Teyana Taylor Responds After Going Viral For Cheering Paul Thomas Anderson’s Critics Choice Win

Teyana Taylor appeared Tyler Perry’s Straw and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. The lattermost won Best Picture at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, January 4, where Anderson also won Best Director. In a clip taken from the broadcast, Taylor is seen cheering Anderson on very enthusiastically and hugging him on his way up to the podium. Since the broadcast, this clip has gone viral on social media “find someone who roots for you the way Teyana Taylor roots for Paul Thomas Anderson,” wrote BuzzFeed’s Spencer Althouse on X (formerly Twitter). "I love her reaction after he won Best Director at the Critics' Choice Awards. Much of the replies were in agreement with the sentiment, and Taylor herself caught wind of the comment. “Period! Lol,” wrote Taylor, with several laughing emojis. “One thing ima doooooooo is show up and show out for my people!.” Taylor herself is currently nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Motion Picture award at the upcoming 2026 Golden Globes, which are set to broadcast on Sunday, January 11. Should she win, let’s hope Anderson returns her spirited energy.

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