Cate Blanchett is saying awards shows should no longer be televised out of respect for privacy. The two-time Oscar-winning actress made a recent appearance on the 'Las Culturistas With Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang' podcast, where she suggested that the Oscars should "go back to the day when it wasn't televised." The conversation started when Blanchett noted that there are "so few spaces that you can go now, where you are private," without phones and the risk of someone recording you.
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00:00K Blanchett is saying award shows should no longer be televised out of respect for privacy.
00:06The two-time Oscar-winning actress made a recent appearance on the Matt Rogers and Bowen
00:10Yang podcast, where she suggested that the Oscars should go back to the day when it wasn't
00:15televised.
00:16The conversation started when Blanchett noted that there are so few spaces that you can
00:20go now where you are private, without phones, and the risk of someone recording you.
00:25She noted,
00:26The thing that I loved about the late 80s was going to all of the dance parties in Sydney
00:30for Mardi Gras.
00:31People were just there.
00:32They were so present, you know?
00:33They were just together, collectively, having a great time.
00:36It was non-aggressive.
00:38No one was being recorded.
00:39No one cared what anyone did."
00:41The co-host then explained that people try and lip-read on TikTok to guess what celebrities
00:45are saying to each other at award shows, and it looks like it could be exactly what they're
00:50saying, in a way that's a little bit odd.
00:52Yang added that the lip-reading trend makes Hollywood events feel more treacherous, to
00:56which the Black Bag actress suggested not having it televised at all.
01:01Blanchett noted,
01:02Just have a great party where people can just let go.
01:04I mean, the industry is so scattered and at such a point, which I think potentially could
01:08be exciting or could really be depressing.
01:11But it's at a pivot point, and so we need to gather together and celebrate what it is
01:15that we do, without it having to have any public facing.
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