Comedian Chris Rock revealed that he turned down an offer from the Hollywood Academy to present the film. Oscar next year, shortly after the slap Will Smith at the last presentation of these awards.
Rock spoke about the proposal during a monologue show held at the Arizona Financial Theater in Phoenix, Arizona, USA this Sunday, which was supported by the media of the Arizona Republic.
The comedian said he turned down the offer because it would be tantamount to “returning to the scene of the crime” and likened it to the murder committed by former football player O.J. Simpson against his wife Nicole Brown.
“It’s like asking Nicole Brown Simpson to come back to a restaurant,” he said. Chris Rock it is about a crime committed by a former athlete after she left glasses in an Italian restaurant.
Will Smith attack jokes
Chris Rock referred to a slap that Will Smith gave him at the beginning of his show in Phoenix, which is part of the “Ego Death” tour, which began in April last year.
In a crowded room at his one and a half hour show, Rock began to talk about how a person can become famous by becoming a victim.
Then, according to the Arizona Reporter, someone in the audience asked him to “talk about it,” and Rock ended up talking about the incident.
And the fact is that the comedian also claimed that the blow inflicted on him by Smith caused him physical pain, because the Oscar-winning actor is “bigger” and more obese than him.
“The state of Nevada will not allow a fight between me and Will Smith,” he joked.
Advertisement proposal for the 2023 Super Bowl
Chris Rock He also mentioned during his show that he was approached to appear in a commercial for the next edition of the Super Bowl and that he also turned it down, although he did not reveal which brand the ad was for.
At the last Oscar gala, March 27, Will Smith overreacted to a joke Chris Rock about the illness of his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, which caused him to get up from his seat, step onto the stage of the Dolby Theater and slap rock live.
Rock came out to present an award for best documentary and joked about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, who publicly admitted to suffering from alopecia, comparing her to Lieutenant O’Neal in the Ridley Scott film.
Apologies from Will Smith
At the end of July, Will Smith published a video in which he apologized to the comedian for what had happened, and after his wife repeatedly appeared in public, he called on them to reconcile.
“Chris, I’m sorry. My behavior was unacceptable and I am here to speak whenever you want,” Smith said at the time.
In addition, in April, the Academy’s Board of Governors approved a veto over his participation in the Academy Awards and any other event organized by the institution for the next ten years.
A week earlier, the actor had already refused to participate in the Academy, which ruled out his immediate expulsion as the main sanction.
(According to EFE).
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