“I really like my good friend Chris Rock and imagine he dealt with it like a professional.”
As new feedback about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on the Oscars proceed to flow into, Amy Schumer is sharing her ideas on the incident and says she’s “nonetheless in shock” after witnessing it.
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Amy — who co-hosted the Academy Awards alongside Regina Corridor and Wanda Sykes — mirrored on the startling second in a prolonged message posted to Instagram final evening.
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“I feel we will all agree that one of the best ways to unpack what occurred is to stream my sequence @lifeandbethhulu and see me on tour this fall,” the comic wrote first, referencing her Hulu present Life & Beth. However Amy went on to notice how, “for actual,” she’s “nonetheless triggered and traumatized.”
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Her submit comes amid ongoing discussions about Will’s viral altercation with Chris at Sunday’s ceremony. Earlier than taking residence his first Oscar — for Finest Actor in a Main Position — the King Richard star smacked Chris throughout the face and later shouted at him to “hold my spouse’s identify out your fucking mouth” whereas he introduced Questlove’s award.
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Their confrontation befell in response to Chris’ “joke” about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head, which she mentioned a number of months in the past was a selection prompted by hair loss that outcomes from alopecia.
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Will publicly apologized to Chris on Monday, describing his conduct as “unacceptable and inexcusable” and acknowledging that “violence in all of its types is toxic and damaging” in a social media assertion.
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The Academy launched a proper overview of the slap and mentioned it “condemns” Will’s actions in a separate assertion launched across the identical time.
Properly, Amy has since voiced her assist for Chris, and known as the slap “disturbing.”
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“I really like my good friend @chrisrock and imagine he dealt with it like a professional,” she mentioned. “Stayed up there and gave an Oscar to his good friend @questlove and the entire thing was so disturbing. A lot ache in @willsmith.”
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“Anyway I am nonetheless in shock and surprised and unhappy. I am pleased with myself and my cohosts,” Amy continued. “However yeah. Ready for this sickening feeling to go away from what all of us witnessed.”
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