No Award Can Validate His Legacy: Michael B. Jordan Reacts to Late Actor Chadwick Boseman’s Oscars Snub
- Michael B. Jordan has reacted to late US actor Chadwick Boseman's recent Oscar Awards snub
- The talented US actor shared that there's no award that can validate his Black Panther co-star's legacy
- Many of Chadwick's fans had hoped that he will win the Best Actor award but it was scooped by veteran actor Anthony Hopkins
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Michael B. Jordan has shared his opinion after Chadwick Boseman didn't win the Best Actor award at the Oscar Awards recently.
The talented US actor was also reportedly shaken when his Black Panther co-star was snubbed for his stellar performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Anthony Hopkins took home the Best Actor award instead of the late talented thespian. Hopkins was reportedly not even given a chance to Zoom into the ceremony to give an acceptance speech.
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TooFab reports that Michael B Jordan appeared on SiriusXM's The Jess Cagle Show recently and was asked about Chadwick's loss as the world felt that the late actor deserved the award.
Michael shared that he also thought a part of everyone had "a little bit" of that feeling when they were watching the ceremony.
"There's no award that can validate his legacy," he said.
Michael added that there's no win that can take anything away from the lives around the world that Chadwick impacted.
"So you gotta look at the things that we can control and the gifts and the blessings that he left us."
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A few tweeps shared mixed views on Michael's opinion on Chadwick's snub. Check out some of their comments below:
@hazelboy_16 wrote:
"Oscars are bought. A trophy aint nothing compared to someone's legacy."
@ookpow commented:
"Omg, give it a rest... you win some, you lose some. Who cares about that award anyways."
@Dj33241193 added:
"His legacy isn't worthy of that award either."
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In other news, Legit.ng earlier reported that late Chadwick Boseman’s family cleared the air on Oscars snub.
Chadwick's brother, Derrick Boseman, made it clear that their family has no hard feelings regarding the Oscars. While it would have been nice to see Chad’s name there, they are not upset that it wasn’t.
Derrick went on to say that the Oscars did not mean that much to Chad anyway, he "always described them to me as a campaign."
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