Rita Moreno talks Hollywood colorism criticism while defending Lin-Manuel Miranda: 'You can never do right'

Rita Moreno lamented celebrities’ inability to please everyone while defending her friend and collaborator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

After dazzling the crowd by dancing with the host’s in-house band, the 89-year-old EGOT winner insisted on taking a moment to address the criticism that forced the "In The Heights" creator to apologize to the Afro-Latino community for underrepresenting them in the recent film adaptation.  On Monday, Miranda took to Twitter to respond to criticism of the film alleging that he neglected to depict the dark-skinned, Afro-Latino population of New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood where the story takes place. While Miranda admitted he "fell short" and promised to do better in future projects, Moreno noted that the criticism of the man who produced her recent documentary, "Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It," felt unfounded.