Amy Schumer carried out a stand-up comedy set at Las Vegas’ Mirage Theater on April 2, the place she continued to debate Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on the 94th Academy Awards. Schumer co-hosted the ceremony alongside Wanda Sykes and Regina Corridor.
The comic wrote on social media following the Oscars that she was “nonetheless triggered and traumatised” by Smith’s slap. Schumer referred to Smith as “Ali” throughout her April 2 comedy set, a reference to Smith’s efficiency as boxer Muhammed Ali.
“I used to be form of feeling myself…after which abruptly Ali was making his manner up,” Schumer mentioned (through The Hollywood Reporter).
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“And it was only a f—ing bummer. All I can say is that it was actually unhappy, and I feel it says a lot about poisonous masculinity. It was actually upsetting, however I feel one of the best ways to consolation ourselves could be for me to say the Oscar jokes that I wasn’t allowed to say on TV.”
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Schumer then ran down among the jokes that proved too controversial for the Oscars telecast, together with bits about Joe Rogan and James Franco.
One joke discovered Schumer addressing Alec Baldwin and the deadly capturing on the set of Rust. Schumer instructed the group forward of the jokes, “I need to preface these Oscar jokes by saying that my lawyer mentioned to not say these. Do not inform anyone and do not get mad at me.”
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“Do not Look Up is the identify of a film? Extra like do not look down the barrel of Alec Baldwin’s shotgun,” Schumer mentioned.
“I wasn’t allowed to say any of that [at the Oscars], however you may simply come up and [slap] somebody.”
Schumer did handle to get Do not Look Up into her Oscars monologue when she joked, “Do not Look Up is nominated. I assume the Academy members do not lookup critiques!”
Writing in a March 30 social put up about Smith’s slap, Schumer referred to as the incident “disturbing.”
“A lot ache in Will Smith,” Schumer added. “Anyway, I am nonetheless in shock and surprised and unhappy. I am pleased with myself and my cohosts. However yeah. Ready for this sickening feeling to go away from what all of us witnessed.”
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