{"id":1627070,"date":"2022-08-30T13:48:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T17:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1627070"},"modified":"2022-08-30T13:49:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T17:49:11","slug":"report-chris-rock-says-he-turned-down-offer-to-host-2023-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-chris-rock-says-he-turned-down-offer-to-host-2023-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Chris Rock Says He Turned Down Offer To Host 2023 Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-chris-rock-says-he-turned-down-offer-to-host-2023-oscars%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1627070&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Chris Rock reportedly made it crystal clear that he has no interest in returning to the 2023 Oscars to host the annual ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/chris-rock\">57-year-old<\/a> comedian\u2019s appearance Sunday night at a comedy club in Phoenix, Arizona, Rock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/entertainment\/people\/2022\/08\/29\/chris-rock-invited-host-oscars-will-smith-slap\/7927694001\/\">reportedly<\/a> told the audience that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reached out to him to see if he would host the award show next year. It comes after he was slapped on stage by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/will-smith\">Will Smith<\/a> at the 2022 Oscars after he cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s shaved head amid her hair loss battle, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-struck-chris-rock-in-the-face-at-oscars-after-he-cracked-a-joke-about-jada-pinkett-smiths-hair-loss\">The Daily Wire<\/a> previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>Rock reportedly told the crowd he refused the invitation and suggested it would be like asking O.J. Simpson\u2019s late ex-wife, Nicole Brown, \u201cto go back to the restaurant\u201d where she left her eyeglasses before being murdered. It was a reference to details from the murder trial of the former professional football star who was acquitted in the case, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/29\/chris-rock-was-asked-to-host-2023-oscars-see-his-response\/\">New York Post<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Rock reportedly says he turned down the Academy&#8217;s invitation to host next year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a> ceremony: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hZANAIyPag\">https:\/\/t.co\/hZANAIyPag<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v126Kr1s8v\">pic.twitter.com\/v126Kr1s8v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THR\/status\/1564418002564460544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDeath At A Funeral\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/everybody-is-trying-to-be-a-fing-victim-chris-rock-speaks-after-will-smith-video-addressing-slap\">star<\/a> previously hosted the annual awards show two other times, in 2005 and then again in 2016, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/chris-rock-declined-2023-oscars-host-offer-1235208342\/\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>Rock reportedly told the Arizona crowd that he was asked to participate in a Super Bowl commercial for next year too and he said he declined that as well, the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian also reportedly referenced being slapped by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-finally-breaks-silence-on-what-occurred-between-him-and-jada-pinkett-smith-before-he-struck-chris-rock\">Smith<\/a> at Sunday\u2019s show in a bit about gaining fame from victimhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s bigger than me,\u201d Rock said. \u201cThe state of Nevada would not sanction a fight between me and Will Smith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In July, the \u201cMen In Black\u201d star released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jXrxDKwlA_s\">video<\/a> on social media issuing another apology to Rock and said he has reached out to Rock, and the message has come back that the comedian is not ready to speak to him yet.<\/p>\n<p>After Smith slapped Rock in the face during the 94th Academy Awards show, he was not removed from the building, and a short time later, he took the stage to accept his first Oscar ever \u2014 best actor for his role in the film \u201cKing Richard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-issues-apology-to-chris-rock-says-he-was-out-of-line-and-wrong\">issued an apology<\/a> to Rock after the incident, calling it \u201cout of line\u201d and \u201cwrong.\u201d Later, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-banned-from-attending-oscars-for-ten-years-over-chris-rock-slap\">10-year ban<\/a> preventing Smith from attending the annual awards show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-finally-breaks-silence-on-what-occurred-between-him-and-jada-pinkett-smith-before-he-struck-chris-rock\">Will Smith Finally Breaks Silence On What Occurred Between Him And Jada Pinkett Smith Before He Struck Chris\u00a0Rock<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Rock reportedly made it crystal clear that he has no interest in returning to the 2023 Oscars to host the annual ceremony. During the 57-year-old comedian\u2019s appearance Sunday night at a comedy club in Phoenix, Arizona, Rock reportedly told the audience that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reached out to him &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1627072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1627070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1627070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1627072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1627070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1627070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1627070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}