HFPA reporter swears she didn't mistake Daniel Kaluuya for Leslie Odom Jr. at Oscars

Daniel Kaluuya is not Leslie Odom Jr. — and HFPA journalist Margaret Gardiner says she knows that, despite appearing to confuse the two Black actors during the Oscars’ backstage Q&A on Sunday night. But she’s already bracing for no one to believe her.

"#DanielKaluuya I did not mistake you for Leslie Odom Jnr. I’m sorry if it seemed that way,” she tweeted Monday morning. “I had wanted to ask about Regina King not being nominated as a director for One Night in Miami, and your win for Judas and the Black Messiah for the community at this time.” That’s not what it sounded like in a video shot Sunday night, embedded above. The question comes at the 4:28 mark, and reporters were all present virtually rather than in person.

“I want to congratulate you on this,” said Gardiner, a South African journalist and former Miss Universe, who was covering the show for the U.K.'s Sunday Times. “I’ve been following you since the beginning of your career, and I was wondering what it meant for you to be directed by Regina [King], what this means for you at this time with the world in the state that it’s in.”for his work in “Judas and the Black Messiah.

“I was kind of surprised that he didn’t welcome an opportunity” to discuss the current mood in Hollywood, the

Now you know we all look alike. But that’s okay.

ent Quote:. “... I was wondering what it meant for you to be directed by Regina”. Gardiner mix director or actor. Daniel and other Black actors have also stated many times: Stop asking them what it means to their community. Not surprised it’s from U.K.'s Far Right Sunday Times.

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