“Cancel Culture Encapsulated” Is What Bill Maher Calls Will Smith’s Oscar Night Reaction
“It was sort of like cancel culture encapsulated,” he continued, “because at first you saw he was laughing at the joke, right? This is what happens a lot with cancel stuff. At first: ‘Oh, it’s funny.’ And then you look around: ‘Oh wait, I’m supposed to be offended.’ And then there’s the [subsequent] overreaction. He was like the Twitter mob come alive.”
The comedian then praised Chris Rock for not reacting in kind and getting putting the focus back on the show.Maher is not the only comedian to publicly take issue with Smith slapping Rock over a joke. Jim Carrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Howard Stern and Kathy Griffen have all
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