Ariana DeBose is out promoting the second season of Schmigadoon! and made her latest appearance on The View on Wednesday.
The Oscar winner, 32, wore a long, print dress in shades of red, blue and white that was hidden under a long black coat.
She slipped her feet into a pair of pointy-toed, kitten-heeled, open-backed black shoes and wore large sunglasses.
The Hamilton star completed her look with a black purse with a chain as its strap over one of her shoulders.
In season two, Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong’s characters end up in Schmicago. The West Side Story actress played schoolmarm Emma Tate in the first season.
Schmigadoon!: Ariana DeBose is out promoting the second season of Schmigadoon! and made her latest appearance on The View on Wednesday
The Golden Globe winner recently defended her universally panned rap which opened February’s BAFTA broadcast.
The Prom star told Time Out that the song was ‘fun’ and she ‘owns every ounce’ of her performance.
Viewers declared they were left cringing when she took to the stage to spit lyrics about the female nominees.
She told the publication: ‘These lyrics were never meant to be Charles Dickens. They are what they are.’
‘On TikTok people were asking about why [one lyric was] Blanchett, Cate? It’s literally a play on Madonna’s Vogue rap,’ she continued.
She also teased that she wouldn’t ‘shy away’ from the viral performance and would recreated it during her upcoming London and New York concerts.
Adding: ‘I still maintain what it was. It was just fun. I enjoy the memes. There are DJ remixes to this little rap.’
Following Ariana’s BAFTA performance one viewer wrote on Twitter: ‘P***ing myself laughing at Ariana DeBose’s BAFTA song, why did this happen?’
The View: The Oscar winner, 32, wore a long, print dress in shades of red, blue and white that was hidden under a long black coat
Another person commented: ‘Absolutely awful she wouldn’t get a ingle turn on The Voice.’
More agreed writing: ‘It was awful’ and ‘God-awful.’
Another said: ‘Got a lot of time for the celebs who smiled charmingly and awkwardly during Ariana DeBose’s painful BAFTA rap.’
And: ‘Ariana DeBose doing an absurd rap about the women up for things. She is, however such a pro (non more pro) so hardly matters.’
Her viral rap: The Golden Globe winner recently defended her universally panned rap which opened February’s BAFTA broadcast
Schmigadoon! cast: (L-R) Ann Harada, Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, Cinco Paul, Dove Cameron, Aaron Tveit, Jane Krakowski and Jaime Camil in March
She also defended her ditty on the Zoe Ball’s BBC Breakfast Show shortly after the event.
Clearly agreeing with the host, Ariana added: ‘You know what? You might be one of the few, but I’ll take it… because you’re my people!’
Continuing to heap praise on the performance, Zoe said: ‘It was a woman singing and dancing, being magnificent celebrating women on a stage. Come on!’
The Hollywood star added: ‘That’s what I wanted to do… honestly… it’s not like I was like ”Hey BAFTA… let me in.” They actually called me believe it or not (laughs). But that was the assignment, like come celebrate women, and I was like ”absolutely!”
‘And we did that and it was fun, not going to lie, I had a blast. So awesome. And then I spent the rest of the night like cutting a rug with Emma Thompson… it was fabulous… I had a great time.’
In the interview the American actress explained that she was told her performance would ‘celebrate women,’ and she ‘had a blast’ despite viewers’ negative reaction.
Zoe told Ariana: ‘Can I just say, our listeners, we all loved your performance. And that whole [reaction]… I don’t know what happened there?’
Her costar: This image released by Apple TV+ shows Jane Krakowski in a scene from Schmigadoon!
