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Michelle Yeoh clears up confusing Oscar moment when Emma Stone seemed to ‘ignore’ her

Stone, who won the best actress prize on Sunday, had prompted backlash after many thought she had grabbed the Oscar from Yeoh and ignored her to talk to Jennifer Lawrence.

Emma Stone hugs Michelle Yeoh at the 96th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday in Hollywood, Calif.Kevin Winter / Getty ImagesViewers also called out another situation during the ceremony in which Robert Downey Jr. was accepting the best supporting actor Oscar for his work in “Oppenheimer.” Many thought that Downey failed to acknowledge or make eye contact with last year’s winner Ke Huy Quan, who handed the statuette off to him. It led people across the internet to accuse both Stone and Downey of “unconsciously discriminating” against Asians and behaving disrespectfully toward the martial arts icon. The night ended up being a big one for Yeoh, who was celebrating the one-year anniversary of her own best actress win, which made her the first Asian to take home the category in the Academy’s 95-year history.

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