Chadwick Boseman’s Widow Shares Acceptance Speech She Would Have Given Had He Won Oscar
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Simone Ledward Boseman spoke with THR for an oral history marking the fifth anniversary of the Oscars at which her husband was a posthumous best actor nominee for 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.'
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Simone Ledward Boseman , the widow of the beloved actor Chadwick Boseman , granted a rare interview for The Hollywood Reporter ’s in-depth oral history of the COVID Oscars ceremony that took place five years ago, as part of which she shared, for the first time, the remarks that she would have given had her husband not been upset in the best actor race — he was nominated for his performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom — at the very end of the ceremony. “I had written a whole speech,” Ledward Boseman recalled. “I wonder if I have it in my Notes.” After searching for it on her computer, she found it: “Oh! It says: I will never stop thanking God for you. Thank you to the most high God. Thank you, Carolyn and Leroy Boseman [Chadwick’s parents], and your mothers, and your mothers’ mothers. What purity. What honesty. What pain. What a role. What work. What beautiful, intricate humanity. What courage, bravery, fearlessness, honesty, commitment, humanity, strength. A spirit that refused to surrender to despair. What an actor. What an artist. What a cast. What a team. What a vision. Glory be to the most high God. Long live the King.” Related Stories Movies Awards Season Awards: The Whiffs, the Wins and the Wet Blankets Lifestyle Why So Many A-List Stars Are Breaking Up With Their Stylists Earlier in the piece, Ledward Boseman spoke about her late husband’s years-long private battle with colon cancer, and how the outbreak of COVID impacted their lives at the time. “It’s so strange to talk about it in these words because obviously with COVID so many people lost loved ones,” she reflected. “But the timing of lockdown for what we were going through was honestly ideal. I am really grateful for that time.” To the shock of the world, Boseman died on Aug. 28...
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