Internet Is Divided Over Michelle Yeoh’s Now-Deleted Post Naming Fellow Oscar Nominee
But is it a violation of the Academy rules?
TBH, Oscar deserves an Oscar for all the scandals and controversies it can stir up even before the big day. It looks like the 2023 Academy Awards will make you forget all about the 2022 Oscar slap gate. We’re days away from the big event and controversies around the nominations and nominees refuse to come to an end. Just weeks ago Andrea Risborough’s Oscar nomination for Best Actress led to a HUGE controversy as there were allegations that To Leslie breached the Academy campaign rules. And now it looks like Everything Everywhere All At Once actress Michelle Yeoh has landed in a soup for violating the rules with an Instagram post.
A reminder that the desperate Michelle Yeoh the #Oscars "Frontrunner" for posted this. @TheAcademy member, you should be proud if you voted for her as she has clearly violated the Academy rules. Cate Blanchett who gave a masterful performance in @TARthemovie does not deserve this pic.twitter.com/ON2ew30utX
— CelloSky33 (@CSky33) March 9, 2023
Just hours before the Oscars voting was set to close on March 7, Michelle Yeoh shared screenshots of an article, published by a leading portal, on Instagram that highlighted the lack of diversity when it comes to the winners of the Oscars. The article mentioned the fact that only one woman of colour has won the Best Actress Oscar, that is, Halle Berry (2001) for Monster’s Ball. Further, the article noted how Michelle Yeoh’s previous awards including the Screen Actor’s Guild has paved the path for her to win the Oscar which would be a historic win as it would make the actress the first Asian actor to win the award. I know what you’re thinking – how is that a violation? Well, the article also highlighted that actress Cate Blanchett, who has been nominated for the award for her performance in Tár, is a strong contender due to her previous Oscar wins as well as all the awards the actress has won for the film including BAFTA, Gloden Globes, Critics Choice and more.
Since Michelle Yeoh has deleted her IG post after people needlessly attacked her, let me share this part of the said article she shared, with the most important point highlighted because apparently reading comprehension is dead. 🙃 pic.twitter.com/qQI2lZ4zxv
— JoMar Fernandez (@JMCTheFilmyStan) March 7, 2023
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TBH, the article shared by Michelle Yeoh in the Instagram post simply called out the racism in the entertainment industry while highlighting that it’s quite impossible that in the history of the Oscars, only one woman of colour has won the award for her performance no other woman of colour has delivered a performance as good as the ones delivered by the other winners of the award (over the years) who all happened to be white. Now, there’s nothing wrong with calling a spade a space but as per the Academy Award rules, nominees of the awards are not permitted to refer to other nominees by name or titles or to single out the competition in any manner whatsoever. Essentially, this means that naming any competitor is a violation of the rules which might be the case here.
This. Michelle Yeoh shared an article that was nine slides long about systemic racism in the industry and in The Academy – written by someone else! – and if you’re only paying attention to ONE slide and not the broader point of the piece, you’re missing the forest for the trees. https://t.co/40rR2MZ5tH pic.twitter.com/GkXVaHVTrw
— zoë rose bryant (@zoerosebryant) March 7, 2023
I'm a POC Myself & I'm an Asian too.But Giving Award Just on The Basis of Skin Colour is Disgusting.The Article which Michelle Yeoh Shared was Basically Saying "Don't Give it to any White Actress" Just Because Cate Blanchett has 2 Oscars does not mean she should not get another
— Sohan Biswas (@sohan_biswas) March 9, 2023
so funny everyone pitting cate blanchett and michelle yeoh against eachother like why is that necessary michelle yeohs post wasnt even about cate specifically
— E // (@spookylucio) March 9, 2023
I read that Michelle Yeoh Instagram post. It's a nothing-burger. The article she posted mentioned Cate Blanchett, but it didn't shade her. In fact, it actually complimented her.
But we live in the age of outrage, so… you know how it goes.#MichelleYeoh#Oscars2023#Oscars
— Hilton Collins (@HiltonCollins) March 9, 2023
That's not what the article was even about. It was about the racism of Hollywood when it comes to the Oscars. It didn't even throw shade Cate Blanchett. It's not a violation. It won't even hurt Michelle Yeoh's chance to win the Oscar Sunday. I would deleted this. https://t.co/q5pcpdipov pic.twitter.com/i2HfJnfDvl
— Elliott Bullock II (@Elliott_Bull2) March 8, 2023
If Michelle Yeoh doesn’t win an Oscar because of this post, then it’s racism. Andrea Riseborough got her celebrity buddies posting and pushing for her to get nominated but Michelle Yeoh can’t post about how historic her winning would be? https://t.co/7iQDFuNXVb
— NayNay (@NaomiSam00) March 8, 2023
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Even though Michelle Yeoh deleted the post later, her actions have managed to garner attention and draw flak from the people on the internet. Several users have called out the actress for targeting Cate Blanchett.
https://twitter.com/viggosanchez/status/1633693430982344705?s=20
https://twitter.com/viggosanchez/status/1633686006846181377?s=20
Michelle Yeoh DEMONSTRATES with this post, now deleted, the envy and what a SORE LOSER SHE REALLY IS. Go to the circus, you PANSY OVERRATED CLOWN. BUFFOON. 🃏 💩🎪🤡✌️🤭😂😂😂😂😂 #YoureNotTheBestActressMichelleYeoh #Oscars #Oscar #BestActress #MichelleYeohBestActress #YoureNOT pic.twitter.com/g737EvJcz4
— 😎😈❤️🔥 (@jeanjacket_) March 8, 2023
Michelle Yeoh derailing her Oscar campaign in a post lmfao. Why are the actors in that movie so desperate. Jamie Lee Curtis can’t stop posting and campaigning about herself either 😂😂
— CHRIS 🐺 (@5CHRIS_8) March 7, 2023
Michelle yeoh is competing with cate blanchett for best actress and posted this essentially suggesting cate shouldn’t win on the basis that she already has two Oscar’s and a win for yeoh would be eternal, which is true but the post is unnecessary and also borders on breakin rules
— chloe ♱ (@bIackswordzman) March 7, 2023
TBH, that doesn’t look like targeting to me. However, whether Michelle broke the rules or not is not for us to decide. It’s for the Academy to decide and we’re simply here hoping for the best so history can be made!
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