Will Smith blasts Oscars for lack for diversity and says he'll be skipping awards ceremony [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | January 21, 2016 | Snejana Farberov

[C19fan]

We now know who wears the pants in the Smith family.

[rjsimmon]

Did he say the same thing about the BET awards?

[CondorFlight]

I guess even if he disgrees (and I don’t know that he does), he has to stand with his wife.

That said, I think the whole issue is a chimera.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Oh the irony. The knock on Will Smith has always been that his production company hires no blacks or other minorities.

[camle]

well i used to be a fan....but then again if he feels that he needs to put his race first, then perhaps i should as well. fair is fair

[StoneWall Brigade]

Wow I didn’t know that.

[mothball]

Did he say the same thing about the BET awards?

Expecting a liberal to use logic and common sense?

[Gaffer]

I’ll tell Will to his face his son is a no-talent wimp boy who can’t act and has no business using daddy’s fame to get famous. That movie with the two was absolutely pitiful.

[Boomer One]

Well now I’ve got another actor to boycott. Demanding blacks be included is like affirmative action. If the role and movie are good, you’ve got a better chance of getting an Oscar. That said, I’m still in disbelief that Cher has an Oscar and Glen Close doesn’t.

[Up Yours Marxists]

Who is Will Smith and why should I care????

(yes I know who he is, but don’t know what he’s been doing these past 20 years)

[Vic S]

Good, more room for people that were actually nominated for something.

[Daveinyork]

Yawn, tempest in a teapot.

[Arm_Bears]

Sore Loser.

[RFEngineer]

I’m not sure his presence is required, is it? Oh its quite amusing to see political correctness bite it’s master

[raybbr]

An "Oscars without blacks" is like a "day without mexicans". Who's going to notice? And, will it be more peaceful and in English so Americans can understand.

I might actually watch the Oscars for the first time in over a decade if this boycott truly catches on.

[oh8eleven]

he'll be skipping awards ceremony
So will I for at least the 25th year in a row. EFF Hollyweird.

[trebb]

He and his wife moaning about their talent not seeming to be better than the talent of others - all the while saying how it’s demeaning to have to moan about such...

[raybbr]

I’ll tell Will to his face his son is a no-talent wimp boy who can’t act and has no business using daddy’s fame to get famous.

Yeah, but his son wears the skirts not the pants....

[sport]

I do not really care what he does.

[MamaTexan]

Sorry Willy. My give-a-damn is broken.