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Is the Rumor About Chris Rock Hosting the Oscars True? · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. After the Chris rock
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Speaker 1: Will Smith incident at the Academy Awards earlier this year,
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Speaker 1: rumors began to circulate that Chris would be hosting the
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Speaker 1: Oscars next year. Turns out the story not true, but
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Speaker 1: Chris did just confirm to a sold out crowd in
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Speaker 1: Phoenix on his tour the Academy had approached him and
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Speaker 1: offered him the job. He told the audience emphatically and
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Speaker 1: in classic Chris style, that he chose not to take
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Speaker 1: on the job, likening it to a victim returning to
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Speaker 1: a scene of a crime in a joke. But he
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Speaker 1: also told him he doesn't feel like a victim, and
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Speaker 1: while the slap hurt, he woke up and got to
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Speaker 1: work the next day like he always does. Tickets to
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Speaker 1: Chris's comedy tour are on sale now. That's Direct from Hollywood,