Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister slams Chris Rock over joke about her murder

Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister, Tanya, slammed comic Chris Rock Wednesday over an insensitive joke he made about her sister’s homicide.

Tanya Brown instructed TMZ that the joke wasn’t solely not humorous, however it didn’t make sense.

The 57-year-old comic was performing in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday when he revealed that he was requested to host the 2023 Oscars after he was slapped by Will Smith.

Rock then stated that he wouldn't return to the Academy Awards as a result of it could be like asking Nicole Simpson “to return to the restaurant” the place she left her eyeglasses earlier than she was killed.

Simpson was killed in 1994, at age 35, in a brutal double murder. Her ex-husband O.J. Simpson was accused of the murders and stood trial in a spectacle that captivated the nation, and he was famously acquitted.

Chris Rock was slammed by Tanya Brown for a joke through which he equated internet hosting the Oscars to her sister’s homicide.

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Brown stated that equating getting slapped on the Oscars to a double homicide is “apples to oranges,” TMZ reported.

Simpson’s sister instructed the outlet that the ache from the homicide remains to be contemporary for a number of surviving members of the family and that jokes like this nonetheless hit near residence — and harm.

Chris Rock was acting at an Arizona theater when he made the controversial remarks.

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Will Smith (proper) slapped Chris Rock onstage in the course of the 94th annual Academy Awards on the Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022.

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O.J. Simpson (left) was accused of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson (proper) in a brutal double murder.

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Simpson was later acquitted after one of the crucial publicized trials in historical past.

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Rock obtained backlash for the joke with a number of followers saying it was insensitive, too.

“The extra Chris Rock talks, the extra you start to see why Will Smith smacked hearth outta him,” tweeted one person.

“Evaluating what occurred to him to what occurred to Nicole Brown Simpson is really tasteless and under no circumstances humorous,” stated one other.

Tanya Brown additionally instructed TMZ that she belives Rock might have picked one other punchline to drive residence his level — and in addition believes comedians, together with Rock, “must be held accountable.”