Emma Stone has emerged as one of the most prolific actresses of this generation. Still in her mid-thirties, the Easy A actress has been awarded the Academy Award twice. And both for Best Actress. Her latest win was for her role as a resurrected young girl in Poor Things. While receiving the award on ceremony night, Stone accidentally became part of a controversy.
When receiving the Academy Award for Best Actress, Stone’s interaction with the presenters caused some online chatter. Getting her award from five former Best Actress winners- Michelle Yeoh, Jennifer Lawrence, Sally Field, Jessica Lange, and Charlize Theron; Stone got into an awkward situation; which has caused fans to accuse her of racism.
However, due to a certain development in the situation from Yeoh’s side, the accusers are forced to eat their words.
Netizens Accused Emma Stone Of Racism
When a clip showing a different angle of Emma Stone’s interaction with the five lovely ladies presenting the award made its way to the internet, fans on the internet started accusing Stone of controversy. In the clip (via @justhalmi on X), Stone was doing something that many saw as her trying to snatch the trophy from Michelle Yeoh and giving it to Jennifer Lawrence to receive it from her instead.
This led to people bashing Stone on the grounds of racism. However, viewing such allegations online apparently drove Yeoh to do something that destroyed fans who accused the La La Land actress of racism.
Michelle Yeoh’s Post Comes In Emma Stone’s Defense
There is no way to be certain if Yeoh intended her post to defend Stone but that is what it has become as many fans have begun to use the post as proof that there was nothing racist about the interaction between the two.
The Everything Everywhere All At Once actress made a post on Instagram of her hugging Stone on stage when she handed her the award. And it’s the caption that explains all the confusion that happened while handing over the award. It reads:
“Congratulations Emma!! I confused you, but I wanted to share that glorious moment of handing over Oscar to you together with your best friend Jennifer!! She reminded me of my Bae Jamie Lee Curtis for each other!!”
A warm caption explaining the attempt at a sweet moment which was largely misconstrued. This post from Yeoh put an end to what would have been quite a controversial situation for Stone.
People Who Accused Emma Stone Of Racism Are Dragged On the Internet
If anything, netizens seldom miss the chance to prove others wrong. This is the basis and the motto of all Twitter fights. And this instance was no different. Yeoh’s post made the racism accusers a laughing stock. And it inspired some neatly worded tweets as X user wrote: “Embarrassingly unemployed.”
Here are some of them:
EMBARRASSINGLY UNEMPLOYED pic.twitter.com/cNz1RZnzE5
— yuh (@jueviesabdom) March 12, 2024
hold on a little https://t.co/aOfGtqbuwF pic.twitter.com/WBwIheOFcr
— saturn⁷ DALL (@yeojnmyg) March 12, 2024
Michelle Yeoh talked about how she wanted to share that moment Idk where I saw it but I know she said something about it so people stop! ✋ https://t.co/2WPWXdJz4J
— JLawrenceMyQueen (@JLawrence_Queen) March 11, 2024
I don’t think that’s it pic.twitter.com/6o6p0uXmZT
— JV (@jvendrell45) March 12, 2024
This is a reach. She was extremely flustered. Jen is her bestie. I think she got overwhelmed by all of the women congratulating her. I actually blame Jen for this more than anything. I think Jen wanted to hand it to her/thought she was supposed to because of the intro.
— A.C. Dillon (@dillonac) March 11, 2024
All I'm seeing is four women just being super awkward in four different way. Emma is trying to get her reward too quickly, Michelle is holding onto it for too long, JLaw grabs it from her hands, so idea what Sally Field is doing. It's just an awkward on-stage interaction.
— Tomi 🇺🇦 (@TomislavNikolov) March 11, 2024
Hopefully, Yeoh’s post will put any misunderstandings at rest and fans will refrain from labeling Stone as a racist.
