In a long Twitter thread, "Summer of Soul" producer Joseph Patel called comedian Chris Rock "an absolute f***ing dick" for miscategorizing him as one of "four white guys" while presenting the award to the "Summer of Soul" team. Patel is of South Asian descent.
The comedian recieved a standing ovation as he walked onstage for the comedy show in Boston that he'd already scheduled before the events of Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony.
1/3 of the Oscars-hosting trio, Wanda Sykes, appeared on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' Wednesday to talk about her impressions of the night, and she mentioned that Chris Rock actually apologized to her after the show.
The whole world seems ravenous for more details on whatever's going on between Will Smith and Chris Rock now, in the aftermath of the Slap, but Jada is not giving anything away.
I'm usually one of the last people to poo-poo discussion of current events, but even I need to admit that all the chatter that went down between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars is getting blown out of proportion.
In the immediate aftermath of the smack heard around the world, Marlon Wayans brought it to our attention that he and his brothers had predicted the incident 23 years ago in a hilarious skit aired during the 1999 MTV Awards.
Oscar Producer Will Packer Gives His Opinion On The Will Smith/Chris Rock Altercation. The producer of this year's Oscar ceremony, Will Packer was pretty lighthearted after the incident where Will Smith walked on stage and slapped Chris Rock for making a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith's shaved head.
In a now-viral tweet, Persian artist Rafael Shimunov pointed out that the slap that Will Smith gave to Chris Rock yesterday is nothing compared to what happened when a Native American actress tried to speak up for her people at the 1973 Oscars.
The critics were right: Apparently, people DON'T want to see gratuitous sex on television. No, what they want is to see two characters who know they definitely CANNOT have gratiuitous sex on television try desperately to fight the urge not to do it anyway.
Look, we don't wanna say we told you so...but we did literally call it on what the reporter said to upset Kim K in the question she was asked just before the now-inamous one asking about advice for women in business.
