Lady Gaga’s Fans React to Her 2022 Best Actress Oscars Nomination Snub: ‘This Is Rigged’
When the 2022 list of Oscar nominations was revealed on Tuesday (Feb. 8), fans and film critics were expecting Lady Gaga to secure a nod in the best actress category for her work in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci. Instead, the singer-actress was shut out of the nominations list altogether, while the film earned a nom in the makeup and hairstyling category.
In House of Gucci, Gaga plays Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings who later marries into the Gucci family and becomes consumed by power and ambition, resulting in a cold-blooded murder and the unraveling of the Gucci legacy. The “Rain on Me” singer had shared that she prepared for her role by dyeing her hair brunette, speaking with an Italian accent for nine months straight, and personally writing an 80-page biography on Reggiani to fully flesh out her character’s backstory.
Following the film’s release, critics praised the 35-year-old’s on-screen talent. Gaga earned best actress nominations at the British Academy Film Awards, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, the Golden Globe Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2021, which primed her to be an Oscars favorite for 2022. So when the Oscar nominations were announced, the singer’s Little Monsters were less than thrilled that she failed to receive a best actress nomination from the Academy Awards this year. (The star was previously nominated for best actress in 2018 for her role in A Star Is Born — she didn’t win in the category, but took home the best original song award for “Shallow.”)
a star is born house of gucci
golden globe✅ golden globe✅
critics choice✅ critics choice✅
SAG✅ SAG✅
BAFTA✅ BAFTA✅#Oscars ✅ Oscars ✖️FUCK THE ACADEMY THIS IS RIGGED. LADY GAGA DESERVES BEST ACTRESS. pic.twitter.com/2VVoAAdolE
— allure (@alluregaga2) February 8, 2022
Lady Gaga was the only person to get all 4 precursor nominations but not the Oscar pic.twitter.com/2rSamdSFfZ
— My Name Is James (@_JamesGtfo) February 8, 2022
Lady Gaga still going to show up at all the Oscar events talking about how she injected herself with not only marinara, but also alfredo
— Kevin Yang (@kevinyang58) February 8, 2022
At the end of the day, Gaga delivered an outstanding acting performance in House Of Gucci. The disappointing Oscars snub doesn't take away all the universal recognition she's received from the public and the industry. She will continue to work hard and prove her immense talent.
— Ro (@gagamonster96) February 8, 2022
At the end of all Gaga still has an Oscar on her shelf pic.twitter.com/DG9bBzURVI
— MONS†ER (@gagavoodo) February 8, 2022
The one thing that I'm not going to accept is people thinking that Gaga failed on House of Gucci only because of the Oscar snub when she deserves nothing but praise for having the guts to enter in this whole new world for her and owning the acting industry.
— ionuț 95 (@BraveForGaga95) February 8, 2022
tbf tho, the gaga snub at the oscars really didn't make any sense when the other 4 precursor awards nominated her, at the same time that she's competing for 2 major categories at the grammys in the same year
— ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴅɴᴀɴ 〄 (@youdogermanote) February 8, 2022
