TThe 2022 Oscars will go down in history as the one where Will Smith slapped Chris Rock because of a joke – unfunny in every way, to be honest – about Will’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
However, another “awkward” moment was projected at the gala concert, which in the end went unnoticed.
It was about an unfortunate incident in which the actor starred a few months ago. alec baldwinwho, while filming Rust, shot and killed director of photography Alana Hutchins, an incident that is still under investigation.
Humorist Amy Schumerwhich, together with Regina Hall actually hosted a gala – Chris Rock was just a guest – said she planned to joke about it.
Amy Schumer jokes about Alec Baldwin
The “joke”—allegedly because her joke wasn’t too funny in any sense either—was to play on words with the Baldwin case and Don’t Look Up.
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But she wasn’t accepted by the Oscars, so she moved on to another joke about Leonardo DiCapriopropensity to meet women much younger than him.
“Leonardo DiCaprio doing everything he can to fight climate change and leave a cleaner and greener planet for his girlfriends,” was the last joke.
So Schumer looked back at this ironically, saying that she wasn’t allowed to joke about the Baldwin case, “but you can come and slap somebody.”
Schumer on Will Smith
“I sort of felt… and then all of a sudden Ali started to get up,” she said, jokingly referring to Will Smith as Muhammad Ali.
“All I can say is that it was very sad and I think it says so much about toxic masculinity.
“It was really upsetting, but I think the best way to console myself is to tell the Oscar jokes that I wasn’t allowed to say on TV.”