Comedian, assaulted by Will Smith at this year’s ceremony, said he would be like a victim returning to the crime scene.
the comedian Chris Rock claimed to have turned down an invitation to be the host of the Oscar 2023. According to the newspaper Republic of Arizonathe comedian would have said it during one of his cabaret shows on Sunday 28, in Arizona, in the United States.
On the show, Rock joked and compared the return to the event with a victim returning to the crime scene. The comedian attended, albeit unintentionally, the most memorable scene of this year’s ceremony, in March, when he received a slap of actor Will Smith presenting the best documentary category. At the time, Rock made a joke about the shaved head of the actor’s wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffered from alopecia. Smith didn’t like it, she went up on stage and attacked the comedian.
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The Academy of Arts and Sciences in Hollywood, which organizes the Oscars party, has not confirmed the invitation to Rock, who also joked about the role of the boxer. Muhammad Ali which Smith played in the film There (2001): “He’s older than me. The state of Nevada wouldn’t approve of a fight between me and Will Smith.”
In April, the Academy announced that Smith had been banned from awards for ten years due to the assault. The day after the event, the actor apologized to the comedian in a post on social media and only returned to address the issue in a video released in July, when he apologized again and talked more about the issue. ‘episode.
Source: Terra
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