The thrill surrounding the announcement of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards nominees is rising louder, and so are talks of who will host the ceremony now that Chris Rock has added his title to the listing of actors to say no the provide.
Comedienne Ali Wong and trio Will Arnett, Sean Hayes, and Jason Bateman have been all offered with the chance too. CNN Leisure confirmed by way of a supply that present organizers reached out to Rock concerning the Jan. 7 occasion. The comedian additionally turned down a primary probability to emcee the awards final yr.
Rock rep has not provided a motive behind the choice; nonetheless, information of it comes as social media continues to react to headlines relating to Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s marriage.
The “New Jack Metropolis” actor’s final look on an awards present occurred on the 2022 Oscars. The 58-year-old was famously slapped when he cracked a joke making a mockery of Pinkett Smith’s look after she shaved her head amid a reported ongoing wrestle with alopecia.
The actress, who has been selling her memoir “Worthy,” revealed months after the incident that she and Smith attended the present collectively as household and that that they had been separated for seven years and that Rock beforehand requested her on a date. The slap, nonetheless, modified her perspective on their relationship standing.
“I almost didn’t even attend the Oscars that yr, however I’m glad I did,” she advised The Each day Mail’s You journal. The Hollywood star added that she has additionally discovered the silver lining of the controversy that noticed her endlessly slammed by critics on-line. “I name it the ‘holy slap’ now as a result of so many constructive issues got here after it.”
She continued, “That second of the s—t hitting the fan is once you see the place you actually are…In any case these years making an attempt to determine if I would go away Will’s facet, it took that slap for me to see I’ll by no means go away him. Who is aware of the place our relationship can be if that hadn’t occurred?”
Reactions to the brand new statements have confirmed that followers’ frustrations over the assorted scandals haven’t boiled over. One individual wrote, “RUINED his profession however saved your marriage? Congrats lol.”
Others commented, “I by no means cared about that slap, but when I used to be Chris I’d be pissed to listen to it known as the ‘holy slap”’” and “She noticed extra of PAC in Will that day and it prolonged the wedding a further 10 years.”
Whereas Pinkett Smith has her sights refocused on her husband of 26 years, spectators have questioned if the “King Richard” Oscar winner shares the identical emotions. He was lately noticed round city in Miami with a thriller lady, who, like his spouse, has embraced the shaved head look.
