Ariana DeBose left FUMING as she's lumped into a joke about 'actors who think they are singers' at Critics Choice Awards - before star hits back: 'I didn't find it funny!'

Triple-threat actor, singer and dancer Ariana DeBose broke her silence over being lumped among the ‘actors who think they are singers’ at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards.

Following the show in Santa Monica on Sunday night, the 32-year-old Wish star took to Instagram to inform her more than 712,000 Instagram that she ‘didn’t find’ the joke, which sparked backlash on social media, ‘funny’ at all.

It was pretty clear that the insult hurt her feelings as she glared furiously at Bella Ramsey, who poked fun at her while presenting the Best Song category.

The English actor, 20, who identifies as nonbinary and uses all pronouns, introduced the nominees, including Billie Eilish, Lenny Kravitz and Dua Lipa, in the category as ‘some of the most famous voices in the music industry’ before dissing DeBose’s vocal range.

Offended: Triple-threat actor, singer and dancer Ariana DeBose broke her silence over being lumped among the ‘actors who think they are singers’ at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards

Following the show, she took to Instagram to inform her 712,000 Instagram that she ‘didn’t find it funny’

Ramsey then joked, ‘Then there are the actors who think they’re singers: Jack Black, Ariana DeBose, and Ken himself, Ryan Gosling.’

DeBose, who won an Academy Award for starring as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s musical West Side Story (2021), was clearly taken aback by the diss.

‘The writers for @CriticsChoice missed the mark with their comment about ‘actors who think they’re singers’ and including Ariana DeBose as part of that list. The woman starred in Broadway musicals – she’s a trained singer,’ one upset viewer wrote on X (previously known as Twitter).

Another condemned the way they ‘insulted Ariana DeBose’ for calling her an ‘actress who thinks she can sing.’

‘I’m sorry, you said that about someone from the OG cast of Hamilton? Google someone before you approve the joke omg,’ one fan fired. ‘It would have made sense if the nominees were well known actors, who are first time singers, but… a Broadway star?!’

A third expressed pity for ‘poor Bella Ramsey’ for having to ‘deliver that HORRIBLY JUDGED ‘joke’ about Ariana DeBose.’

‘I won’t blame young Bella, the presenter…but how DARE a writer for the intro label Ariana, a Broadway triple threat, with the smarmy category of ‘actors who think they can sing,’ another tweeted. ‘Get a clue. Fact check. Apologize. Change your job.’

Not okay: DeBose, who won an Academy Award for starring as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s musical West Side Story (2021), seemed taken aback by the diss, which immediately caused an uproar on social media

‘The writers for @CriticsChoice missed the mark with their comment about ‘actors who think they’re singers’ and including Ariana DeBose as part of that list. The woman starred in Broadway musicals – she’s a trained singer,’ one upset viewer wrote on X (previously known as Twitter)

A handful of social media users pointed out the icy look ‘Ariana Debose made when Bella Ramsey’ listed her among the group of ‘actors who think they’re singers’

A third expressed pity for ‘poor Bella Ramsey’ for having to ‘deliver that HORRIBLY JUDGED ‘joke’ about Ariana DeBose’

‘I won’t blame young Bella, the presenter…but how DARE a writer for the intro label Ariana, a Broadway triple threat, with the smarmy category of ‘actors who think they can sing,’ another tweeted. ‘Get a clue. Fact check. Apologize. Change your job’

Show some respect: Others weren’t as forgiving toward Ramsey, with one reminding the Golden Globe nominee that ‘DeBose is an Academy Award winning, Tony nominated Actress’

‘I’m sorry, you said that about someone from the OG cast of Hamilton? Google someone before you approve the joke omg,’ one fan fired. ‘It would have made sense if the nominees were well known actors, who are first time singers, but… a Broadway star?!’

Others weren’t as forgiving toward Ramsey, with one reminding the Golden Globe nominee that ‘DeBose is an Academy Award winning, Tony nominated Actress.’

‘You have the audacity to say she’s an actress ‘who thinks they can sing’?! one asked Ramsey. ‘That’s not how you present a category or talk about people live on television.’

A handful of social media users pointed out the icy look ‘Ariana Debose made when Bella Ramsey’ listed her among the group of ‘actors who think they’re singers.’

‘You have the audacity to say she’s an actress ‘who thinks they can sing’?! one asked Ramsey. ‘That’s not how you present a category or talk about people live on television.’

A handful of social media users pointed out the icy look ‘Ariana Debose made when Bella Ramsey’ listed her among the group of ‘actors who think they’re singers.’

Ouch: It was pretty clear that the insult hurt her feelings as she looked visibly upset as BellaRamsey poked fun at her while presenting the Best Song category

Speaking up: A handful of social media users pointed out the icy look ‘Ariana Debose made when Bella Ramsey’ listed her among the group of ‘actors who think they’re singers’

DeBose’s statement should come as no surprise as she is known for sticking up for herself, most notably after her universally panned rap at the 76th EE British Academy Film Awards, last February.

The Golden Globe winner, told Time Out that the song was ‘fun’ and she ‘owns every ounce’ of her performance.

Viewers, however, declared they were left cringing when the West Side Story star 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’.

Going on to say: ‘On TikTok people were asking about why [one lyric was] ‘Blanchett, Cate?’ It’s literally a play on Madonna’s “Vogue” rap’.

She also teased that she wouldn’t ‘shy away’ from the viral performance and would recreate 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 perfomance one viewer wrote on Twitter: ‘P***ing myself laughing at Ariana DeBose’s BAFTA song, why did this happen?’

With another adding: ‘Absolutely awful she wouldn’t get a ingle turn on [talent show] 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.’