The 95th Academy Awards are a little less than three months away but already some pundits believe the nomination list is being politicized in the media. Nationally syndicated radio host Dana Loesch on Tuesday accused the Hollywood Reporter of taking a “woke” approach after it tweeted about Michelle Yeoh’s nomination for Best Actress.
The website posted that Yeoh, who was born in Malaysia to Chinese parents, was the first person who “identifies as Asian” to be nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards.
“How else is she going to identify?” Loesch said. “Seriously, do you now get to pick your ethnicity? Come on, for real, how dumb is this going to be?”
In an article Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter said, “while some consider 1936 lead actress nominee Merle Oberon (for The Dark Angel) the first Asian nominee, she didn’t identify as such and hid her heritage to pass as white.”
“The distinction that they’re trying to make here is ridiculous,” added Loesch. “They did this because they are so woke. I hope that she (Yeoh) says something about this if she wins.”
“I’m glad I got nominated. Otherwise, hell, man, I wouldn’t know what to do,” Yeoh told the website. “When they were calling out the names, I was like ‘If they don’t call my name, what am I gonna say to the people who have had so much belief in me?’
