Teyana Taylor hits again at criticism that her position in One Battle After Another was “over-sexualized” in a brand new interview with Vanity Fair. “Another person interviewed me and mentioned something about Perfidia and how people felt like she was overly horny,” Taylor mentioned. Following her Best Supporting Actress win on the Golden Globes, social media erupted with conversations about how Taylor’s win was paying homage to Halle Berry’s Oscar win for Monster’s Ball (2001). Many felt that Berry solely received resulting from her sex scene with co-star, Billy Bob Thornton.

In the same vein to Taylor in One Battle After Another, some felt that she acquired the award solely due to her character’s Perfidia Beverly Hills, over-promiscuous and aggressive character. As properly as her specific sex scenes with co-stars Sean Penn and Leonardo DiCaprio. However, in Taylor’s opinion, that’s not the case in any respect. She continued, “And I’m like, do you realize the first thing we see of Perfidia is her having a gun to a guy’s head, and he calls her ‘sweet thing’? Are you — are we watching the same film?”

“It will never be a moment of judgment,” Taylor Says

In Taylor’s opinion, Perfidia wasn’t a passenger in her personal life, however the driver. She was in a position to weaponize her sexuality towards enemies. “Perfidia kind of dived into the, ‘Oh, you think I’m hot? All right, bet,’” she mentioned. “‘Cool if I get to still do what I’m doing, all I gotta do is show you a little titty or something.’”

Teyana maintains that Perfidia is solely attempting to outlive, and her actions are solely from that place. “It will never be a moment of judgment, because a lot of her mistakes have come from her being in survival mode, dealing with postpartum depression and the title of being a strong woman—a strong Black woman,” Taylor mentioned. “We don’t get the same amount of compassion as everybody else. We don’t get the same amount of grace as everybody else. Everybody just assumes we’re okay.”