Razzies rescind award slamming Bruce Willis after backlash over diagnosis: ‘It is not appropriate’

And the winner won't be Bruce Willis.

The Razzie Awards have come to the conclusion to not give Bruce Willis the “worst efficiency by Bruce Willis in 2021” award after a lot backlash.

In a press release to The Publish, the award present’s co-founders, John Wilson and Mo Murphy, stated, “After a lot thought and consideration, the Razzies have made the choice to rescind the Razzie Award given to Bruce Willis, attributable to his not too long ago disclosed prognosis.”

On Wednesday, it was revealed that Willis, 67, was recognized with the mind dysfunction aphasia and had determined to surrender appearing.

The assertion continued, “If somebody’s medical situation is an element of their determination making and/or their efficiency, we acknowledge that it's not applicable to provide them a Razzie.”

The organizers additionally informed The Publish that they are going to be taking again “The Shining” star Shelley Duvall’s Razzie as properly.

, Bruce Willis, 2021.
Bruce Willis was nominated for a Razzie for his efficiency within the movie “American Siege,” in addition to “Cosmic Sin,” “Apex,” “Impasse,” “Fortress,” “Midnight within the Switchgrass,” “Out of Demise” and “Survive the Sport.”
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“As we not too long ago talked about in a Vulture interview, extenuating circumstances additionally apply to Shelley Duvall in ‘The Shining,'” they added.

“We've since found that Duvall’s efficiency was impacted by Stanley Kubrick’s remedy of her all through the manufacturing. We wish to take this chance to rescind that nomination as properly,” the notice concluded.

Murphy informed Vulture in February that she wish to repeal Duvall’s nomination if she may. “Realizing the backstory and the best way that Stanley Kubrick sort of pulverized her, I might take that again,” she informed the outlet.

The “Glass” actor is nominated for eight separate performances in films launched in 2021 in his personal class at this yr’s Razzies.

Following Willis’ household’s disclosure of his sickness, the awards present tweeted, “The Razzies are really sorry for #BruceWillis recognized situation. Maybe this explains why he needed to exit with a bang in 2021. Our greatest needs to Bruce and household.”

Wilson and Murphy additional informed IndieWire, “We're really sorry to listen to about Willis’ prognosis, of which we had been unaware till the story broke earlier right this moment.”

They continued, “In Willis’ protection, maybe his reps mustn't have let him do such a excessive quantity of labor in so brief a time. We provide our greatest needs to Bruce and his household.”

Quickly after that letter, Wilson launched one other assertion to the outlet: “We're nonetheless discussing find out how to deal with the information about Willis’ prognosis and can get again to you.”

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