Sizwe Sibiya
There have probably been worse acceptance speeches at the Oscars, but Daniel Kaluuya’s Oscar speech for his impressive role in the 2021 movie ‘Judas and the Messiah’ takes the gold statuette for embarrassing his family.
After winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Role on Sunday, the 32-year-old actor who lives in London mentioned his parents’ sex life. That left his Ugandan mother Damalie Namusoke, who was part of the audience with his sister, lost for words.
Upon receiving the prestigious award, the actor who will also be part of Black Panther II said that “You got to celebrate life man! We are breathing, walking, it’s incredible.” This was not a bad start.
But then he went on saying “My mom, my dad, they had sex. It’s amazing!” he added.
His mother who could not believe he was talking about her uttered what looked like “what is he going on about?” when the camera showed her and his sister, who shook her head and covered her face with her hands in embarrassment.
Before his trending speech Daniel had also scooped four other awards for the same role including the Golden Globe Award, the BAFTA Award and the Critics’ Choice Movie Award – all for Best Supporting Actor.
Picture source: @TheAcademy
Video source: @gfdSport
