In his comedy program “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage” Chris Rock doesn’t mince his words. He is particularly eloquent about the British Royal Family – and Duchess Meghan.
If you dish out Duchess Meghan, Prince Harry or the Royal Family, you can be sure of one thing: attention. That’s probably what Chris Rock thought when he wrote his new comedy program “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage”.
Chris Rock makes fun of Duchess Meghan
In the Netflix show, Rock takes on Meghan’s racism allegations. Which he obviously can’t quite understand. “Seems like a nice woman who just complains. Like she didn’t win the fair lottery,” he says of Meghan’s skin tone. He is alluding to the problem of colorism, a form of racism that is particularly aimed at people with very dark skin. Not Rock’s only dig at the American.
“Some of the crap she went through wasn’t racism; it was just some in-law crap,” he says on stage. “I know her dilemma: A black girl trying to be accepted by her white in-laws. It’s hard. It’s very hard, but it’s not as hard as a white girl trying to be accepted by her black in-laws,” he also jokes.
accusation of racism
But the British family also gets their fat off. Because although Chris Rock sees little racism in Meghan’s allegations, he also says: “She]went to Oprah [und] said, ‘I had no idea how racist you were.’ Didn’t you google these assholes? […] They are the origin of the racists. They invented colonialism. They invested in slavery like they did in ‘The Lion’s Den’.” At the end of his joke tirade, he had a tip for other people of color: “If you’re black and you want to be accepted by your white parents-in-law, then you have to marry a Kardashian because they accept anyone,” says Chris Rock.
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Not only did Rock’s jokes cause a stir, but also the audience during the live recording of his show. According to “Page Six”, among the spectators was Janina Gavankar, one of Meghan Markle’s best friends, who was even a guest at her and Harry’s wedding in 2018. According to eyewitnesses, Gavankar is said to have laughed out loud at the comedian’s jokes.
source: “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage” on Netflix /
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