It's become perfectly clear that the fallout from the 94th Academy Awards isn't going away any time soon. Fans, critics, and fellow celebrities are still reeling after witnessing Will Smith assault Chris Rock on national television.
In an attempt to move on and gain some levity from the situation, host Amy Schumer has once again begun performing stand-up. During a recent performance in Las Vegas, she revealed all the jokes that she wasn't allowed to tell on Oscar night.
Not for Troy Kotsur winning "Best Supporting Actor" and not because Jane Campion became only the third woman ever to win "Best Director". Rather, it was because Will Smith assaulted presenter Chris Rock.
Aside from the glaringly obvious, there were other points of controversy that occurred throughout the evening.
Suffice it to say that a handful of host Amy Schumer's jokes didn't land — specifically one wherein she referred to Oscar-nominee Kirsten Dunst as a "seat filler."
“I was kind of feeling myself…and then all of a sudden Ali was making his way up,” Schumer joked in reference to Will's 2001 sports biopic, Ali.
The comedian once again reiterated just how upsetting the whole situation was and reasoned that there was only one way to comfort herself (and the audience).
“I want to preface these Oscar jokes by saying that my lawyer said not to say these," Amy began.
She then instructed her audience that they weren't allowed to tell anyone and also that if she spilled the tea — that they couldn't get mad at her for doing so.
Among the fodder was a quip about Joe Rogan taking Ivermectin to "cure" COVID-19, as well as a thinly veiled allusion to the sexual assault charges that have been levied against actor James Franco.
“Don’t Look Up is the name of a movie?" Schumer asked the crowd rhetorically. "More like don’t look down the barrel of Alec Baldwin’s shotgun.”
While Alec was filming a gunfight scene, the prop weapon he was using misfired — fatally injuring renowned cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
While there's no denying that Schumer's dark sense of humor isn't for everyone, it does pale in comparison.
Before Amy took center stage on April 2nd, the Oscar host wrote via social media on March 30th about how she found the incident "disturbing."
Amy also made sure to point out just how much pain and anger she saw exhibited through Will Smith's actions.
"I’m proud of myself and my cohosts. But yeah. Waiting for this sickening feeling to go away from what we all witnessed."
Hopefully, everyone can move forward best they can, and I certainly hope that the hosts come back to do another year at the Oscars. They were hilarious!
