Harriet star Cynthia Erivo showed solidarity with Black journalists on the Oscars red carpet when she stopped to speak to veteran journalist Lola Ogunnaike.
Ogunnaike posted the video of Erivo coming to speak with her on Instagram with the caption, “@cynthiaerivo looking like an absolute vision in custom atelier @versace. Also, love that she stopped for lil ole me.”
Several people online referenced the moment as another instance of when Black journalists, including established journalists like Ogunnaike, get looked over by Black talent’s PR agents. The moment was also used as a way to showcase how Black talent can demand their agents stop for Black journalists and why it’s important to hire Black agents who recognize the power of the Black media.
So many black red carpet interviewers (Lola Ogunnaike in this case), at so many red carpets, truly fight to get interviews.
In so many professions, black professionals need black talent to do with Cynthia did here. pic.twitter.com/O6gy2VvgqS
— kyle a.b. (@kyalbr) February 10, 2020
Please take note BLACK ACTORS stop and talk to BLACK PRESS. You pay your team, y’all can stop for 1 minute. https://t.co/jDo0Gx4yzY
— Xilla Valentine (@BlogXilla) February 10, 2020
I applaud Cynthia for this. Also, I’m trying to figure out why y’all don’t have Black publicist who understand and value Black journalism. These things can exist together. pic.twitter.com/0eTEsVzOM4
— Christopher Nolan’s protégé ???? (@ieshadaboya) February 10, 2020
This moment falls in line with the moment Halle Berry made time for Black journalists on the John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum red carpet in 2019, showing solidarity to Black media who are often overlooked. “I can’t skip my brother and sister,” Berry said of the interaction.
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