Whereas a lot of the consideration on the Oscars centered on the second actor Will Smith slapped comic Chris Rock, what occurred subsequent additionally struck a bitter word.
In a now-deleted Twitter thread, producer Joseph Patel tore into Smith, calling him egocentric for robbing the subsequent class ― greatest documentary function ― of its second. He additionally blasted Rock for a way he offered it.
The winner was “Summer time of Soul,” a stirring movie concerning the 1969 Harlem Cultural Pageant, and the Oscar went to director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and producers Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein. Rock launched them as Questlove “and 4 white guys.”
Patel stated he didn’t hear Rock say that on the time, however was informed about it afterward.
“WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK?????” Patel wrote on Twitter, including:
Patel stated he can take a joke, then referred to as Rock’s dismissive presentation as “a shitty, disrespectful factor to do.”
“So I’m indignant,” he wrote. “Indignant at Will Smith. Indignant at Chris Rock. Indignant for me. Indignant for Ahmir. Indignant for my fellow filmmakers.”
Patel additionally defined why he ultimately deleted the thread:
