Decidedly, comedians are not really popular at prestigious ceremonies on the Hollywood side. After the scandal of the last Oscars and the slap in the face by Will SMith to Chris Rock who had attempted a dubious joke on the illness of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, it is the turn of Jerrod Carmichael to be in the eye of the storm. In question ? A bad joke about the late Whitney Houston.
Recently awarded at the Emmy Awards for his show “Rothaniel”, the comedian had the heavy burden of hosting these Golden Globes. AN often perilous exercise where one must juggle light moments but also show respect and dignity. After a few jokes about Tom Cruise and Scientology, Will Smith or even Rock Hudson’s homosexuality, Jerrod Carmichael launched into a joke about the star of the movie “Bodyguard”. “So here we are live from the hotel that killed Whitney Houston, the Beverly Hilton” he swung, causing some embarrassed laughter in the audience.
Whitney Houston’s family outraged
As a reminder, the one who was one of the greatest singers of the 20th century succumbed to her excesses a little over 20 years ago. Plagued by addictions at the time of her death in February 2012, the singer was found drowned in her bathtub. His body and his heart having unfortunately dropped after an excessive consumption of cocaine, that of too much. It was her bodyguards who found the lifeless body of Whitney Houston, lying in the bathtub of her suite 434 located at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, where the 2023 Golden Globes took place.
This rather daring joke by Jerrod Carmichael certainly did not make Whitney Houston’s family laugh at all. With our American colleagues from TMZ, Pat Houston, the deceased singer’s sister-in-law, and who was her agent, said: ” The Estate of Whitney Houston is disappointed by the joke, and considers it to be in bad taste “.
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