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How Ariana DeBose Became a 'Healthier Being' After Facing Criticism


Ariana DeBose opened up to Us about learning how to take things with a ‘grain of salt’ after facing criticism over the years

Following her hosting gig during the 2023 BAFTAs, DeBose faced backlash from social media trolls after she opened the awards show with a musical number that praised the women nominees like Angela Bassett and Jamie Lee Curtis for doing “the thing,” leading to her deactivating her X account. Still, if DeBose were able to channel any magical power — like her “slippery” voodoo priestess character, Calypso, in Kraven the Hunter — she would upgrade her natural “white witch” abilities to be able to “hone in” and get a read on who is worth her time and energy from the very start. That trick would certainly come in handy for someone as busy as DeBose, who has a plethora of projects dropping in the next year including films like Love Hurts, with Ke Huy Quan, and Lear Rex opposite Al Pacino.

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