“Rachel Zegler, who starred as Maria in last year’s “West Side Story” remake, says she was not invited to attend the Academy Awards on March 27.
“The actor and singer, 20, said on her Instagram page that she wasn’t invited to the ceremony after a fan commented on one of her recent photos they couldn’t wait to see what she would “be wearing on Oscar night.”
““i’m not invited so sweatpants and my boyfriend’s flannel,” Zegler replied in the comments.
““Idk y’all I have tried it all but it doesn’t seem to be happening,” she wrote later in the same comment thread after some people shared their surprise and disappointment. “I will root for west side story from my couch and be proud of the work we so tirelessly did 3 years ago.””
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