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Common Clarifies Him Curving Oprah’s High Five At The Oscars

Posted on February 28th, 2015
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Life after the Oscars has been quite a ride for rapper/actor Common. He and John Legend gave a powerful performance and won an award for Best Original Song for “Glory” from the motion picture Selma. It was an exciting night for the entire crew and cast that they were overwhelmed with joy when they heard the announcement. So overwhelmed that Common curved Oprah’s congratulatory high five. Ouch!

Last night, Common stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! (with his Oscar, of course) and explained why he didn’t high five Oprah back.

“What happened was…see, you’re so in the moment and I saw David Oyelowo first and I was going to him. I was wondering if Oprah was really facing John, so I didn’t know if that high five was for me or for John. So I just went safe.”

We totally get it, Common. He also shared the conversation he had with Jay-Z post his Oscar win and receiving a pair of Jordans personally from Michael Jordan when he was a ball boy from the Bulls!

Watch the interview below…

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