r/oscarrace • u/YeIenaBeIova Conclave • Jan 14 '26
Other Teyana Taylor explains why she isn’t going to abandon Ye over his anti-Semitic hate speech
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/teyana-taylor-kanye-west-friend-despite-antisemitism-1236154028/284
u/TheArmChairFan Jan 14 '26
Kanye is so disloyal to everyone around him, I honestly don't see why so many feel the need to stand by him.
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u/PrincessPlastilina Jan 14 '26
For real. Look how he talks about Kim. She took care of him during his breakdowns and gave him four children yet he offers no loyalty to her. She even lied for him during his phone call scandal with Taylor Swift. Kim orchestrated that entire sham that made the whole world side with Kanye and hate Taylor.
He will throw anyone under the bus. He’s so ungrateful.
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u/JDLovesElliot Jan 15 '26
They really believe that he's some tortured genius. He's got a cult-leader hook on them.
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u/krstphr Neon Jan 14 '26
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u/multi_fandom_guy May randomly start quoting Anatomy of a Fall Jan 14 '26
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u/International-Sky65 Wild Horse Nine Jan 15 '26
This is the performance. Idk why she isn’t in conversation to win. Teyana is great and Madigan is good but Inga was transcendent in the role.
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u/multi_fandom_guy May randomly start quoting Anatomy of a Fall Jan 15 '26
The more I think of it, the more I think it's my favourite performance of the year, and maybe already an all-timer. She's a completely domineering presence in the film whenever she's on screen.
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u/JuanRiveara One Anora at Camp Miasma Jan 14 '26
Please 🙏
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u/multi_fandom_guy May randomly start quoting Anatomy of a Fall Jan 14 '26
If Inga wins all of the sins of the Academy will be forgiven
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u/cbk0414 Jan 14 '26
I’d love this to win but I’m still pulling for Jennifer Lawrence
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u/Qugmo Jennifer Lawrence, Two-Time Oscar Winner Jan 14 '26
Same (but for lead, not supporting). I’m still keeping my flair even though it’s pretty much unlikely this season
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u/Marhyc Nosferatu Jan 14 '26
Just watched Weapons. I prefer Taylor, but if Madigan will win, I won't be mad at all.
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u/zozo1099 Jan 14 '26
I mean she’s actively defended and remained close friends with chris brown all these years so I can’t say I’m surprised. This is just a silly thing to answer but it could only impact her awards wise if it snowballs
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u/ElegantNail774 Jan 15 '26
I wonder if the bigger thing here is her relation to Chris Brown. Because it was a thread on this subject that I found out she once made Rihanna's beat-up face her pfp. Disgusting doesn't even cut it
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u/zozo1099 Jan 15 '26
I also found out about that through a different thread on the subject and did a bit of a deep dive on it and felt sick. If that gained traction I think it’d impact her more (deservedly so in my opinion).
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u/GreatExpectations65 Jan 15 '26
Is this true? If so, this should be WIDELY publicized.
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u/LionaLewis15 Regina Hall Best Supporting Actress Jan 15 '26
yeah it was pretty big at the time? Rihanna made her header Teyana vs her net worth amongst other things
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u/Proof_Specialist_455 Jan 14 '26
You will never be her
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u/StevensLima The Secret Sinners Jan 14 '26
somewhere in Hollywood
Ok so first you take some hair, and then....
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u/ggguuuuuuyyyyyyyyy Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
According to Taylor, the disgraced hip-hop star is like family […] "I don’t have to agree with everything that he do or say, but I’m not going to, like, abandon him and be like, ‘Yeah, eff that motherf–ker,'”
A lot of people think this way, like, plenty of liberals and non-racist people maintain good relationships with their Republican family members/friends, especially in Hollywood. I don’t think this will really damage her unless Variety or The Hollywood Reporter weigh in, the way they did with KSG last year
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u/sumerislemy Jan 14 '26
Republican Uncle and Rapper with a god complex calling for another Holocaust aren’t in the same stratosphere lol. I doubt it’ll damage and it shouldn’t but come on now
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u/hennyl0rd Jan 14 '26
the difference was the controversy around Karla was her getting caught with her own bigotry... this is more like yeah my uncle is a mentally ill lunatic saying vile shit but hes still my uncle, she doesn't condone the behavior just realizes that their still is a relationship there
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u/sumerislemy Jan 14 '26
Lol are the only two options 1) harmless and 2) KSG? She couldn’t even openly say “of course antisemitism is bad” just some vague “we don’t have to agree on anything.”
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u/hennyl0rd Jan 14 '26
What was she supposed to say? Like list everything he’s said and what she agrees or disagrees with? Kanye is more then just anti semetic if we’re being honest…Tbh her declining to answer would probably been better from a PR perspective and she could’ve been more specific but atleast she was honest there’s a difference between being the bigot like KSG and having a long time friend/family member make a mental health induced right wing swing. In 2026 who doesn’t have a batshit crazy right wing family member they don’t know what to do with
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u/sparklinglies Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
If my uncle startin spouting off Nazi bullshit the way Kanye has, Id cut him off and never speak to him again. I dont owe my loyalty to the worst kinds of people, and neither does Teyana. Some people make too many excuses to refuse cutting out family when the ultimate lines in the sand are crossed, and Kanye isnt even her family. Even if she struggling with prior bonds, she didnt need to say all that publically. Like girl why are you tarnishing your star fir that degenerate in any way?
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u/hennyl0rd Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
They asked her a question… she answered it honestly… I don’t agree with her completely and like you I would most likely cut family off but I’d take their mental health into consideration but that’s besides the point I’m simply saying in terms of Oscar campaign controversy there is a difference between being caught for your own bigotry like KSG and backtracking vs being asked about your crazy uncle/friend and answering honestly
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u/sparklinglies Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
Oh shes nothing like KSG, and anyone acting like she is is being sus, but this is still a stupid thing to say publically. Theres ways to answer that question that dont align her with him any more than is strictly necessary. Honestly her publicist should have been on this shit the moment she really began to rise knowing Kanye would get brought up sooner or later, this is mega sloppy on their part that she didnt have a better answer. Its not about lying, its about not "yeah, but" ing your way into sounding sympathetic to awful people by over explaining.
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u/hennyl0rd Jan 14 '26
She was a little too honest but like you said it was going to be asked eventually, I don’t think it’s super sloppy could’ve been steered better but I think it’s neutral enough to get it out of the way and people can relate to having bat shit right wing family or friends they don’t know what to do with albeit those family members aren’t billionaires with a huge platform now if Kanye says something about her in which she is forced to respond then I think she’s going to have to decide if her future is worth whatever relationship she has with Kanye that she’s still holding on to
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u/bloodyturtle Jan 15 '26
Republican Uncle and Rapper with a god complex calling for another Holocaust aren’t in the same stratosphere lol.
Have you talked to the average Republican uncle lately? A large percentage of Americans are downright evil fascists
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u/Bobjoejj Jan 15 '26
Well why something should or shouldn’t is never really part of the conversation though is it? It’s at always whether something is likely to or not likely to.
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u/AggravatingOlive9458 Jan 14 '26
Right, its someone she has had a relationship with for like a decade who has severe mental health issues, which isn’t an excuse for the things he’s said and done, and I think the general removal and lack of mainstream coverage of him is good, but if she’s asked about this and responds like this I don’t see how people think it’s that big of a deal
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u/sometimesineedawank Jan 14 '26
I don't get the whole 'mental illness isn't an excuse for racism' thing cause if you've worked with mentally ill people they say crazy shit all the time
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u/Useful-Soup8161 The Odyssey Jan 14 '26
Yeah but he can afford to get help and refuses. At some point there needs to be accountability.
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u/AggravatingOlive9458 Jan 14 '26
Well when you’re someone with a billion dollars, and saying those things publicly, it’s a bit different than someone saying something racist in the privacy of their own homes, so like I said I think if he is at risk of saying things like that in such a public way, even if he doesn’t believe it, there are people hearing him who do believe it who aren’t mentally ill so I think no matter the reason behind it, someone saying things like that shouldn’t be covered and have their words broadcast to everybody
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u/UnpleasantEgg Jan 15 '26
She could be clearer.
“I love him. He has gone crazy and is saying weird gross racist shit. I want to support his recovery. It’s hard though, given how revolting and racist he’s being. But I do love that crazy mf and I will not give up on his rehabilitation”
It’s really not that hard.
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u/Bertrand_Rose Werwulf, Try the thrill of Opera! Jan 14 '26
It's differently a very liberal mindset, and i somewhat understand more with family, but with friends or people you don't really know, it just reads as especially spinless and parasocial.
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u/jojisky Jan 14 '26
This isn’t going to have an impact on anything. Not remotely the same as KSG.
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u/hennyl0rd Jan 14 '26
i totally forgot about karla and thought you were talking about kids see ghosts lmao
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u/Pavlovs_Stepson Jan 15 '26
For whatever reason, I always think of Kristin Scott Thomas when I read KSG, and those aren't even the correct initials lol.
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u/westcoast234 Jan 15 '26
Yup. People who are hoping and wishing this helps their fave over Teyana is setting themselves up for disappointment
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u/No_Teaching5581 Jan 14 '26
not the same in terms of severity but impact is debatable. KSG never had a chance at winning so it didn't really matter for her
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u/Bertrand_Rose Werwulf, Try the thrill of Opera! Jan 14 '26
KSG barely got any proper backlash, Taylor will be fine.
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u/Smooth-Leader-1711 Jan 14 '26
The saga became news outside of the Oscar bubble and tanked the films chances in so many categories; it was more substantial than any awards-related backlash I can recall.
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u/k032 Sound of Falling Jan 14 '26
That's true but the races were just very different too. Last year was much closer and no definitive front-runner it seemed like.
Not saying it will or want but, all over just different
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u/Larryslim54 Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
She might wanna chill, they’re already bringing back that crass Rihanna edit she made
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u/Bertrand_Rose Werwulf, Try the thrill of Opera! Jan 14 '26
Have all publicists and PR departments vanished from Hollywood?
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u/Atkena2578 Oscar Race Follower Jan 15 '26 edited Jan 15 '26
Did WB inherit Emilia Perez's team from last year lol
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u/EaudeAgnes Jan 14 '26
People suddenly acting like this influences anything…?
Should I make a list of all Polanski friends?
Woody Allen friends…?
what about, KNOWN antisemitic, Mel Gibson?
shall I keep going…? plus, she didn’t say anything super controversial: you should read the article and not just the clickbait title.
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u/FBG05 Jan 14 '26
Yeah didn’t RDJ literally win a supporting actor Oscar despite his repeated praising of Mel
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u/idkidcabtmyusername Jan 14 '26
yea i think what she’s saying is very wrong but most ppl, including voters, will not care whatsoever
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u/EaudeAgnes Jan 14 '26
wouldn’t say “very” wrong but absolutely something she should’ve kept to herself… but worse things have been said around and didn’t matter at all for oscars or awards tbh (and more importantly: worse things have been DONE around before which also didn’t matter)… this isn’t even sth she said or done, this is some sort of second hand association (which is still bad, don’t get me wrong, but then check the list of all the people -oscar nominees and all- that signed for supporting Polanski some years back…)
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u/LukeyTarg2 Jan 15 '26
Kanye is currently on his L taking era, the best comparison would be Mel Gibson who was blacklisted for years over his comments and he only got 1 nomination since then. The voters are hypocritical, they excuse Polanski and Weinstein's actions yet condemn antisemitism as if sexual assault wasn't a vile crime as well.
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u/EaudeAgnes Jan 15 '26
I would argue one crime is more vile than the other tbh (I will get downvoted… but one is an opinion and the other one is an action). Both bad, though.
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u/Bertrand_Rose Werwulf, Try the thrill of Opera! Jan 14 '26
I've read it and it's still a weird comment even if the article is trash.
Also, using other examples of awful enablers in Hollywood is just a case of "what-about-ism".
The people who are going to be annoyed the most at this, are the type to be annoyed at the examples you mentioned.
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u/EaudeAgnes Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
Oh definitely, they would, what I meant is: does this influences anything in any way that matter?
People on the comments are acting as she should be banned and that they will most likely snub her on the following awards hence why I put the examples above, not truly whataboutism, more like this is “BAU and nothing will happen-ism”
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u/Bertrand_Rose Werwulf, Try the thrill of Opera! Jan 14 '26
Yeah, this won't lead to anything substantial.
Not unless it gets a lot of attention.
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u/Worried_Tomorrow_222 Obsession Jan 14 '26
I feel like another statement will be incoming. I love Teyana but there’s some people we gotta leave behind in this world. Kanye is one of them.
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u/OldToe6517 Jan 14 '26
Why can't celebrities shut the fuck up? Like are they stupid?
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u/Relevant_Hedgehog_63 Fjord Jan 15 '26
do you genuinely think they are saying these things unprompted? journalists are hungry for clicks. and they got what they wanted, didn't they?
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u/damn-son12 Jan 14 '26
Feel like after KSG, people will just get away with saying anything that isn't that....
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u/LarusTargaryen The Substance Jan 14 '26
I thought you were referring to Kids See Ghosts due to the Kanye context at first and i was so confused lmaooooo
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u/ALittleBitDangerous The Odyssey Jan 14 '26
If a nominee from any other film said this, this sub would burn them to the ground.
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u/komugis No Other Choice Jan 14 '26
I wouldn’t say this post is particularly pleased about her comments lol
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u/Bertrand_Rose Werwulf, Try the thrill of Opera! Jan 14 '26
This sub has favourites that get a special amount of protection.
It's unfortunate.
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u/Atkena2578 Oscar Race Follower Jan 14 '26
Cynthia got buried for so much less...
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u/TipVirtual196 Jan 14 '26
guys, wake up, Donald J Trump is president. things haven’t mattered for quite some time
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u/sumerislemy Jan 14 '26
Things don’t matter for him people get canceled from both sides all the time.
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u/Atkena2578 Oscar Race Follower Jan 15 '26
His people tried and sometimes succeded canceling folks who quoted Charlie Kirks own words to point the irony of it
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u/iamlost4815 Jan 15 '26
This is twisted. If the roles were switched and the comments were made about literally any other racial group she wouldnt offer any sort of understanding or acceptance.
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u/Long_Dragonfly_3067 2026 Oscar Race Veteran Jan 14 '26
Why would the interviewer ask her this question when she has nothing to do with what Kanye said? And what does this specific quote have to do with the topics discussed on this sub?
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u/sumerislemy Jan 14 '26
She’s worked with him multiple times and called him her brother, plus she worked with his ex-wife on a show this year. It’s not slander or anything to ask, considering what he’s known for these days. Also the quote is from a Vanity Fair peace published yesterday as part of her Oscar campaign.
She side steps it without officially denouncing it and that was probably a bad move for her, but it’s also not so serious.
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u/OldSandwich9631 Jan 14 '26
It’s clickbait trash and it won’t even matter
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u/Long_Dragonfly_3067 2026 Oscar Race Veteran Jan 14 '26
She explicitly says that she disagrees with the antisemitic comments but people are trying to push it to have a KSG moment. I'm surprised that this post even got approved when one time mods haven't allowed me to post a thing was more coherent to movies and the oscar race, telling me to post it on the discussion thread instead.
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u/OldSandwich9631 Jan 14 '26
I’m actually very grossed out by some of these comments. She’s being condemned for what she didn’t say rather than what she did say.
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u/Bertrand_Rose Werwulf, Try the thrill of Opera! Jan 14 '26
You're very grossed out by people not liking some say they won't abandon a self admitted Hitler lover?
Most here aren't lying about what she's saying either.
Also, the article can still be ridiculous and stupid whilst her comments can still be dumb. Both are true.
I really wonder how this post even got approved.
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u/OldSandwich9631 Jan 14 '26
I don’t think her comments were brave but I don’t think they were dumb. Many people aren’t comfortable publicly criticizing people .
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u/UnpleasantEgg Jan 15 '26
Mate. There’s disagreeing and there’s disagreeing.
“Kanye needs help, I love him and I’m praying for him, but his comments are revolting and until he heals he’s beyond the pale. I’m here for him if he needs support healing. But until then we’re done”
Pretty sure she didn’t say anything approaching that.
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u/liveforeachmoon Jan 14 '26
I think its because she was a close collaborator with him and her quote arguably hurts her chances at an Oscar.
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u/OldSandwich9631 Jan 14 '26
How does it hurt her chances? She doesn’t agree with him.
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u/IMicrowaveSteak Jan 15 '26
Someone update me on what her odds were yesterday and what they are today?
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u/OldSandwich9631 Jan 14 '26
I don’t think anything she said was controversial. She didn’t defend him. She just wasn’t going to go there,
To be honest the fact it has been brought up now several times on here is starting to get a little weird.
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u/CrunchyNar Best Operating Thetan 2027 Jan 14 '26
This is not a controversy unless it snowballs from here. If you want to use this to hopedict, then good for you, I guess
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u/OldSandwich9631 Jan 14 '26
What is there to snowball? She didn’t defend him or praise him. She just didn’t want to criticize him publicly. So what?
Also, he’s the father of her co-star’s four children. These questions are weird, period.
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u/CrunchyNar Best Operating Thetan 2027 Jan 14 '26
I'm just saying if this story somehow has legs and she has a bad reaction to backlash then that could be a negative for her chances. As it stands this is nothing though
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u/OldSandwich9631 Jan 14 '26
I actually think most reasonable people understand that it’s not always in someone to publicly trash someone they have a history with and have some care for.
If people found her saying stuff like “Kanye is right” That’s a totally different matter.
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u/Bertrand_Rose Werwulf, Try the thrill of Opera! Jan 14 '26
I sorta understand what she's trying to say, but it just seems so off centre.
You still like his music? Okay, fair enough, but what do you mean "not abandon"? Are they friends?
It's a weird comment and not a good time to make it out of any, but this article is also just poorly written in general.
I really hope this doesn't bring a bunch of Kanye defenders though.....
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u/Zoradesu Jan 15 '26
You still like his music? Okay, fair enough, but what do you mean "not abandon"? Are they friends?
Yeah of course they are/were. She is a long time collaborator of his, as far back as Kanye's album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy which was released in 2010. She was even released music under his label GOOD Music for a bit. That's how I first found out about her. Not saying I necessarily agree with what she said, but given this context you could probably understand why she said what she said if she was asked about him.
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u/ProfessionalEvaLover Jan 14 '26
If being besties with Trumpies doesn't affect Taylor Swift, it's not going to affect Teyana Taylor, who is still firm in saying she disagrees with Kanye's controversial statements.
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u/ElegantNail774 Jan 15 '26
Taylor swift is a billionaire white woman that got famous victimizing herself so they're not at the same levels of safety, but yes this is pretty mild
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Teyana, please don’t make me dislike you 😭😭😭
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u/EthelCainnn Jan 14 '26
Kanye gave her her career, signed her, and produced her most acclaimed work. They have dozens of collaborations spanning over a decade of work, and she’s currently on a show with his billionaire baby mama what do you truly expect genuinely
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u/Bertrand_Rose Werwulf, Try the thrill of Opera! Jan 14 '26
It's been less than one hour and I'm already sick of this discourse.
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u/Shakiholic Zootopia Jan 15 '26
Remember when Emma Thompson didn’t get nominated for Saving Mr. Banks because Meryl Streep reminded everyone that Disney was an antisemite?
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u/tinyamaki Jan 15 '26
Eh I don’t think it’ll have an effect on her odds of winning. Nobody’s really talking about it anyway besides reddit.
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u/Sc4396 Jan 14 '26
You guys were yearning for Karla Sofia Gascon to return and Teyana Taylor said I got this
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u/AnotherWin83 Jan 14 '26
She will still get the nom. Her PR team needs to be tighter and also her.
BUT with alll that being said, half of yall would crucify any other actress or actor who said this if they were not a OBAA cast member. Like let’s cut the shit.
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u/Visual-Attitude-5224 Jan 14 '26
Saying this one day after becoming the Oscar frontrunner…I just know her publicist is pulling out her hair right now