Chris Rock angers viewers with tasteless accountant joke

Not everyone was laughing at Chris Rock's accountant joke.
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Yohana Desta
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Not everyone was laughing at Chris Rock's accountant joke. 

The Oscar host introduced a bit where he was presenting the accountants who count the Oscar votes. However, instead of PricewaterhouseCoopers representatives, it was three young Asian children.   

"If anybody’s upset about that joke, just tweet about it on your phone that was also made by these kids," Rock joked afterward.


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However, more people were cringing at the joke, deeming it tasteless and offensive. 









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Yohana Desta

Yohana Desta was the senior film reporter for Mashable. She is a Northern Virginia native and an American University grad. She enjoys carefully curating her Instagram account and can often be found reading books, going to concerts, watching movies and learning way too much about pop culture.

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