Comedian leaves A-listers cringeing and creasing.
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| Oscars 2016: Chris Rock opening monologue |
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| Chris branded Hollywood racist |
The outrageous comedian, 51, made the audience of A-listers cringe and cackle as he admitted he considered boycotting the ceremony.
He joked: "I'm here at the Academy Awards, otherwise known as the White People's Choice Awards.
"If they nominated hosts I wouldn't even get this job. You'd be seeing Neil Patrick Harris right now.
"People are like, 'Chris you should boycott, you should quit'. How come it's only unemployed people who tell you to quit something?
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| Chris left the Oscars audience cringeing and creasing up |
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| Will and Jada Pinkett Smith boycotted the awards |
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| Stacey Dash made a surprise appearance at the Oscars |
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| Kevin Hart also took down the Oscars |
"The real question everyone wants to know is, 'Is Hollywood racist?' You gotta go at that at the right way. Is it burning cross racist? it's a different type of racist.
"You're damn right Hollywood's racist, but it's the racist we've become accustomed to.
"Things are changing. We got a black Rocky this year and that's an unbelievable statement because Rocky takes place in a world where white athletes are as good as black athletes.
"So Rocky's a science fiction movie. There are things that happen in Star Wars that are more believable than Rocky." Chris went on to lash out at Jada Pinkett Smith for boycotting the Oscars because of the diversity row.
He said: "Jada went mad, Jada said she's not coming. Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna's panties - I wasn't invited. "Jada's mad, her man, Will is not nominated. It's not fair...what's not fair is that Will was paid $20million for Wild Wild West."
He also suggested that the furore over the Oscars suggests that the black community has it better than ever. Chris said: "Why are we protesting this Oscars? It's the 88th Academy Awards, which means this whole no black nominees thing has happened at least 71 other times.
"Black people did not protest. Why? Because we had real things to protest at the time. "We were too busy being raped and lynched to care about who won Best Cinematographer. "When your grandmother's swinging from a tree, it's really hard to care about Best Documentary - Foreign Short."
Chris later brought out Clueless actress Stacey Dash, who recently questioned the need for Black History Month and the BET Awards, as the new director of the Academy's 'minority outreach programme'.
Chris went on to joke that the Oscars should have "black categories" and also hit out at complaints of sexism towards the female stars. He said: "Another big thing tonight is you're not allowed to ask women what they're wearing anymore.
"They ask the men more because every man is wearing the same outfits. "If George Clooney showed up with a lime green tux on and a swan coming out his a**, someone would go, 'What you wearing, George?'"
Ride Along 2 star Kevin was more serious when he came to present an award. He said: "I'm a posiitve guy. I feed off of positive energy, and positive overall beasts negative. "That being said, I want to taske a moment to applaud all my actors of colour who didn't get nominated tonight. Tonight shouldn't determine the arts and passion you put into your craft.
"These problems of today will soon be problems of old. Goddamit, congratulations on an amazing year. He joked: "I also wanna say I only came today because I thought I would get a seat in front the row, and I didn't.".
Chris made sure to keep the event light hearted too, badgering the millionaire guests into buying girl scout cookies from his daughters.
This year's Oscar winners and nominees:
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight - WINNER
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant - WINNER
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room - WINNER
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies - WINNER
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl - WINNER
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out - WINNER
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant - WINNER
Sicario
COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER
The Revenant
DIRECTING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant - WINNER
Room
Spotlight
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Amy - WINNER
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness - WINNER
Last Day of Freedom
FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul - WINNER
Theeb
A War
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out
The Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight - WINNER
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
"Simple Song #3,” Youth
“Til It Happens To You,” The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s On The Wall,” Spectre - WINNER
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Bear Story - WINNER
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer - WINNER
SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina - WINNER
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
The Big Short - WINNER
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight - WINNER
Straight Outta Compton
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