Jane Campion

Director Jane Campion won two awards back to back this weekend at the DGAs and Critics Choice Awards and went viral first for dissing Sam Elliott, ...

He’s an actor.” It was a hilarious moment; the clip was shared thousands of times; and the cherry on top was Campion winning the biggest award of the night. On Saturday’s Directors Guild Awards red carpet, Campion was asked to comment on Sam Elliott’s home of phobic response to her queer Western. She gave the quote of the night when she answered, “He was being a little bit of a B-I-T-C-H. He’s not a cowboy. To be a Twitter main character during awards season is to frolic in hell’s own lava. To be a Twitter main character is to play with fire. Update, Monday, March 14 at 2:10 p.m.: Faster than you could say “Kodi Smit-McPhee,” Jane Campion has issued an apology for insinuating she has it harder than Venus and Serena Williams in her Critics Choice Awards acceptance speech. I did not intend to devalue these two legendary Black women and world-class athletes,” Campion said in a statement shared by Variety. “The fact is the Williams sisters have, actually, squared off against men on the court (and off), and they have both raised the bar and opened doors for what is possible for women in this world.

Jane Campion is apologizing to Venus and Serena Williams for dissing them while giving a speech at the Critics Choice Awards.

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The award-winning director, in an acceptance speech, said Serena and Venus did not 'play against the guys like I have to'

Serena and Venus, I apologize and completely celebrate you.” Campion went on to thank her fellow best director nominees, all male, then said: “I’d also just like to give my love out to my fellow – the guys. I did not intend to devalue these two legendary Black women and world-class athletes.”

Jane Campion Apologizes to Venus and Serena Williams: 'I Made a Thoughtless Comment'. The Power of the Dog director was an internet hero for calling out Sam ...

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. You may exercise your right to opt out of the sale of personal information by using this toggle switch. This may affect our ability to personalize ads according to your preferences.These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. PMC and our advertising partners use cookies and other technologies to collect and share certain information such as your usage activity to deliver ads that are more relevant to you on PMC and other sites or apps. You may still receive ads from us (including contextual or based on our own data about you). We will still share some information with those of our partners who function as our service providers, such as to help us measure ad effectiveness, control the frequency, delivery and security of ads, and conduct analytics. If you would like to opt out of the sale of this information, please use this webform or call our automated line at (877) 365-3500. If you opt out we will not be able to offer you personalised ads and will not hand over your personal information to any third parties. Even if you opt out through this link, you will still see ads. This will not opt you out of the use of previously collected and shared information or all interest-based advertising (such as that conducted on other sites). (Reps for the Williams sisters did not immediately return a request for comment.) I did not intend to devalue these two legendary Black women and world-class athletes.” On Saturday, March 12, Campion was on the red carpet for the Directors Guild of America Awards, when she was asked about some disparaging comments Elliott made about her film on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast.

Jane Campion apologized Monday after saying fellow Critics Choice attendees Serena and Venus Williams "do not play against the guys like I have to" while ...

Cumberbatch and co-star Jesse Plemons have also commented on Elliott’s words — the latter saying that he “laughed when I heard” — but many were especially impressed by the delivery of Campion’s devastating response. “I’m sorry, he was being a little bit of a b----,” she said, spelling out the word. Finally, he asked, “Where’s the Western in this Western?” The audience broke out into cheers and applause while the camera cut to Venus Williams, a seemingly uncomfortable smile on her face. “I love Serena and Venus. Their accomplishments are titanic and inspiring. However, you do not play against the guys like I have to.”

Jane Campion has apologized to Venus and Serena Williams after facing backlash for her "thoughtless" comment she made at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards.

“Serena and Venus, you are such marvels. “I did not intend to devalue these two legendary Black women and world class athletes.” “I love Serena and Venus. Their accomplishments are titanic and inspiring.

The director said the tennis legends “don't play against the guys like I have to.”

Campion’s call-out of the Williams sisters comes one day after she responded to critiques of The Power Of The Dog from actor Sam Elliot, who called the film a “piece of s**t.” “He’s not a cowboy; he’s an actor,” Campion said. Serena and Venus, I apologize and completely celebrate you.” “Their accomplishments are titanic and inspiring.

'The Power of the Dog' director Jane Campion quipped about Sam Elliott's comments, 'I'm sorry, he was being a little bit of a B-I-T-C-H'

"Without meaning to stir over the ashes of that ... someone really took offense to — I haven't heard it so it's unfair for me to comment in detail on it — to the West being portrayed in this way," he added. If anything, I just had a little bit of a laugh. I know there are different layers to that ... but not everyone has to like it." Several Power of the Dog cast members have also responded to Elliott's comments, including Plemons, who told The Hollywood Reporter over the weekend, "I don't know why I reacted this way, but— I'm not going to say it made me happy, but it made me laugh. I'm sorry, he was being a little bit of a B-I-T-C-H. Sorry to say it, but he's not a cowboy; he's an actor. Based on the 1967 novel by Thomas Savage, the film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a repressed rancher who takes his frustrations out on his brother and new sister-in-law, played by Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst.

While accepting the award for best director during the Critics' Choice Awards, Jane Campion's speech turned controversial when she commented on Venus and ...

During the interview, he called out the film for its “allusions of homosexuality” and questioned Campion’s knowledge of the genre. “When you think about the number of amazing Westerns made in Spain by [director] Sergio Leone,” she explained. Campion did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but following the Critics Choice Awards broadcast, the filmmaker and Venus Williams were seen together at Netflix’s afterparty. You’re absolutely brilliant,” she continued, praising the evening’s SeeHer Award winner before turning her attention to “King Richard” subjects Venus and Serena Williams. It wasn’t so much Campion’s tone, which was light and joking like the rest of her speech, but the content of her words that felt disrespectful. But most commenters simply questioned her decision to bring the Williams sisters and their tennis prowess into that conversation at all.

In a speech at the Critics Choice Awards, Jane Campion noted that Venus and Serena Williams 'Don't play against the guys, like I have to.'

During the interview, he called out the film for its “allusions of homosexuality” and questioned Campion’s knowledge of the genre. “Why the fuck did she shoot this movie in New Zealand and call it Montana? And say this is the way it was? “When you think about the number of amazing Westerns made in Spain by [director] Sergio Leone,” she explained. Campion did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but following the Critics Choice Awards broadcast, the filmmaker and Venus Williams were seen together at Netflix’s afterparty. You’re absolutely brilliant,” she continued, praising the evening’s SeeHer Award winner before turning her attention to “King Richard” subjects Venus and Serena Williams. It wasn’t so much Campion’s tone, which was light and joking like the rest of her speech, but the content of her words that felt disrespectful.

Picking up the Best Director prize at the Critics' Choice Awards, Jane Campion confused many by commenting on the Williams sisters not competing against ...

Campion's speech, and the sisters' live reaction to it, have became a talking point on Twitter with many calling the incident out as racism. She was applauded online for stating in an interview with Variety that "he's not a cowboy, he's an actor." Thousands of people commented on the speech online.

"I think he was being a little bit of a bitch. Plus he's not a cowboy, he's an actor," says Campion during DGA red carpet.

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"The Power of the Dog" director Jane Campion raised eyebrows with a comment about Serena and Venus Williams during her speech at the 2022 Critics Choice ...

Campion, 67, ended her speech by saying, “I’m like a grandmother of the women’s movement in film now. (The sisters attended as guests of Will Smith, who played their dad in “King Richard.”) “However, you do not play against the guys like I have to.”

During her speech, Power of the Dog director Jane, 67, claimed that Serena, 40, and Venus, 41, didn't have to compete against men the way she had to, ...

- Jane Campion on The Power of the Dog: ¿Too much leather and ropes and chaps? 'I’m sorry, he was being a little bit of a B-I-T-C-H. He’s not a cowboy; he’s an actor,' Jane told Variety in response to his comments. Instead, Jane Campion decides to call out two of the most accomplished black women in their respective fields in order to feed her ego,' wrote another user. He also noted there is still 'a massive intolerance in the world at large towards homosexuality.' 'The myth is that they were these macho men out there with the cattle,' he said. Venus and Serena Williams have to endure what any female has to endure,' said someone else. There's all these allusions to homosexuality throughout the f***ing movie.' That f**king rubbed me the wrong way.' 'The arrogance and ignorance of Jane Campion,' someone else said. How out of touch, privileged and ignorant she sounds. Serena and Venus, I apologize and completely celebrate you.' I love Serena and Venus. Their accomplishments are titanic and inspiring.

During her acceptance speech for best director at the Critics' Choice Awards, Campion said the Williams sisters are “marvels” but “don't play against the ...

The sisters have won multiple titles in mixed doubles, the tennis event in which each team is comprised of one man and one woman. “I did not intend to devalue these two legendary Black women and world-class athletes,” Campion said, adding that “the last thing I would ever want to do is minimize remarkable women.” In addition to her inaccuracy, Campion’s comments make the all-too-common implication that the Williams sisters’ achievements are somehow less impressive because they typically play against other women. “However, you do not play against the guys like I have to.” She laughed. Sunday night, Campion won the Critics’ Choice Awards for Best Director, making her one of three women who have ever won that award. (In addition to his recent remarks being homophobic, xenophobic, and misogynistic, Elliot called the film a “piece of shit.”) Then, a mere 24 hours later, Campion made some bizarre comments of her own.