Ariana DeBose shares cryptic quote after disastrous BAFTA Awards 2023 rap | Page Six Celebrity News

Ariana DeBose is getting cryptic after being blasted for her now-viral rap at the 2023 BAFTA Awards.

Despite deleting her Twitter account following Sunday’s disastrous performance, the “West Side Story” star took to her Instagram Story Monday to share a quote in an apparent attempt to send a message to her critics.

“Babygirl [sic], in a world full of choices, choose yourself,” read the message, which was originally shared by the @BossBabeCorner account.

#arianadebose #bafta2023

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[Gymgeniiee]

She should’ve just put her phone on silent and left it like that for a month. People would have forgot about it until she was in the spotlight again.

[brimichelle]

Her responding to all of this in such a melodramatic way makes it like ten times funnier tbh 🤣🤣

[bloodyhellism]

She tried something. It didn't work. I don't get the fuss and over reaction. She's not the first artist to try and fail.

[alessandrolocascio]

Julianne Moore's secondhand embarrassment for Cate Blanchette 😂😂😂

[mappingoutthesky]

Why is she so embarassed tho?! Look, I'm gonna assume she had nothing to do with the writing, that it was lent it to her and she had to performe it. Actors always have to do wacky things like that! I would be laughing at how ridiculous it was 😂

[hartfordsignpost]

Learning to take criticism when you're an entertainer is part of reality.
I couldn't sit thru that so called show but I don't hate her, I just don't like her show.
Reality has a place in this world.

[lorenelement]

Even the live audience was confused and appalled by her performance. Look at some of those face expressions. At-least she could of took some REAL singing lessons before she tried

[domaneishahammond]

But it wasn’t that bad. Maybe she should lip sync it instead of it being live so she wasn’t breathing hard but it wasnt bad. What mad cause none of y’all favorites got picks or because she named all women??

[DaveG]

Cryptic is such an overused phrase. Right there with cringe, slayed and clapped back.

[acevendettaflightclips]

It wasn’t disastrous. She spayed and the straights are big mad. What else is new lol

[guyute]

even though I have an office away from people, I still managed to crawl under my desk - is it over yet? 😁😁

[Andres.bh]

IF I was her, I would’ve milked it and made fun of it, too. 😂

[ZoraNH.dusttracks]

There was nothing cryptic about that post…such a stretch. Lol. Why didn’t you include all the other posts before and after that one?

[oceanle]

Failure turns to success and I hated the rap and I can’t get it enough haha!

[marcusvonhohenlohe]

If the word “PUKE” had another meaning … 🤮

[PoppaSmurf]

Tariq Nasheed was right this was a cringe worthy, and laughable performance.

[hinhwood]

She’s exhausting. She couldn’t just accept the oscar last year. She had to go on and on about her identity politics label. We’re all humans. Stop with the divisions.

[gonaarc]

This is what happens when you're a lame Oscar winner ❤

[alexverdia]

Her career is over after this... Poor thing