Daniel Kaluuya astounds mother with they had sex Oscar acceptance speech.
Daniel Kaluuya, who won an Academy Award for his electrifying performance as Fred Hampton in “Judas and the Black Messiah,” accepted his award Sunday with a speech that thanked and shocked his mother.
The actor accepted his Best Supporting Actor award at Los Angeles’ Union Station, despite the fact that many regarded his performance as a lead role.
“And to my mother, I want to express my gratitude for pouring into me,” he said as the camera cut to his proud mother, who seemed teary-eyed. “You gave everything to me. You provided me with your factory default settings. Thus allowing me to stand at my full height.”
Kaluuya then returned to his mother after thanking his co-stars LaKeith Stanfield and Dominique Fishback, screenwriters Kenny and Keith Lucas, Hampton’s partner Akua Njeri and their son Fred Hampton Jr., and, of course, Hampton and the Black Panther Party.
“My mother and father had sex, it’s incredible! You understand what I mean? I’m so grateful to be alive, and I’m going to celebrate tonight,” he said, his face beaming with a wide smile as his mother looked clearly distraught in a cutaway camera shot.
Her response drew the attention of many viewers, who immediately congratulated her on social media.
Kaluuya chuckled when asked about his remark backstage.
“Is that something that will endure? I believe it is fairly self-evident that my parents had sex, but that is me. I’m sure my mother will email me something,” he said with a chuckle. “I just should have avoided doing that.”
He said that he had not yet spoken with his mother and joked that he was “going to stop” his phone for a while.
“I’m not sure my mother would be pleased. However, she is going to be cool,” he said. “She possesses a sense of humor. We exchange it.”
Kaluuya lauded Hampton as an incredible leader and activist who accomplished so much in the brief period he had before being assassinated in his sleep by law enforcement in 1969.
“How fortunate we are to have lived through his lifetime,” he said of the Black Panther Party symbol.
“He was on this planet for 21 years — 21 years during which he overcame all odds to feed children breakfast, teach children, and provide free medical care. He demonstrated, he instructed,” Kaluuya said.
“They taught me how to love myself — him, Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, and the Black Panther gang. And the passion spilled over into the Black community as well as other cultures. And they demonstrated the strength of unity by playing divide and conquer, while we claim unite and ascend,” he said.
“And yes, there is a lot of work to be done, and that is the responsibility of everybody in this place. This is not a one-man show. I look to all, to each and every one of you; we have work to do,” he said.
“I’m going to return to work Tuesday morning because I’m going up tonight,” he said, laughing.
“We’re ascending, understand what I’m saying? We’re having a good time tonight. We must rejoice. Man, we have to enjoy life. We’re breathing and walking; it’s amazing. It’s unbelievable,” he said.
Kaluuya’s victory comes on the heels of his second Academy Award nomination. He previously earned an Academy Award nomination for his breakthrough performance in 2018’s “Get Out.”
Paul Raci, Leslie Odom Jr., and Sacha Baron Cohen were the other finalists for Best Supporting Actor at this year’s competition.
