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Chris Rock made a tasteless comment when he compared his Oscar-hosting situation with the late Nicole Brown Simpson case. Rock was at the receiving end of Will Smith’s infamous Oscar slap that landed the latter a decade-long ban from the Academy. So when Rock was asked to host the 2023 Awards, it was clearly too soon, and Rock’s reply analogy turned out to be a little controversial.

Fargo actor Chris Rock made a tasteless joke about Nicole Brown Simpson while discussing his Oscar-hosting gig

During one of his standup specials, Rock shared that the Academy offered him the Oscars host role the very next year after the Slap. He shared that asking him to host was just like asking Nicole Brown Simpson to revisit the evidence against O.J. Simpson.

Chris Rock’s Tasteless Joke About Nicole…

Chris Rock made a tasteless comment when he compared his Oscar-hosting situation with the late Nicole Brown Simpson case. Rock was at the receiving end of Will Smith’s infamous Oscar slap that landed the latter a decade-long ban from the Academy. So when Rock was asked to host the 2023 Awards, it was clearly too soon, and Rock’s reply analogy turned out to be a little controversial.

During one of his standup specials, Rock shared that the Academy offered him the Oscars host role the very next year after the Slap. He shared that asking him to host was just like asking Nicole Brown Simpson to revisit the evidence against O.J. Simpson.

Chris Rock’s Tasteless Joke About…

Amazon has started calling employees back to offices for three days a week. 

It has made this mandatory and has empowered managers to fire those who refuse to comply.

Strict mandate

This comes nearly a month after CEO Andy Jassy said the prospects of employees who refused to work from office were dim.

“If you can’t disagree and commit, it’s probably not going to work out for you at Amazon,” he said.

The company shared guidelines and manager talking points through an internal portal earlier this week.

Managers are directed to follow a three-step process.

3-Step process

According to the guidelines, managers first have to engage in a private conversation with employees who don’t comply with the three-times-a-week requirement.

The conversation is intended to make clear that…