Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister Tanya Brown railed against Chris Rock’s recent reported joke invoking her sister’s name.
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Rock made the joke about an invitation to host the Oscars while performing at Phoenix’s Arizona Financial Theatre on Sunday. He compared the Oscars offer to the situation of O.J. Simpson’s late wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, saying going back to the award ceremony was similar to Simpson being asked “to go back to the restaurant” where she famously went to retrieve some eyeglasses she had left the night she was murdered.
Tanya made a statement to TMZ to share her disapproval of the joke, accusing the comedian of comparing apples to oranges. Simpson was brutally murdered alongside her friend, while Rock was only slapped onstage by Will Smith.
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Brown explained that her family found the joke offensive because there are members still grieving the loss today. Simpson died 28 years ago at the age of 35.
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Rock made the joke during his stop in Arizona as part of his Ego Death tour, which began in April, Rock’s first tour in five years. It commenced a month after he was slapped on the Oscars stage by best actor winner Will Smith. Rock had made a joke about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett-Smith’s buzzed haircut, comparing her to a character from G.I. Jane, a film in which all the female characters have shaved heads.
Brown didn’t agree with some saying Rock deserved violence against him over the joke about her sister, however.
