Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars in March and the recent attack on Dave Chappelle at the Netflix is a Joke festival on May 3.“Not to comment on what happened at the Academy Awards, but I thought that that opened the flood gates,” the “Deal or No Deal” host told E!
News’ Daily Pop Wednesday.“We’re already as comedians being attacked as far as being canceled for something that you don’t like, something that you find offensive, something that you think is too soon,” he continued.
Mandel went on, “You saw what happened at the Academy Awards, and I thought that just triggers — violence triggers violence.
And I think this is the beginning of the end for comedy.”The Canadian comedian also admitted that if he was in Rock’s or Chapelle’s shoes, he joked: “I wouldn’t stand there.
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