Katt Williams has since generated many headlines take a shot At Shannon Sharpe's restaurant, he met many famous people, from Cedric the Entertainer and Kevin Hart to Steve Harvey. Club Shay Shay Podcast. Among the many claims was one that claimed the comedian asked for a rape scene to be removed from the film. next Friday.and now ice cube Weighing in progress.
The „Bow Down“ rapper and star of the Marcus Laboy-directed comedy posted a nine-minute video on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday rebutting Williams' claims about the so-called rape scene.On Club Shay Shay, Williams claimed that the original script called for Money Mike, played by Terry Crews, to film a rape scene after Damon, played by Terry Crews, is cornered in a bathroom. Mr. Williams insisted that the scene be deleted.
„The problem is next Friday „We're trying to make a classic comedy,“ Williams said on the podcast, „and this comedy includes rape, and it doesn't matter who it happens to or what the circumstances are. It's never funny either.''
The comedian claimed he told the filmmakers, „If you'll let me, let me make this movie without a black man getting raped. I promise it'll be twice as funny.“
Williams went on to claim that by standing up to the powers that be trying to dismantle the scene, he was essentially putting his career at risk.
„In his first film, Katt Williams took a risk in front of the studio, the cast, and the powers that be and had to say, 'Respectfully, humbly, everyone, tell me what else? If there is, then I have nothing.'' Credibility, but I have no appeal, but what we are talking about is comedy, where I have all credibility and It has all the charm,” he said.
Ice Cube, who also wrote the screenplay, attempted to clarify Williams' comments.
“I would never do a rape scene in a movie, especially Friday„That's not my style,“ he said. If you check out my movies, they are not vulgar.I shot a movie called players club. The subject matter is a bit vulgar, but I'll leave most of it to your imagination. ”
He also added, „The pliers joke (in next Friday) was always in the script. We never show that. If you look at my movies, that's not my style. So it was never an argument. ”
Ice Cube said that he „may have had some discussions with the actors about changing the script, but he had no intention of changing the movie for any of the actors.“
„We're doing what we feel,“ he continued, „If it was a rape scene, it would be in the movie. There was no reason not to do it. But it's my It's not the style. I don't even like that kind of movie.'' That can't happen in a movie. So that was a bit of a contradiction for me. ”
Williams also claimed that he wrote the lines for his character. Mr. Cube acknowledged that this was a largely accurate statement.
„The role was written and he stepped it up, which is why Kat was so bad in this movie,“ Cube said. „Money Mike was a small role, like the role of Santa Claus, but once we started filming he brought so much magic that we kept expanding the role and knew he was spot on. So I gave him more to do.”
The „It Was a Good Day“ rapper went on to praise Williams for always being prepared and working his magic.
Elsewhere in the podcast, Williams appears to say: A long-standing feud has been reignited Between him and Hart, he accused Hart of being an industrial plant.
„After 15 years in Hollywood, no one in Hollywood can ever remember going to a sold-out Kevin Hart show and waiting in line, or getting a standing ovation at a comedy club,“ Williams said. „He already had a contract when he came here… What does he think a plant is?“
Williams went on to claim that he got the role that Hart turned down.
„For five years, every movie that Kevin Hart was in was a movie that was on my desk, and all I said was, 'You can take some of this Stepin' Fetchit shit away. Or that way I can do it.'“ „That? That? Like, it doesn't have to be overtly homosexual, because I'm not gay, right? It doesn't have to be funny. Right?’ And when I say that, they go, ‘Oh, yeah, no problem,’ and they give it to the other guy and let him do the same thing, and I’m standing my ground. „I'm going to act like I'm the bad guy because that's the norm,“ Williams argued. „Well, it's interesting, but I wouldn't change it for the world. Again, I'm on the winning side of these decisions.“
Hart later responded to this claim by saying,sad. ”
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