After being slapped on TV by Will Smith with millions of people watching, Chris Rock confirms that he has been asked to host the Academy Awards next year. Did the Academy really expect him to say yes? Obviously, he turned down the offer.
Rock recently released the public statement at the Arizona Financial Theater in downtown Phoenix and also shared that he had been offered a Super Bowl commercial as well, but he turned that down as well.
Rock joked at the show that hosting the Oscars next year would be like asking Nicole Brown Simpson “to go back to the restaurant”. That line refers to Nicole leaving a pair of glasses in an Italian restaurant before she is killed.
Rock also mentioned how a person could become famous for being a victim and, speaking of Smith, joked: “He’s older than me. The state of Nevada wouldn’t authorize a fight between me and Will Smith. “
Speaking earlier of being shot, Rock said, “I’m not a victim. Yeah, that shit hurt, son of a bitch. But I shook off that shit and went to work the next day. I’m not going to the hospital for a paper cut. “
Rock hosted the Oscars twice in 2005 and 2016. A lot has changed since then, especially in the world of comedy. It’s just not what it used to be because everyone is offended by everything now and when a comedian is put in the spotlight, there are always people out there waiting to find something from their past to bring them down.
Source: AZ Centrale
by Joey Paur
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