Teyana Taylor lashed out at a security guard for physically restraining her after the Oscars. The One Battle After Another actress, who had been nominated for the Best Picture prize alongside her co-stars, was caught on camera during a heated exchange as she tried to navigate through the crowd backstage.
In the video, Teyana can be heard shouting: "You're a man putting your hands on a female... You're very rude. You're very rude. You're very rude." She explained to a concerned onlooker, "He put his hands on a female." She claimed, "He literally shoved me. He was damn near shoving her."
In the clip, Teyana told those around her, "Do not touch me, do not shove me, do not push me." According to TMZ, the 35-year-old star was trying to get back on stage with Pam Adbi, the co-head of Warner Bros, when a security guard tried to stop them. It's said he used his body to block the actress and put his hands on her, as he attempted to physically push her away from the stage to stop her from getting past.
During the tense exchange, the guard reportedly tried to control access to the stage and asked Teyana to apologize to him. Although One Battle After Another won Best Picture, Teyana herself missed out on the Best Supporting Actress prize at the Academy Awards, with Weapons star Amy Madigan taking home her first Oscar 40 years after her first nomination.
Speaking on stage at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre, she laughed and said, "This is great!" She went on to pay tribute to fellow nominees, including Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas from Sentimental Value, Sinners' Wunmi Mosaku, and Teyana Taylor of One Battle After Another. She said, "I also wanted to pay tribute to Elle and Inga, Wunmi and Teyana. Oh my legs are shaking, when I was doing all the Weapons stuff I was travelling on my own and people from One Battle and Sinners, and all the films, they gave me a hug and said, 'Yeah, come on in, let us know you and you know us.'"
Amy ended her speech with a shoutout for her husband Ed Harris and their daughter Lily. She added, "Most of all I want to thank my beautiful daughter Lily, her husband Sean and all the dogs, but the most important is my beloved Ed, who has been with me forever. And that's a long-ass time and none of this would mean anything if he wasn't by my side." She concluded by saying, "So thank you very much. I'm very overwhelmed."
