Actress Cate Blanchett explained why we should stop televising awards shows, reminiscing about when stars could just enjoy the party without worrying about their every move being recorded.
Speaking on the “Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang” podcast, the 55-year-old actress said that the Academy Awards, among other Hollywood shows, should “go back to the day when it wasn’t televised,” The Hollywood Reporter noted.
The actress said with the invention of smartphones, there are just “so few spaces that you can go now, where you are private.”
“That’s what I loved about the late 80s [was] going to all of the dance parties in Sydney for Mardi Gras. People were just there,” Blanchett said. “They were so present, you know, they were just together, collectively, having a great time.”
“It was non-aggressive. No one was being recorded. No one cared what anyone…
