Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, an alum of the blockbuster “Lord of the Rings” franchise and multiple prestige films, declared at the Cannes Film Festival that she’s “middle class.” (Watch the video below.)
Blanchett made the dubious claim on Monday when asked about her role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency at a news conference.
“I’m white, I’m privileged, I’m middle class, and I think, you know, one can be accused of having a bit of a white savior complex, but to be perfectly honest, my interaction with the refugees in the field and also in resettled environments has totally changed my perspective on the world,” she said in a clip shared by the Associated Press on TikTok.