Chris Rock Turns Down Offer To Host Oscars 2023

Chris Rock has reportedly turned down the Academy’s offer to host next year’s Oscars award ceremony.

The Gist: According to reports, Rock made the revelation during a Standup comedy show last Sunday in Phoenix, Arizona where he compared returning to host the show to returning to the scene of a crime.

Returning to the Oscars would be like asking Nicole Brown Simpson “to go back to the restaurant,” Rock reportedly said referencing the night of OJ Simpson’s ex-wife’s murder.

Recall that Will Smith attacked Rock at the 2022 Oscars early this year, over a joke he made about Jada Pinkett’s struggle with alopecia resulting in her bald look.