Michael Che is defending Chris Rock as the Oscars slap brouhaha continues two months after the mess was created kind of courtesy of Jada Pinkett Smith. Che thinks we lost a hero on the night of the Oscars, that’s Will Smith and the disgusting about the whole mess is people thinking Chris Rock capitalized on the mess to sell his tickets.
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Since the controversial unscripted incident happened, much of Hollywood has been sharing their own thoughts and opinions on it. The latest to comment is Saturday Night Live star and comedian Michael Che, who is defending Chris Rock for one element of the discourse.
Che was asked this week on The Howard Stern Show how the situation may have affected how he feels when he goes on stage to do standup in recent months. When speaking to the viral moment, Michael Che said he felt like “we lost a hero that day” referring to Smith, along with defending the former SNL cast member and five-timer SNL host, saying this:
One of the things that annoyed me was when it was happening people were like ‘Oh now he’s selling tickets.’ Yeah, he had a polished act that he wanted to present to people. And now people are buying tickets to hear him talk about this dumb shit he has zero interest in even bringing up. And I think for a long time that’s probably why he didn’t bring it up. Because he wanted to just get the story over with. He had an act, he was prepared for something else. And now he’s just hijacked his show. It annoyed the hell out of me.
Che goes on to speak on how Pinkett is the real villain of this story and how Rock has handled the whole thing with class.
Flip to the next page to watch Michael Che speak about the Oscars slap mess and all the times Jada has embarrassed Will.