Daniel Radcliffe Is “Dramatically Bored” By Everyone’s Oscars Slap Opinions
"I just don’t want to be another opinion adding to it."
Daniel Radcliffe has said that he’s “dramatically bored” of having to hear people’s opinions of Monday’s Oscars slap. Could this be the only acceptable slap take?
Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Thursday morning to promote his new movie, Radcliffe was reportedly unmoved by the hosts’ request that he weigh in on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars this week.
“I’m just so already dramatically bored of hearing people’s opinions about that,” said the 32-year-old. “I just don’t want to be another opinion adding to it.” Finally. A bit of restraint. A bit of silence. Sit in the silence. Isn’t it peaceful?
He did, however, comment on what it was like to sit through award ceremonies as a kid. “When you’re going on stuff as a kid you’re never quite sure if the joke’s with you or you’re the butt of the joke,” said Radcliffe. “So you sort of have a mode of just being like ‘I’ll just keep smiling and laughing and maybe it’ll end soon’.”
As you’re probably painfully aware, the Oscars have dominated the news cycle this week after Will Smith walked up to stage and slapped Chris Rock after the comedian made a GI Jane joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Jada Pinkett Smith revealed last year that she struggles with alopecia, an autoimmune condition that causes hair loss.
The incident initially spurred a wave of confusion and disbelief about whether it was ‘real’ or not, followed by a deluge of deliberating in every cultural space (and group chat) about who exactly was in the wrong and why. Judd Apatow said something! Jim Carrey got involved! Zoë Kravitz was mentioned!
The conversation got more and more insufferable by the day, and we’re writing this in past tense because we’re hoping to god that it’s over.
Happy Friday!
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