Update (September 18, 2018):
Angela Bassett has responded to the Times' error, the Huffington Post reports.
While everyone on Twitter sat perched on the edge of their seats ready to see a Bernadine Harris response, Bassett chose something a little more out of Queen Ramonda's playbook.
In a simple tweet, Bassett told those offended on her behalf, "It's handled," and added, "Hey Everybody, no worries! xoAng."
Hey Everybody, no worries! xoAng pic.twitter.com/iPq2uQVy4I
— Angela Bassett (@ImAngelaBassett) September 18, 2018
Original:
In today’s “they all look alike” news, The New York Times mistook Angela Bassett for Omarosa Manigualt-Newman.
The paper displayed a few pictures from the ceremony in their print edition and made the grave error in a caption.
oh my god the New York Times mixed up Angela Bassett with Omarosa pic.twitter.com/jLoePOqADy
— julia reinstein ???? (@juliareinstein) September 18, 2018
The picture shows Bassett and Tiffany Haddish presenting an award to Rachel Brosnahan. They credited Haddish and Brosnahan correctly but somehow, they got the ageless goddess and Newman mixed up.
The error was pointed out by a few eagle-eyed Twitter folks and the Times is getting dragged.
How dare they!! Angela Bassett is an icon?! pic.twitter.com/KlYr5o1zNg
— Khalilah Alston (@Lilah01) September 18, 2018
What happens when you don’t hire enough black people https://t.co/xM3VzLZ7J9
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) September 18, 2018
This is why we need to stop hiring just anybody with a fancy degree and an internship @nytimes
@deanbaquet .
Angela Bassett is not Omarosa. pic.twitter.com/nJKooIBf0K— Donnell Suggs (@suggswriter) September 18, 2018
Angela Bassett and Omarosa don’t even sit at the same table so how the fuck.? Like these are two totally different woman. https://t.co/OL0xV6Jz7m
— hippie ???????? (@lowkeyy_cutee) September 18, 2018
Angela Bassett is Hollywood royalty. This is disgusting.
— Lady Pie de Grue (@DPetagrew) September 18, 2018
"confusing" Angela Bassett with fricking Omarosa?!
OH.
NO.
YOU.
DIDN'T.— Mama's on Stage (@Paula_Galloway) September 18, 2018
It's always Black celebrities who get mixed up in mainstream media, but you can't confuse Angela Bassett and Omarosa.
One is Black Excellence and the other hasn't been Black since the Trump Administration.
— (((Mike Brown))) (@YoMikeBrown) September 18, 2018
The paper’s PR team apologized for the mistake on Twitter.
We regret running an incorrect caption from a photo wire service in some early print editions. We will issue a correction in tomorrow's paper.https://t.co/fEezxxXo0M
— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) September 18, 2018
“We regret running an incorrect caption from a photo wire service in some early print editions. We will issue a correction in tomorrow's paper,” the publication wrote.
Mhm. Just don’t do that s**t again.
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