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Comedians Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer have opened up in regards to the slap heard world wide.
On Ellen DeGeneres’ daytime speak present, Sykes, one third of the trio who hosted the Oscars on Sunday, mentioned whereas she didn’t witness Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock as a result of she was altering outfits, she did see Smith’s profane verbal alternate with Rock and the moments after.
“I simply felt so terrible for my buddy, Chris, and it was sickening,” she advised DeGeneres, in response to a preview clip. “I bodily felt sick, and I’m nonetheless a little bit traumatized by it.”
Sykes additionally expressed her frustration with Smith being allowed to remain within the theater and settle for his award for finest actor.
“For them to let him keep in that room and revel in the remainder of the present and settle for his award, I used to be like, ‘How gross is that this? That is simply the improper message,’” she mentioned. “You assault any person, you get escorted out the constructing and that’s it. For them to let him proceed, I assumed it was gross. Plus, I wished to have the ability to run out after he gained and say, ‘Sadly will couldn’t be right here tonight…’”
Smith has apologized for the incident. Rock has not but made any public feedback however is about to return to the stage tonight in Boston along with his stand-up tour.
Sykes says she’s upset by the truth that “nobody” has apologized to her and fellow hosts Amy Schumer and Regina Corridor.
“We labored actually laborious to place that present collectively,” she mentioned, just for it to be overshadowed.
Sykes shared that she and Rock, nonetheless, interacted at an after half and he apologized to her, saying, “It was presupposed to be your night time,” in response to Sykes.
“That’s who Chris is,” she mentioned.
In the meantime, Schumer took to Instagram to share her ideas, stating she was nonetheless feeling “triggered and traumatized.”
“I really like my buddy @chrisrock and consider he dealt with it like a professional,” she wrote. “Stayed up there and gave an Oscar to his buddy @questlove and the entire thing was so disturbing.”
Rock was offered the award for finest documentary function when Smith rushed the stage and struck him on the face over a joke Rock made about Smith’s spouse, actress Jada Pinkett Smith.
“I’m nonetheless in shock and surprised and unhappy. Im pleased with myself and my cohosts. However yeah. Ready for this sickening feeling to go away from what all of us witnessed,” Schumer wrote within the publish, which she additionally used to plug her Hulu collection “Life and Beth,” joking “I feel we are able to all agree that one of the simplest ways to unpack what occurred is to stream my collection.”