Oscar producer Will Packer wanted his Oscars to be a memorable one. He just didn’t want them to be remembered for a nominated actor slapping a former host.
So this morning, he tweeted his reaction to the slap heard around the world with, “Welp…I said it wouldn’t be boring #Oscars”
Needless to say, someone chimed in with it that it is not funny to make a joke about assault. To which Packer told that person, “Black people have a defiant spirit of laughter when it comes to dealing with pain because there has been so much of it. I don’t feel the need to elucidate that for you. But I also don’t mind being transparent and say that this was a very painful moment for me. On many levels.”
I met Packer once at a press event, and I really liked him. I wish the Oscars could’ve gone better for him. But he never had a chance, and Will Smith destroyed whatever chance he had. But hey, at least they didn’t screw up the Best Picture award. So there is that.
Us lay people, who were not good enough to go to the Oscars, know what we were thinking when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock. But what were the people inside the Dolby Theatre thinking?
Juju shared what the people around him in the top row were thinking. “I was there, I saw it. It happened. And I can confirm that everyone, including myself, thought it was a joke. We thought it was a bit. I heard the sound. I heard the smack, and I thought, wow, that is a really cool sound effect. It sounded real. Then Will started yelling, and no we did not have the broadcast cut off because it was live. We heard eveything he said. There were many moments to walk it back, you know, to say it was a joke. But the fact that Will Smith said what he said twice. And if that wasn’t enough Chris Rock’s reaction to everything afterwards that kind of sealed the deal. That was when we knew it was real.” He said. “Then immediately chatting afterwards like what happens when he wins. It is literally the only thing that everyone is talking about right now. The only thing. It’s insane.”
So insane that in a second video, he said that they were talking about it in the bathroon during commercial breaks and at the post-parties.
It was the talk of Tinsle Town, and many towns in the world. So, it is not a good look for Hollywood. Therefore, I think that Smith should hold a press conference, apologize to Rock, the Academy, and movies fans for his actions. And then hand back his award, and say his actions make him ineligible for the honor. And then the Oscars should give the award to Andrew Garfield who deserved it for Tick Tick Boom and The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
Adam Sandler and Chris Rock were photographed in bed together and you have to wonder if the two grown ups have something to tell us. Yes, but not what you think. They are filming the Netflix movie The Week Of, but it appears they have all the makings of what makes a night of. Whatever that means!
Chris Rock shared a photo of himself with Mariah Carey looking very close, so do they have something to tell us? According to them, sounds like a yes because they both captioned the photo with, “New couple alert.” Although, I don’t think she would leave her fiance’ for the former Oscar host. Do you?
Chris Rock hosted the Oscars back in 2005, and for some reason the Academy wants him back. According to Robot Butt, AMPAS wanted Jimmy Fallon, Ellen DeGeneres or Amy Schumer to host, but the latter turned it down. Moving down their list they decided to ask Rock to return as the MC and are reportedly in talks with him to do it.
I don’t get it. He hasn’t been relevant since the last time he hosted and he sucked when he had the job back then.
I could be so against it because I really wanted The Rock and Kevin Hart to do it. Not only are they perfect choice, but they have a movie out around the same time. They are relevant unlike Rock.
What do you think of Rock hosting the Oscars again? And did you even remember he hosted the Oscars once upon a time?
UPDATE: AMPAS confirmed he’s hosting the Oscars this year.
