Oscars host Seth MacFarlane shocked the crowd of Hollywood’s biggest names Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre by comparing the violence towards women in “Django Unchained” to “a Chris Brown & Rihanna date movie.”
The “Ted” director was referring to the 2009 violent assault delivered on Rihanna by her R&B star boyfriend on the eve of the Grammy Awards. The two have since reconciled.
There was an audible gasp after that joke - but MacFarlane didn’t stop there.
He compared the overuse of the “N-word” in “Django” to a transcript from a Mel Gibson audio tape.
"A lot of controversy over the multiple uses of the n-word in ['Django Unchained']," he said. "I am told the screenplay is loosely based on Mel Gibson's voicemails.“Oh, you’re on his side,” MacFarlane said after another batch of silence.
Not everybody, though, was outraged by MacFarlane’s routine.
“You're allowed to laugh at jokes about Chris Brown and Rihanna. Screw Chris Brown,” tweeted movie critic Richard Roeper.
