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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

News, Daily News, Comedy

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Trevor responds to Will Smith’s Oscars ban, Elon Musk plots a Twitter takeover, and Jordan Klepper hits CPAC. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:02.6

Ow!

0:04.1

It's now been two weeks since the craziest Oscars moment in living history.

0:17.5

And yeah, I'm talking about the fact that House of Gucci didn't win best hand make-up.

0:21.3

The whole movie was hand make-up.

0:23.5

How did they not win?

0:24.9

That was truly the craziest thing that happened at the Oscars.

0:28.1

Oh, I almost forgot.

0:30.1

It was also the moment where Will Smith introduced his hand to Chris Rock's face.

0:33.6

Which had everyone asking, how will the Academy Awards punish Will Smith?

0:37.8

Well now, we're finding out.

0:40.1

It was the slap-heard round the world.

0:42.4

And after slapping Chris Rock during the Oscars actor Will Smith has been banned from attending

0:47.5

any Academy events for the next decade.

0:50.4

The Academy issued a statement yesterday saying this in part.

0:54.4

The 94th Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community who

0:58.7

did incredible work this past year.

1:00.8

However, those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw

1:05.7

Mr. Smith exhibit on stage.

1:07.6

The board's move will keep Smith from attending, presenting or performing at the Oscars.

1:12.5

It won't bar him from being nominated or even winning an Academy Award in the future.

1:17.6

And he gets to keep the one he has now.

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