Spike Lee, whose film BlacKkKlansman was Oscar-nominated for best picture, said “the ref made a bad call” when Green Book won the top prize at Sunday’s Academy Awards.
The director, a fan of the National Basketball Association’s New York Knicks, said when he heard Green Book announced as the year’s best picture winner: “I thought I was courtside at the (Madison Square) Garden, and the ref made a bad call.”
Lee won an Oscar on Sunday for best adapted screenplay as a co-writer for BlacKkKlansman.
Every time someone is driving somebody, I lose,” Lee told reporters in response to a question about his reaction to for Green Book’s win.