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BAFTAs producer defends viral rap even as Ariana DeBose deletes her Twitter account

An executive producer of this year's British Academy Film Awards has defended Ariana DeBose after a video of the "West Side Story" star performing at the ceremony went viral on social media. In an interview with Variety published Monday, producer Nick Bullen deemed any mockery of DeBose's now-infamous BAFTAs rap "incredibly unfair" and declared that "everybody ... who was in the room ...
Ariana DeBose poses in the winner's room at the BAFTA British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, in London, on Feb. 19, 2023.

An executive producer of this year's British Academy Film Awards has defended Ariana DeBose after a video of the "West Side Story" star performing at the ceremony went viral on social media.

In an interview with Variety published Monday, producer Nick Bullen deemed any mockery of DeBose's now-infamous BAFTAs rap "incredibly unfair" and declared that "everybody ... who was in the

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