angela&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;2024-grammy-nominations-chris-brown-ice-spice-burna-boy&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">nomination<&sol;a> was for her reprised Queen Ramonda role in &&num;8216&semi;Black Panther&colon; Wakanda Forever&&num;8217&semi; while Lee&&num;8217&semi;s nomination was for her &&num;8216&semi;Everything Everywhere All At Once&&num;8217&semi; role&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;angela-bassett-loses-best-supporting-actress-oscar-to-jamie-lee-curtis&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Fans In Uproar After Angela Bassett Loses Oscar To Jamie Lee Curtis<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>Bassett didn&&num;8217&semi;t immediately react to the loss&period; However&comma; her presumed &&num;8216&semi;disappointed&&num;8217&semi; face during the show&&num;8217&semi;s live taping sent social users into defense mode&period; Many labeled the moment a snub&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Angela Bassett Delivers Powerful Speech During Honorary Oscar Acceptance<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>But&comma; on Tuesday&comma; Angela Bassett got her opportunity to shine&excl; She delivered a powerful speech&period; She thanked Black actresses who excelled before her&comma; such as Diahann Carroll and Cicely Tyson&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;It was standing on their strong&comma; spiritually fortified shoulders that I often was sustained&comma; and I thank them for every sacrifice&comma; every doubt&comma; every disappointment&comma; every rejection&comma; every triumph that I know they experienced along the way&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em> Angela Bassett said&period; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;Because had it not been for their resilience&comma; continuing to fight through their fears and the uncertainty and their willingness as they fought for every role&comma; I would not have had a representation of what was possible for me&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bassett also reminded folks of the importance of standing together&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;But this honor isn&&num;8217&semi;t just for or about me&comma;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;em>she said&period; <strong style&equals;"font-style&colon; italic&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;What I hope this moment means is that we are taking the necessary steps toward a future in which it is the norm&comma; not the exception&comma; to see and embrace one another&&num;8217&semi;s full humanity&comma; stories and perspective<&sol;strong><strong>s&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;strong><em><strong>This must be our goal&comma; and to always remember that there is room for us all&period; When we stand together&comma; we win together&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Swipe below for a recap of Tuesday&&num;8217&semi;s win&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"C16M9mqMqK1" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For context&comma; the honorary Oscar is meant to &&num;8220&semi;honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement&comma; exceptional contributions to the state of motion pictures arts and sciences or for outstanding service to the Academy&period;&&num;8221&semi; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;angela-bassett-honorary-oscar-governors-awards-acceptance-speech-8424258" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">PEOPLE<&sol;a>&comma; Samuel L&period; Jackson and Jackie Chan are on the list of past recipients&period; At Tuesday&&num;8217&semi;s show&comma; Mel Brooks and Carol Littleton also received honorary Oscars&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Watch Angela&&num;8217&semi;s full speech below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"K-G8tAuuZOA" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;