Chris Rock Says He Turned Down An Offer To Host Next Year’s Oscars

Dave Chappelle made a surprise appearance at a Liverpool comedy club ahead of his UK tour with Chris Rock.The comedian performed an unplanned two-hour set at Liverpool’s Hot Water Comedy Club on Wednesday (August 31), where he was joined by Jeff Ross. You can check out pictures from the show below.Fellow comedian Adam Rowe tweeted that he had taken both Chappelle and Ross to Liverpool’s Chinatown following the set, describing it as “one of the maddest Wednesday nights I’ve ever been involved in”.Chappelle kicked off his short UK tour with Chris Rock on Thursday (September 1) at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

respective times they got attacked on stage this year. They dropped their assault-based sets during the Liverpool, UK leg of their current European standup tour, Deadline reported.“Did that s–t hurt?” Rock, 57, who went first, asked the audience regarding getting slapped by Will Smith at this year’s Oscars.

Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock have both spoken about their recent assaults on stage on the first night of their European stand-up tour.

added to Glamour that when she showed interest in making a rock album, she felt ‘pushback’.The 21-year-old has been absolutely smashing it, recently performing an epic set at Reading festival and giving us full pop-punk.Meanwhile, she also recently spoke out on her famous family after Will Smith captured international attention when he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.Daughter Willow now says she viewed it as a ‘human’ reaction, and says because of her family’s celebrity status she thinks they sometimes aren’t viewed as such.In an interview with Billboard, the musician said: ‘I see my whole family as being human, and I love and accept them for all their humanness.Alec Baldwin ‘sued for $25million in renewed action’ by family of US MarineKim Kardashian accused of Photoshopping neck muscle in Instagram snapsSelling Sunset’s Jason Oppenheim ‘open to marrying’ new girlfriend Marie-Lou Nurk‘Because of the position that we’re in, our humanness sometimes isn’t accepted, and we’re expected to act in a way that isn’t conducive to a healthy human life and isn’t conducive to being honest.’Will, 53, later reached out to Chris in a lengthy apology video where he stated he had tried to get in touch with the comedian but had been told he ‘wasn’t ready’ to talk.Got a story?If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.

Will Smith is back to work. More than five months after he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, the 53-year-old actor was spotted filming Disney+'s  in Alausi, Ecuador. Wearing a baseball cap and a yellow shirt, Smith delighted locals when they spotted him filming on La Nariz del Diablo, a historic rail in the country.In between shots for the second season of the National Geographic series, which Smith also narrates, the actor was seen blowing kisses to gathered fans.In July, four months after the now-infamous Oscars slap, Smith broke his silence in a deeply personal video message.

Willow Smith is speaking out against the pushback she received as a Black woman, after releasing her latest rock album,. In a new interview with, the 21-year-old musician shared her thoughts on the double standard.  “When I wanted to do a rock album, there were a lot of executives that were like, ‘Hmm…’ she tells the publication.

Just days after Chris Rock's unusual joke about the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, her sister Tanya Brown is calling out the comedian.The 57-year-old comedian was on his Ego Death stand-up comedy tour in Phoenix when he told the crowd that he turned down hosting the Oscars, just months after Will Smith slapped him on live TV during the 2022 Oscar telecast.He told his fans that returning to host would be like, asking Nicole Brown Simpson, 'to go back to the restaurant,' referencing the late wife of O.J. Simpson on the night she was murdered.

Nicole Brown Simpson's sister, Tanya Brown, expressed her anger over Chris Rock's recent joke about her sibling's brutal murder. During Rock's Sunday night show in Phoenix, the 57-year-old comedian reportedly cracked that if he were to return to the Academy Awards after the infamous Will Smith slap incident, it would be like asking Simpson "to go back to the restaurant" where she left her eyeglasses before she was killed, per the Arizona Republic. "Nothing funny about his joke towards Jada as she suffers from a physical condition and nothing funny about equating an Oscar host invitation to a double homicide," Tanya wrote on Instagram.

Will Smith slapping him at this year’s Oscars. The 57-year-old comedian reportedly made the quip during a stand-up show in Arizona last Sunday when he revealed he had turned down an offer to host next year’s Academy Awards. Rock was infamously slapped by Will Smith at this year’s Oscars after making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith while presenting an award.

Chris Rock's latest joke. On Tuesday, Tanya Brown took to Instagram to slam Rock for mentioning her sister's murder during a recent comedy set.As ET previously reported, Rock made the joke in question during a recent show in Phoenix, Arizona.

made about her sister’s murder.Tanya Brown told TMZ that the joke wasn’t only not funny, but it didn’t make sense.The 57-year-old comedian was performing in Phoenix, Ariz. on Sunday when he revealed that he was asked to host the 2023 Oscars after he was slapped by Will Smith.Rock then said that he would not go back to the Academy Awards because it would be like asking Nicole Simpson “to go back to the restaurant” where she left her eyeglasses before she was killed.Simpson was killed in 1994 at age 35 in a brutal double homicide.

Chris Rock was spotted settling down to an alfresco lunch at the Mercer Kitchen in New York City's SoHo neighborhood Tuesday.The 57-year-old comedian was spotted chatting cheerfully on speakerphone after settling down to his outdoor table.His latest sighting comes after he declared he turned down an offer to host next year's Oscars following the infamous Will Smith slap. Breath of fresh air: Chris Rock was spotted settling down to an alfresco lunch at the Mercer Kitchen in New York City's SoHo neighborhood TuesdayThe superstar comedian told a sold out crowd at a show in Phoenix, Arizona, this weekend that asking him to host the Academy Awards ceremony would be like 'asking Nicole Brown Simpson to go back to the restaurant', according to The Arizona Republic.Rock's quip likened hosting the Oscars to returning to the scene of a crime, referencing the murder trial of O.J.

Chris Rock to be opening up about the infamous Oscars slap anytime soon. ET spoke with January Harrison, founder of January Designs and Creations, who was in attendance at Rock's show in Phoenix on Sunday, where she said he not only discussed the incident between him and Will Smith at the 2022 Academy Awards, but was adamant about not speaking publicly about the slap.As many will remember, it was at the Academy Awards that Smith slapped Rock in the face after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith before presenting the award for Best Documentary Feature. Harrison said that Rock told the audience that Oprah Winfrey asked him to do a sit-down interview with her to discuss the incident, but he declined.«During the evening, he did describe that he declined an offer to go onto Oprah to do to a sit-down interview and even a Super Bowl commercial with Will Smith himself,» Harrison shared.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A producer behind the hit Netflix series “Narcos” has filed a lawsuit claiming he is owed more than $1 million in unpaid profits on the show. José Padilha sued fellow producer Eric Newman, claiming that Newman has breached an agreement to split all profits on the show 50-50. The complaint alleges that Newman and his company have received “several millions of dollars in revenues arising from or connected with ‘Narcos’ that have not been reported to Plaintiffs.” The suit seeks to recoup 50% of all unreported revenues, as well as punitive damages. Newman has a longstanding relationship with Netflix. He is currently producing “Rebel Moon,” the streamer’s mega-budget sci-fi epic from director Zack Snyder. In addition to “Narcos,” his other Netflix projects include “Bright,” with Will Smith, and “Hemlock Grove,” which was the second show the streamer ever produced.

Chris Rock is getting slapped back once again.

Chris Rock told an audience in Phoenix, Arizona that he turned down the opportunity to host the 2023 Academy Awards. Rock was at the center of arguably the most famous moment in Oscars history earlier this year when Will Smith slapped him in the face for making jokes about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Chris Rock was once again asked to host the Academy Awards, following the televised and controversial slap by fellow actor Will Smith during the 2022 ceremony.The 57-year-old comedian revealed details of the offer during one of his comedy sets in Phoenix, Arizona, over the weekend. He explained to the audience that going back to hosting the Oscars would be like returning to the scene of a crime.Rock even made a reference to the 1995 murder trial of O.J.

The Kardashians is set to release September 22, with new episodes every Thursday, and on Monday, they released the official trailer. In the 2-minute clip, Kris Jenner,Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian,Khloé Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, and Kylie Jenner, can all be seen at various moments in their life the last few months.Earlier in August, an insider told Page Six, that Pete Davidson was barely in season 2, and from the trailer, it seems like they were right.

Chris Rock and Javier Bardem are going toe-to-toe in the dramatic teaser trailer for their new short film,. Directed by Sally Potter, the 16-minute piece is slated to debut at the Venice Film Festival on Sept.