Move over Mariah Carey, there's a new queen of shade in town and her name is Tariji P Henson.
During the Oscars red carpet, the Atlanta actress stopped to talk to radio and television personality Ryan Seacrest, who was covering the film award for E!.
Seacrest was accused of multiple instances of sexual harassment and abuse by his former personal stylist Suzie Hardy.
E! hired an independent investigator earlier this year to look into the allegations, but found "insufficient evidence" to support Hardy's accusations, reports The Independent.
On the red carpet, Seacrest asked Henson to talk about Mary J Blige’s two Oscar nominations, which she briefly commented on, but it was her following statement, seemingly completely unrelated to Blige, that made people sit up and listen.
With a prolonged look and a tight smile, she told Seacrest:
You know, the universe has a way of taking care of the good people.
Briefly tapping him on the chin, she continued:
You know what I mean?
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And people were here for it.
Channelling some of that Cookie fire...
“The universe has a way of taking care of good people, you know what I mean?" **long pause** Taraji P. Henson to Ry… https://t.co/bZBmod240l— FLARE (@FLARE) 1520208800
Taraji P. Henson absolutely put a curse on Ryan Seacreast— Kolb (he/him) 🌲 (@Kolb (he/him) 🌲) 1520211591
People couldn't stop praising the way she handled the interview.
The way Taraji P. Henson handled that #RyanSeacrest interview was just perfect. #Oscars https://t.co/dID3ZnO1TT— Connor Behrens (@Connor Behrens) 1520209839
Like, people thought it was definitely shade. All the colours of shade.
In fact, there should be a shade Oscar just so it can be awarded to Henson.
And the award for best shade goes to Taraji P Henson #Oscars #tarajiphenson https://t.co/kDSyhDqOzJ— wash yo hands and stay home (@wash yo hands and stay home) 1520211729
People have pointed out that she could have just as easily been showing Seacrest, who denies all allegations against him, support.
To those people, we'll just leave this here.
"I'm great now that I'm in your company." --Taraji P. Henson to the interviewer who talked to her right after Ryan Seacrest— Mark Harris (@Mark Harris) 1520208769
indy100 have contacted Seacrest's representatives for comment.