The host of the upcoming 2016 Academy Awards, Chris Rock, bashes the Oscars for the lack of having black nominees.
Chris Rock is joining the long list of actors, models, and fans that are upset with the recent Oscar nominations. In fact, when the nominations for the 2016 Academy Awards were announced many people called for Chris Rock to boycott the show. Now, the host of this year’s awards show took to Twitter to call the Oscars by a different name. “The White BET Awards,” Rock wrote in reference to the network’s annual awards show while sharing a promo for the Feb. 28 Oscars telecast.
In the video below, Chris Rock provides three reasons why people should tune in, even though for the second year in a row The Academy didn’t nominate a single non-white actor or filmmaker: “Presenter cleavage,” “Check out who died this year” and “I might curse.”
The #Oscars. The White BET Awards. https://t.co/8qjLR0uysI
— Chris Rock (@chrisrock) January 15, 2016
But, not everyone is too happy about the upcoming Oscars. In fact, many people took to Twitter to bash the awards show illustrating a racial divide in the entertainment industry.
@chrisrock – since when are the Oscars an affirmative action event? Get mad at the casting directors, not us.
— K. Millhouse Silva (@DepravedAngel) January 15, 2016
@chrisrock I wanna watch…. but my Blackness won’t let me do it this year.
— KamiDamnit (@theori) January 15, 2016
@chrisrock you are really Pathetic, SMH!!
— Rob David (@ralllph145000) January 16, 2016
