Teyana Taylor says she won't stand for 'disrespect' as she broke her silence after
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Teyana Taylor Wont Tolerate Oscars Disrespect
Teyana Taylor says she won't stand for 'disrespect' as she broke her silence after allegedly getting shoved at the 2026 Oscars.In a video filmed in a packed cor...
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In a video filmed in a packed corridor at the Dolby Theatre, Taylor, 35, could be seen accusing a man of getting physical with her as she tried to move through the crowd.
Now Taylor has offered her side of the story - suggesting a bad apple amongst the security guards was the culprit.
'It's all good,' she told TMZ after the . 'Everybody's having a good time, security was just doing a lot.
'There's always that one,' she added.
'At the end of the day I just don't tolerate disrespect, especially when it's unwarranted and it's unprovoked.'
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Teyana Taylor said she won't stand for 'disrespect' as she broke her silence after claiming a man had 'shoved' her at the 2026 Oscars
Taylor was caught erupting backstage at the 2026 Oscars after being 'shoved' on her way out
According to TMZ, the incident occurred after Teyana appeared on stage to accept the Best Picture trophy with her One Battle After Another castmates.
A security guard allegedly put his hands on the actress, the site reports.
Video of the aftermath showed Taylor erupting backstage after she was allegedly 'shoved' by an unknown man.
Pointing angrily at someone off camera, the visibly upset star raised her voice and said: ‘You’re a man putting his hands on a female.’
The actress went viral following a heated backstage confrontation
This Oscar nod is her first Academy Award nomination.
Beyond acting, Taylor earned a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Album for Escape Room, highlighting her career as a singer, dancer, and choreographer as well as an actress.
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Taylor's film One Battle After Another ended the 2026 awards season by winning Best Picture on a night where Michael B Jordan and Jessie Buckley earned top acting prizes.
Jordan, 39, shocked the world at the 98th Academy Awards as he upset Timothee Chalamet to win Best Actor for Sinners as Buckley, 36, took home Best Actress for her work in Hamnet at the event held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
The clip ended with Taylor making it clear why she was furious, telling those around her: ‘Do not touch me, do not shove me, do not push me'; pictured as One Battle After Another won Best Picture
Taylor was nominated for her role in One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson accepted the top prize of the night alongside Teyana Taylor and the rest of the cast and crew as the film earned the most wins of the night with six.
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The American black comedy action-thriller film triumphed over a massive, competitive, field including: Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, and Train Dreams.
The Leonardo DiCaprio led film One Battle After Another is centered around a group of ex-revolutionaries who reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own as their enemy resurfaces after 16 years
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