Teyana Taylor exited the Academy Awards in good spirits after Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress nomination, took home Best Picture. But before the night was over, the actress had a run-in with someone who she said “shoved” her during a crowded egress.
“You’re a man putting your hand on a female,” Taylor said in a video captured from an angle that does not show the face of the person she addressed. “You’re very rude.” She didn’t spend too much of her energy on him, either way, but explained the situation to someone who was nearby at the time of the incident. “He literally shoved me,” she said, adding that the man “damn near” shoved another woman, too. “What’s the problem? You just seen us on the stage. Everybody’s having a good time, but when you shove me that’s a different story. Do not touch me. Do not push me.”
Teyana Taylor just blew up and got in a massive fight at the Oscars after “a man touched her” 👀 pic.twitter.com/DTyhdnc4rf
— Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) March 16, 2026
Taylor was in the company of her mother as well as her One Battle After Another cast member Chase Infiniti at the time of the confrontation. Later on, while speaking with TMZ, she clarified the events of the evening. “Everybody was having a good time, security was just doing a lot,” she said. “There’s always that one, but I’m perfectly fine. I’m happy. I mean, there’s nothing to wonder. The first thing people do is definitely make assumptions. But at the end of the day I just don’t tolerate disrespect, especially when it’s unwarranted and unprovoked.”
Throughout the Oscars, Taylor celebrated each win for One Battle After Another as if it were her own. In addition to Best Picture, the film earned nods for Best Casting, Best Director for PTA, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn, who was not in attendance.
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While Best Supporting Actress ultimately went to Amy Madigan for Weapons, Taylor was Rolling Stone‘s favourite to win. “There were few performances that blew away last year as much as her take on Perfidia Beverly Hills, the One Battle character who kicks it all off,” David Fear wrote. “She goes small and subtle (watch the way she lets you see Perfidia calculating her moves simply by moving her eyes). She goes big and bold. She makes you feel like you’re watching someone who can do anything. You’re thinking about her character even when she’s not onscreen. That’s all Teyana.”
Taylor was just as celebratory for other winners. She leapt out of her seat when Madigan won. Still, videos of her from throughout the night have been shared by users attempting to frame her enthusiasm during the show, and her later frustration with security, as over-the-top. Taylor pushed back on those policing her reactions earlier this afternoon.
“The world holds so much misery that miserable hearts forget the face of happiness,” she wrote on X. “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.”
She’ll take the loss, but she’s rightfully drawing the line at disrespect.
From Rolling Stone US
