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Undermining Awards Season

[Blind Gossip] Awards campaigns can sometimes get a little dirty.

In this case, somebody is trying to undermine this actor and his movie from being honored during awards season… by tying him to racism!

To be clear, the accusations aren’t about anything the actor has personally done. It has to do with dredging up one of his family’s relatives from more than a hundred years ago who may have owned slaves or taken part in the slave trade.

We don’t know if they are trying to tank the actor’s chances for a win – or the film’s chances for a win – but it is interesting timing on the saboteur’s part as it was not brought up when the film was released last year.

At the very least, it could certainly make things uncomfortable for the actor on the red carpet if some media outlet decides to make it a talking point out of it and put the actor on the defensive.

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[Optional] Is it reasonable to hold someone accountable for something their relative did generations ago?

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    • I think it could be this!
      I went to Barbados last year and went to some grand house that at some point had been Benedict’s ancestors house and he had owned something like 250 slaves.

      We shouldn’t pay for the sins of our fathers ,!

    • @Haydyh
      Yes, that’s all true about BC. A relative owned a sugar plantation.

      He’s said some questionable things about the matter.

  3. Don’t know who the actor is, but a person is not responsible for even what his/her parents did much less generations ago.

  4. I have no idea who this is.

    But seriously? What my relatives did a century ago has nothing to do with me. You can’t help the family you’re born into.

  7. It’s ridiculous! Of course he’s not liable. If this is Bradley Cooper then it’s disgracful. The film and he were outstanding

  8. Adam Driver.
    He’s in Blackkklansman, his wife is from old money in Bermuda. Apparently some of her ancestors did some reeeeeeal shady * to the indigenous people of the island, I think there’s a museum dedicated to them on the island (the Tuckers).

    Optional; it *can* be reasonable, but on a case by case basis.
    Like, have her family done any work towards reparations and what is their contemporary opinion?
    She has a tattoo of Bermuda on her shoulder, so I guess she’s attached to the island

  9. That’s horrible to do to someone, just to undermine someone chances at winning some stupid award! Some people are just evil, and filled with hate, but they should remember, that evil deeds you do, don’t go unpunished, and there’s something called karma…….what goes around, comes around!

  11. No idea, but it’s desperate. How is he responsible for what someone did a century ago?

  12. Have gone through the list of male nominees and I think all of them either have foreign ancestry or are non-American?
    I’m guessing Bradley Cooper. For no reason.

  13. Optional: it is absurd that people are made to feel guilty for something a family member did 200 years ago! I refuse to take responsibility!

  15. I’m not sure who this is, but individuals are not accountable for their ancestors’ actions, however terrible. If they’re bragging about it and saying their ancestor was a good person/didn’t do anything wrong, that’s another matter, but I don’t think that’s the case here.

  16. Igbo Mortenson?

    I think it’s unfair to hold something against someone over what their relative did 100+ years ago.

  18. Benedict Cumberbatch has a very sketchy family history i hear but i don’t know if he’s nominated for anything

  19. Ben Affleck? He was on that history tv show in which his ancestor was connected to slavery? Seems like he has tried to distance himself from it.
    I don’t think a person needs to be responsible or apologize for an ancestor’s behavior or criminal act, but if sure would be nice if he used it as an opportunity to erase societal wrongs and speak out against racism, in general. He would look like a good guy, instead of running away from it.

  20. I don’t know who this is, but that is disgusting! You cannot hold someone responsible for something their ancestors did over a hundred years ago! As barbaric as the practice was, it was legal at that time in history.

    To think that this being done to win a stupid gold trophy, is just pathetic!

  21. Not if the actor is smart. The actor is only responsible of what he does not what his ancestors did.
    Awards are more like a prom queen contest than a real award to quality

  22. no clue who it is, but he should do what Anderson Cooper did in some tv show about ancestry, when it was revealed one of hisrelatives was killed by one of slaves he owned- Cooper said, that probably this guy deserved it.

    so the blind subject should simply said, that he hopes, his relative rotes in hell for what he has done and this would be the end of the story.

    dragging up something whas happened befor civil war is not fair.

  23. Ben Affleck, Triple Frontier. It was revealed he had Slave owning Ancestors in Find your roots and he was obviously very embarrassed and tried to hide it.

    Optional – absolutely not, nobody is accountable for another person’s actions, certainly nothing they had influence over. I’m sure there’s not a person out there without skeletons in the family closet, if you go back far enough.

  24. It definitely matters. In fact, I think that every person in Hollywood, and politics, and actually… the entire world… should be tested to see if they are related to any of the following people:
    – Qin Shi Huang (247-210 B.C.)
    – Julius Caesar (A.D. 37-41)
    – Attila the Hun (A.D. 434-453)
    – Genghis Khan ( 1206-1227)
    That seems reasonable, doesn’t it?

    • Awesome idea!!! Let’s keep it to Hollywood and politicians first, then carry it to the world population.

  25. Adam Driver. His wife is from Bermuda.
    Blackkklansman.
    I don’t think he should be held accountable, since it’s his wife’s family, and their relationship seems a bit strange anyways….

  26. Benedict cumberbatch

    Depends on how the celeb reacted. Anderson Cooper learned that a slave killed one of his ancestors and he said good ( or something along those lines). If you’re defending your ancestors being slave owners then there’s a red flag and should not get awarded.

  27. Actor: Adam Driver
    Movie: Black Klansman
    Optional: There are other factors to consider, like has the family tried to make amends or done something to make up for it. Also on what it was.
    In this case his wife’s family made their fortune through the same slave trade, they were even the first people to bring slaves to Bermuda. There is no signs that the Tuckers have done anything to apologize for this, help the decendants of those they hurt, or anything besides profit from this. Not Adam’s…

  28. Adam Driver. His wife, Joanne Tucker’s family owned slaves for over 200 years and are still rich from it. He should have never been cast in Blackkklansman, let alone get awards for it.

  29. Matt Damon, slave owners, big fat hairy deal. No one cares. The martian movie….all looks kinda cheesey to me.

  30. Adam Driver and his Bermuda loving wife or ex-wife Joanne Tucker. Her family owned slaves there. Aren’t they divorced yet though? Run Adam run!

  31. This is ridiculous. My ancestors were slaves AND some others owned slaves. I wish someone would blame me. Stupid.

  32. I have no idea but if it’s Adam Driver and it’s his wife’s family that’s stretching it a bit. Anything over 100 years ago seems like stretching for controversy.

    Is it really that big of a deal during award season if the media hasn’t heard about it/doesn’t care?

  33. I don’t care who the actor is, but that is crazy! How can you shame someone for something relatives did 100 years ago??? I am sure that there are many Hollywood actors with relatives who did the same thing 100 years ago, probably including the accuser!

  34. I don’t know who the actor might be, but as for the optional question, it’s not reasonable at all. It’s disgusting and stupid to do that. These days, for the extreme Left, it’s not enough to treat everyone fairly and with respect based on their personality/character.

  35. Cumberbatch has already admitted his family owned slaves, and IIRC, he did it ham-fistedly a few years back. That’s super low on the list of reasons he won’t win an award this season. Patrick Melrose was great, but his own family drama overshadows his talents.

  36. In light of the fact that M. Markle married a white male who cavalierly wore a Na zi uniform to a party, it seems that people are no longer held to actions in the past.