Eddie Murphy abruptly quit as host for this year's Academy Awards after Brett Ratner was asked to resign as producer.
Well. This is a mess.Jacked from Hitfix
I honestly hadn't expected Eddie Murphy to take his leave as Oscarcast host following the Brett Ratner dust-up, mainly because I imagined the Academy would have made sure he was still on board so as not to have two big stories to deal with. But it seems Murphy has indeed followed Ratner out the door after Ratner's controversial media appearances put him in a position with the Academy that left no choice but resignation.
"First and foremost I want to say that I completely understand and support each party's decision with regard to a change of producers for this year's Academy Awards ceremony," Murphy said via AMPAS press release. "I was truly looking forward to being a part of the show that our production team and writers were just starting to develop, but I'm sure that the new production team and host will do an equally great job."
I'm really bummed out about this. I was looking forward to Murphy's stab at things and had my fingers crossed for a return to the stage for him. His roots are in stand-up and this could have been a nice circling back to those beginnings.
Alas, he's out. And maybe it's for the better, really. The traces of Ratner's controversy would have been left all over this show with Murphy still on board. Unfortunate but true. "I appreciate how Eddie feels about losing his creative partner, Brett Ratner, and we all wish him well," Academy president Tom Sherak said in the release.
2 comments:
Well, this is indeed disappointing. I was looking forward to see Eddie Murphy hosting this show. I bet it would have been great.
Ditto. I am so disappointed by this chain of events. Billy Crystal has always been a good host. But he's no Eddie, period. Plus, he's aging horribly.
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