Teyana Taylor had one battle she didn’t expect at the Oscars.
The best supporting actress nominee got into a confrontation with an apparent security guard she says “shoved” her.
In a viral video (below), Taylor is in a tight crowd at the Dolby Theatre when she calls an unidentified man “very rude” and adds, “you’re a man putting your hands on a female,” and says, “he literally shoved me” and that he “damn near shoved” another woman.
“Do not touch me, do not shove me,” she also said.
After the event, TMZ spoke to the One Battle After Another star, who downplayed the incident and said she was now “all good.”
“Everybody was having a good time, security was just doing a lot,” she said. “There’s always that one, but I’m perfectly fine. I’m happy. I mean, there’s nothing to wonder. The first thing people do is definitely make assumptions. But at the end of the day I just don’t tolerate disrespect, especially when it’s unwarranted and unprovoked.”
On Monday, the Academy issued a statement regarding the incident: “We were extremely upset to learn about the experience endured by Teyana Taylor at the end of the Oscars ceremony last night. We have worked with Teyana over the last several months during awards season, and she has been nothing short of remarkable, supportive, kind, and all about community.”
The statement continued, “Though the incident was with our outside security firm SIS, the experience of every single guest is our responsibility. We have made it clear to them that this behavior is not acceptable. We want to thank Teyana for showing remarkable grace, and we are taking the appropriate measures to ensure this does not happen again.”
During the ceremony itself, Taylor also went viral for two other clips.
In one, Taylor gleefully put One Battle After Another director Paul Thomas into a headlock after their film won best picture.
In another, Taylor gave a generous and enthusiastic standing ovation for Amy Madigan, who ended up winning the best supporting actress category for her role in Weapons. Madigan, 75, set a record with the win because it made her the actress with the longest gap (40 years and one month) between a first nomination and a first victory. She received her first nod for 1985’s Twice in a Lifetime.
Updated March 16 at 3 p.m. with Academy statement.
One Battle dominated the 98th Academy Awards, winning six Oscars from 13 nominations, including best director (Paul Thomas Anderson), and best supporting actor (Sean Penn).
See the star studded Oscars red carpet 2026 arrivals and full list of the night’s winners here.
