Ariana DeBose has broken her silence after she was slammed by BAFTA viewers just hours after she took to the stage to open the 76th awards on Sunday night.
The actress, who last year walked away with Best Supporting Actress, appeared on stage as she belted out a rap about this year's female nominees.
As viewers tuned into the prestigious awards show which was attended by the BAFTA President, Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales, Ariana, 32, dropped the names of several nominees during her rendition of Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves by The Eurythmics.
Included in the rap were the likes of Kerry Condon, Viola Davis, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ana De Armas.
The actress started her performance wearing a jaw-dropping skirt which was later pulled off by dancers as she took to the stage in a trouser suit.
Despite her good intentions, Ariana's rap wasn't a hit with viewers at home who dubbed her performance as 'painful' and 'embarrassing' while others pointed out that the celebrities in the stalls 'looked horrified'.
Following the backlash, Ariana has now addressed her performance.
Although Ariana deleted her Twitter account amid the onslaught of cruel comments, she has since returned to social media after spotting a meme account devoted to her performance on Instagram.
The meme in question featured a shot of former US President George W. Bush being told of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center by former Chief Of Staff Andy Card.
The image is superimposed with the words: "Sir, Angela Bassett did the thing."
Responding to the post on Tuesday, Ariana wrote: "Honestly, I love this."
It comes after fans flocked to Twitter to mock Ariana's performance on Sunday night.
Sharing their reactions, one fan wrote: "P***ing myself laughing at Ariana DeBose's BAFTA song, why did this happen?"
"Got a lot of time for the celebs who smiled charmingly and awkwardly during Ariana DeBose's painful BAFTA rap," commented a second, before a third went on to write: "Absolutely awful she wouldn't get a single turn on The Voice."
Over the course of the evening, viewers at home and those in the audience at the Royal Festival Hall saw the likes of Austin Butler praised for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in his recent biopic, and Barry Keoghan scoop the award for Best Supporting Actor for The Banshees Of Inisherin.
