Teyana Taylor reacts to criticism of enthusiastic Oscars response: ‘like holy water touching a demon’

• Teyana Taylor is responding to those that criticized her enthusiastic response to Amy Madigan successful the Finest Supporting Actress Oscar over her.
• "The world holds a lot distress that depressing hearts neglect the face of happiness," the One Battle After One other actress wrote on social media.
• In an interview after receiving her Academy Award, Madigan had nothing however love for Taylor.

Teyana Taylor is responding to criticism over celebrating a fellow actress' Oscar win.

After a clip of Taylor reacting to Amy Madigan's win on the Academy Awards on Sunday night time went viral, the One Battle After Anotherstar is talking out about her pleasure. Within the video, after Madigan's title is known as, Taylor instantly stands as much as applaud the actress who gained her first Oscar at age 75, 40 years after her first nomination.

"The world holds a lot distress that depressing hearts neglect the face of happiness," Taylor started.

"They develop comfy being sore losers, so after they see actual sportsmanship it unsettles them! like holy water touching a demon. As a result of clapping for another person’s victory requires one thing many individuals by no means discovered…how one can win with grace & pure pleasure, and how one can lose with grace, chin up & dignity."

Madigan, who gained for Weapons, and Taylor had been each up for the Finest Actress in a Supporting Function Oscar, alongside Elle Fanning for Sentimental Value, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Sentimental Worth, and Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners.

"That is nice!" Madigan taking the stage on the Dolby Theatre, all smiles holding her golden statuette. "At first, I simply need to thank Zach Cregger, our author and director. He simply wrote a dream half and let me seize it by the throat, and we had a ball!"

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Madigan additionally gave a shout-out to her fellow nominees earlier than thanking her husband Ed Harris. "Most of all, I need to thank my lovely daughter Lily and her husband," she mentioned. "Most necessary is my beloved Ed, who's been with me without end, and that's a protracted ass time. None of this could imply something if he wasn't by my aspect. Thanks very a lot, I'm very overwhelmed."

Madigan was nominated in 1985 for Twice in a Lifetime, making her two nods, 40 years aside, the longest hole between particular person nominations for any actress in historical past.

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In an interview with Entertainment Tonightfollowing her win, Madigan had nothing however love for Taylor, gushing about their newfound friendship. "She is one of the best supporter, one of the best pal. I didn’t know her until this awards season and she or he has simply taken me into her group of all of the folks from One Battle After One other and I I actually respect it," mentioned Madigan.

"These are the issues that don't at all times occur and she or he's the best."

Months earlier, on the 2026 Golden Globes, when Taylor gained the award for Finest Efficiency by a Feminine Actor in a Supporting Function in any Movement Image, Madigan excitedly applauded Taylor.

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