Chris Rock kicked off the 88th Academy Awards with a speech heavy on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, a reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, and a whole tonne of satire.
Chris had been asked by many demonstrators, including Tyrese Gibson, to step down as host but he stayed in the role and joked that stepping down wouldn’t have stopped the ceremony from taking place: ‘They’re not going to cancel the Oscars because I quit and the last thing I need is to lose another job to Kevin Hart.’
He also went on to discuss the Ask Her More campaign and joked that… Read the full story