Lily Gladstone is "feeling the love big time" after leaving the Oscars without a statue

The minute Emma Stone’s name was called for Best Actress over Lily Gladstone’s in this year’s incredibly competitive Oscar race, anyone with an internet connection and a working brain probably knew what was coming: capital-D Discourse. But while the rest of Twitter/X continues to eat itself alive dissecting which of the Killers Of The Flower Moon or Poor Things actresses were more deserving of the statue (not to mention Anatomy Of A Fall’s Sandra Hüller, Maestro’s Carey Mulligan, and Nyad’s Annette Benning who rounded out the field), Gladstone herself is taking a moment to express her gratitude for the whole night.

“Feeling the love big time today, especially from Indian Country. Kittō”kuniikaakomimmō”po’waw – seriously, I love you all,” the actress posted last night, adding: “(Better believe when I was leaving the Dolby Theater and walked passed the big Oscar statue I gave that golden booty a little Coup tap – Count: one)”

Gladstone, who still made history as the first Native American woman nominated for Best Actress, also took a moment to shout out Scott George and the Osage Singers’ performance of Best Song nominee, “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People).” “When watching the Osage Singers at the Oscars, my inner voice said ‘They’re the ones bringing us all up on stage tonight, that’s how it should be,’” she wrote. “The history in the film and of the moment rightfully belong to the Osage Nation. What an honor to be close enough to feel the drum.”

While Gladstone studied Osage language and culture for the film (she said in a Q&A attended by The A.V. Club that this work was one of her “biggest cues” for finding her character, Mollie Burkhart), she is of Siksikaitsitapi and Nimíipuu heritage. Back in November, the actress also wrote that Killers Of The Flower Moon “belongs to them (the Osage Nation), & we all have so much to learn from it” in response to a very measured critique of the movie from language consultant Chris Cote, who suggested that the story should have spent more time on the perspectives of Mollie and her family.

Gladstone also got to highlight Indigenous art in both her red carpet and after-party looks, which were designed in collaboration with Gucci creative director Sabato De Sarno and Indigenous artist Joe Big Mountain of Ironhorse Quillwork (via Vogue). “I happen to be holding it, it’s under my care for a while, but it’s something that carried meaning for so many more people than just me,” Gladstone told the magazine of her historic nomination. “My new Osage friends and family, my new film family… the artists, designers, stylists and writers who have uplifted me and each other through this whole season.”

Another new friend is Emma Stone, who acknowledged Gladstone and her fellow nominees in her acceptance speech, saying: “I share this with you. I’m in awe of you, and it has been such an honor to do all of this together.” In a previous interview with Vanity Fair, Gladstone also specified that the two actors “became fast friends” and even share matching gold rings and call each other “Infinity Stones.” So for everyone who doesn’t seem to realize it online, there really is no bad blood between the two. We’re just waiting for Gladstone’s inevitable return to the Dolby Theater to tap the Oscar statue’s booty once more.