Paloma Diamond Is TikTok’s Favorite Oscar Loser

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🗓️ 3 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Candice Lim is joined by Julian Sewell (@juliansewell), the creator of TikTok’s most famously snubbed actress: Paloma Diamond. In March 2023, Sewell posted a TikTok parodying the behavior of nominated actors at the Academy Awards. Posted days before the actual ceremony, the video gained millions of views immediately and made Paloma the protagonist of Sewell’s faux universe. Since then, Sewell has parodied everyone from Queen Elizabeth II to America’s Next Top Model, but his followers love adding to Paloma’s lore, making her one of TikTok’s favorite characters to root for. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:34.3	In March of 2023, Julian Sewell was a high school teacher in New Zealand when he posted a TikTok that went viral.
1:41.3	It was him impersonating that moment at the Oscars when a category is being called
1:46.2	out and as they run through the clips and the names, each nominee sits there with like a smirky grin
1:51.8	or an excited wave. And Julian impersonated made-up nominees, one of whom has become a superstar in her own right,
2:00.5	named Paloma Diamond.
2:03.2	Now, the lore of Paloma Diamond is that she has been nominated for 19 Oscars and hasn't won yet.
2:11.0	But Julian tells me that when she wins, it'll be an Oscar clip for the ages.
2:17.1	So on today's show, I am talking to Julian
2:20.2	Sewell, whose TikTok account has more than 38 million likes and is filled with amazing parodies
2:25.7	of reality shows, Hollywood Roundtables, and several heads of state. I'll be joined by Julian
2:32.7	after the break.
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