Ariana DeBose Deletes Her Twitter Account After Backlash From Her BAFTA Awards Rap

Award-winning actress Ariana DeBose, deleted her Twitter account after receiving backlash from her rap shouting out all the female nominees at the BAFTA Awards.

The BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards are the UK’s version of the Oscars, and Ariana DeBose opened up the show with a medley of “Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves,” “We Are Family” and her original rap that shouted out all the female nominees.

During her performance at the BAFTA Awards Sunday (February 19), the crowd seemed to be enjoying it, and she received compliments from some of the nominees, but once the dust settled and she checked the super judgmental Twitter app, the comments were so harsh that she deleted her account.

“ET” reported that BAFTA producer Nick Bullen came to Ariana’s defense, stating that the backlash was “incredibly unfair.”

Nick also said in a statement to Variety that Ariana’s performance had people clapping and dancing, and the vibe was good.

Producer of “ET Canada” Graeme O’Neil pointed out that people on Twitter didn’t take too kindly to the “Angela Bassett did the thing” lyric in the rap.

Watch the “ET” and Graeme O’Neil reports below:

Despite all the harsh tweets that Ariana received, there were some supportive tweets to combat the hate.

Scoop some supportive tweets below:

I just know this is what Ariana DeBose was trying to do and honestly she meant so well and I feel bad that it flopped pic.twitter.com/P7a8jM2CEq

— Ugh, Sarah (@sarahhm96) February 21, 2023

Unironically, “Angela Bassett did the thing” is probably the best distillation of her awards narrative that exists. She did the thing in WF, and has been doing the thing for decades without proper recognition. So thank you Ariana DeBose. pic.twitter.com/J69j4aNb5p

— Brandon Lewis @ SXSW (@blewis1103) February 21, 2023

Someone please take my phone away I watched that Ariana Debose vid waaaay too many times pic.twitter.com/gsJlNYyoGJ

— MAR 〄 (@Chromagica_) February 20, 2023

Dolly de Leon makes history as the first Filipina to be mentioned in Ariana DeBose's BAFTA rap 😍 pic.twitter.com/c6KQFiw1Vo

— Wendell (@RhodeToLove) February 20, 2023

I hope Ariana Debose doesn't feel too bad. This is about to be a camp cultural artefact and I mean that

— Bolu Babalola is technically on leave 🍯&🌶 (@BeeBabs) February 20, 2023

i hope Ariana DeBose knows that we loved her musical number and it was camp and fun and it brought us all joy

— alex (@alex_abads) February 21, 2023

Watch the full clip of Ariana DeBose’s BAFTA performance below:

People need to witness Ariana DeBose’s evil BAFTA performance in full for context pic.twitter.com/1zAtYgz5fv

— Shirley Carter’s Pussy (@shirlpuzz) February 21, 2023

Ariane DeBose was named one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2022.

She is an actress, dancer, and singer who has won an academy award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics Choice Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Anita in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 film adaptation of West Side Story, and she has been nominated for a Tony Award (Summer: The Donna Summer Musical).

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