Teyana Taylor is responding to those who criticized her enthusiastic reaction to Amy Madigan winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar over her.
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"The world holds so much misery that miserable hearts forget the face of happiness," the One Battle After Another actress wrote on social media.
In an interview after receiving her Academy Award, Madigan had nothing but love for Taylor.
Teyana Tayloris responding to criticism over celebrating a fellow actress' Oscar win.
After a clip of Taylor reacting toAmy Madigan's win at theAcademy Awardson Sunday nightwent viral, theOne Battle After Anotherstar isspeaking out about her excitement. In the video, after Madigan's name is called, Taylor immediately stands up to applaud the actress who won her first Oscar at age 75, 40 years after her first nomination.
"The world holds so much misery that miserable hearts forget the face of happiness," Taylor began.
"They grow comfortable being sore losers, so when they see real sportsmanship it unsettles them! like holy water touching a demon. Because clapping for someone else's victory requires something many people never learned…how to win with grace & pure joy, and how to lose with grace, chin up & dignity."
Madigan, who won forWeapons, and Taylor were both up for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar, alongsideElle FanningforSentimental Value, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas forSentimental Value, andWunmi MosakuforSinners.
"This is great!" Madigan taking the stage at the Dolby Theatre, all smiles holding her golden statuette. "First and foremost, I just have to thank Zach Cregger, our writer and director. He just wrote a dream part and let me grab it by the throat, and we had a ball!"
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Madigan also gave a shout-out to her fellow nominees before thanking her husbandEd Harris. "Most of all, I want to thank my beautiful daughter Lily and her husband," she said. "Most important is my beloved Ed, who's been with me forever, and that's a long ass time. None of this would mean anything if he wasn't by my side. Thank you very much, I'm very overwhelmed."
Madigan was nominated in 1985 forTwice in a Lifetime, making her two nods, 40 years apart, the longest gap between individual nominations for any actress in history.
In an interview withEntertainment Tonightfollowing her win, Madigan had nothing but love for Taylor, gushing about their newfound friendship. "She is the best supporter, the best friend. I did not know her till this awards season and she has just taken me into her group of all the people fromOne Battle After Anotherand I I really appreciate it," said Madigan.
"Those are the things that don't always happen and she's the greatest."
Months earlier, at the 2026 Golden Globes, when Taylor won the award for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture,Madigan excitedly applauded Taylor.
See the full list of 2026 Oscars winners.
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