Oscar voters have (anonymous) hot takes about Andrea Riseborough’s nomination
Opinions range from "this is bad" to "this is bad, but also everyone does it anyway"

The big story this Oscars Season isn’t “why did Nope get snubbed when it was so good?” or “will anyone be brave enough to stand up and say that Top Gun: Maverick was a little paint-by-numbers?”, it’s actually: Was it against the Academy rules for Andrea Riseborough to actively campaign for a Best Actress nomination for her performance in To Leslie? Everybody campaigns for Oscars, that’s not really a secret, but it’s usually about studios buying up “for your consideration” ad space, not one famous person telling every famous person she knows to vote for her.
But is that really any different or any worse than what everyone does? That’s what the Academy is going to determine this week when it conducts some kind of potentially “elitist” review of what happened, and—much to no one’s surprise—some Oscar voters have spicy hot takes on what all of this means and who is really at fault. Variety got quotes from a bunch of anonymous people from various branches of Oscar voters (actors, writers, documentarians), and the opinions range from “this is a problem with the whole thing” to “the whole thing is a problem.”
Here’s part of what someone involved with documentaries had to say:
It sounds to me that Andrea’s team accomplished something that angered many people because we know how much money goes into trying to get an Oscar. Her team got her there without 30 billboards on Sunset. Without an installation on Hollywood Blvd. So, no, they shouldn’t take her nomination away. If that happens, a lot more will have to be taken away.