--- Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Edit: thanks to Lexie for giving us full dets on the story Following the exit of his good friend and "Tower Heist" director Brett Ratner as producer of the show last night over a series of controversial comments, the Academy announced that Murphy has withdrawn from his hosting duties, which he first took on in September. Commented Murphy, "First and foremost I want to say that I completely understand and support each party's decision with regard to a change of producers for this year's Academy Awards ceremony. I was truly looking forward to being a part of the show that our production team and writers were just starting to develop, but I'm sure that the new production team and host will do an equally great job." The withdrawal caps a tumultuous week for Ratner and the Oscars telecast. Last week, Ratner used a gay slur when asked a question about filmmaking. The director said that "rehearsing is for fags" in a Q&A session following a screening of his new film, "Tower Heist," at L.A.'s Arclight Cinemas. He apologized for the statement after NY Magazine published his remarks. He also made a series of crude statements about actresses Olivia Munn and Lindsay Lohan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
--- Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 Press release posted Had to do with the Brett Ratner sacking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyna ♔ Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 He's dropping out over that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidfresh832 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 maybe the only reason he took the job was because of Ratner and what he thought they could do together. And he didn't feel like waiting to see what some other random producer would conjure up for him to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Whats the Brett Ratner story tho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idrag4mj Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 he is foolish for doing that..this is a once in a life time opportunity ..many people of color don't get these kinda breaks he will regret it later in life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Wow..It would have been interesting to see him clown those people..and even joke about him not winning for "Dreamgirls".. Fuck! Now who are they gonna bore us with this year.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexus97 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 you all r so lazy all because brent used the word FAGS Eddie Murphy is no longer hosting the 84th annual Academy Awards. Following the exit of his good friend and "Tower Heist" director Brett Ratner as producer of the show last night over a series of controversial comments, the Academy announced that Murphy has withdrawn from his hosting duties, which he first took on in September. "First and foremost I want to say that I completely understand and support each party's decision with regard to a change of producers for this year's Academy Awards ceremony," Murphy said in a statement sent out by the academy. "I was truly looking forward to being a part of the show that our production team and writers were just starting to develop, but I'm sure that the new production team and host will do an equally great job." The withdrawal caps a tumultuous week for Ratner and the Oscars telecast. Last week, Ratner used a gay slur when asked a question about filmmaking. The director said that "rehearsing is for fags" in a Q&A session following a screening of his new film, "Tower Heist," at L.A.'s Arclight Cinemas. He apologized for the statement after NY Magazine published his remarks. He also made a series of crude statements about actresses Olivia Munn and Lindsay Lohan. Statement in Full: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
--- Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 ^ thank you we are sooooooooooooo lazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
--- Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 Kathy Griffin: Eddie, get back to work! We wanna c u hosting, stop being a crazy celebrity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 So I take it the gays didnt lose their minds over the Bratner comment because I honestly hadn't heard about it til now. Im surprised considering how sensitive the gays have been these dayz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidfresh832 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 So I take it the gays didnt lose their minds over the Bratner comment because I honestly hadn't heard about it til now. Im surprised considering how sensitive the gays have been these dayz. Well he had to step down after he had a meeting with GLAAD and he apologized over it. So it was a mildly big deal. Just alot of other news stories with the elections, and MJ trial right now means it wasnt as big as they usually make these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtraordinary Xternal Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 he is foolish for doing that..this is a once in a life time opportunity ..many people of color don't get these kinda breaks he will regret it later in life He standing by his friend sometimes you have to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtraordinary Xternal Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Well he had to step down after he had a meeting with GLAAD and he apologized over it. So it was a mildly big deal. Just alot of other news stories with the elections, and MJ trial right now means it wasnt as big as they usually make these things. If he said sorry why did he have to step down thats bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
--- Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Brian Grazer To Produce 84th Academy Awards With Don Mischer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
--- Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 billy crystal announced as new host Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I like Billy as host, but I would've preferred Neil Patrick Harris be given a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I like Billy as host, but I would've preferred Neil Patrick Harris be given a chance. Ditto. He's great hosting the Tony Awards. I'd love to see him hosting the Oscars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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