Rob Schneider is at the moment in Australia for his a few stand-up comedy gigs, but he was not in a joking mood when discussing a sizzling subject on The Kyle & Jackie O Present.
Appearing as a visitor on the program on Wednesday early morning, the American comedian did not mince his text when asked if he spoke to fellow comedian Chris Rock right right after that infamous Oscars slap, courtesy of Will Smith.
Schneider recalled becoming in a “sticky” scenario subsequent the incident as he was “an elected formal of the union” at the time, so he could not communicate freely then.
But right now, it was a various tale.
“Will Smith is a tw*t. Will Smith has been hiding the fact of who he actually is. And it was exposed that night time that he’s seriously an a**gap,” Schneider advised Kyle Sandilands and Jackie “O” Henderson on-air.
“It’s a deep, darkish detail to do that in entrance of all people individuals and to a truly fantastic famous comedian, who’s actually the finest comedian of our generation. You would not have this complete wave of comedy that arrived immediately after if it was not for Chris Rock. He’s kicked open the doorways.”
“But I was not authorized to say just about anything at that time simply because we have been component of the committee which is supposed to punish him.”
In Schneider’s eyes, the punishment did not appear quickly plenty of as it took two months for Smith to be slapped with a 10-year ban from the Academy Awards.
The “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo” star claimed if it were being up to him, Smith would have been reprimanded the instant he slapped Rock onstage for generating a joke about the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
“Will is a douchebag. The point is that’s how politically suitable the Academy is. That they were being so cowardly. Mainly because if I would have accomplished that, they would have been hauled off to jail,” Schneider stated.
“But simply because they have been so apprehensive about being racist or whatever, they ended up like, ‘We just can’t be, you know, we simply cannot offend.’ But the stage is, violence is what it is. And irrespective of whether the shade of your pores and skin or your faith, it does not make any difference if you dedicate a criminal offense in entrance of other men and women, you get hauled out of there.”
Schneider also recalled becoming out of the nation when the drama unfolded, as he was directing the Spanish-Language comedy “Live Is Appreciate.”
But he nevertheless listened to about the drama from the crew.
“I was in a auto and my assistant director, she appeared at me and she said, ‘Huh’. I stated, ‘What occurred?’ and she stated, ‘Chris Rock just received slapped by Will Smith.’ I said to get out of listed here. It didn’t take place. I make the mobile phone calls and it did take place.”
“[Chris] did not want to discuss to any one. I never blame him. But it took him a when to get to where he could react to it due to the fact it was a great deal,” Schneider included.
“And he’s a incredibly delicate, good guy and he’s literally a genius. So just making an attempt to figure out the suitable way at the ideal timing, it was him due to the fact I would have mentioned one thing. I’m an idiot, I would have … tried to kick back.”
The radio job interview comes after the comedian carried out his stand-up gig at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre on June 6 and Brisbane’s The Tivoli on June 9. Tonight, he will take to the stage at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney.
