The 2023 nominees for BAFTA’s Rising Star Award have been revealed, including actors from Gina Prince-Bythewood’s historical epic The Woman King and Sophie Hyde’s sex-positive drama Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.
12.01.2023 - 03:05 / perezhilton.com
Welp, this joke definitely backfired!
Golden Globe fans are outraged at host Jerrod Carmichael for making light of Whitney Houston‘s death amid the glitzy award show on Tuesday night! If you missed it, after returning to the stage following a commercial break, the comedian claimed he had to “shout out the venue that we’re in,” saying:
The legendary musician sadly passed away in the California hotel on February 11, 2012. She was found unresponsive in a bathtub after accidentally drowning. Not sure how that’s a punchline…
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The in-person crowd seemed to agree since instead of a big laugh there was an audible gasp. Ch-ch-check out how awkward it was (below):
Yeesh!
Frustrated viewers were quick to take to Twitter to clap back at Carmichael’s quip — sending dozens of messages about how disrespectful the host was. Take a look:
Yikes…
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Another person pointed out that there were likely people who had worked on the new Whitney Houston biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, in the audience (even though it was not nominated) — as well as people who knew her personally — making the joke extra cruel:
Other eagle-eyed viewers believed the star may have faced some IRL consequences for the joke, pointing out:
He did, in fact, return later in the show, so this theory was quickly debunked. Still, it seems like he’d already pissed off much of the audience beyond repair.
Earlier in the night, the stand-up star was met with more uncomfortable laughter when he joked about exchanging the three Golden Globe awards Tom Cruise returned last year for the “safe return” of the Church of Scientology leader
The 2023 nominees for BAFTA’s Rising Star Award have been revealed, including actors from Gina Prince-Bythewood’s historical epic The Woman King and Sophie Hyde’s sex-positive drama Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.
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After host Jerrod Carmichael made a joke about Whitney Houston’s death at the 2023 Golden Globes, the late singer’s estate is speaking out — and condemning the comments.
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