As if this year’s ceremonies weren’t under enough scrutiny for racial insensitivity, during the red carpet ceremony, Total Beauty Media — a makeup review site — tweeted out a picture of Whoopi Goldberg on the Red Carpet with the caption, “We had no idea @Oprah was #tatted, and we love it.” The account has since deleted the tweet, and posted the following apology:
But not before making the Twitter-rounds and spawning some parodies:
Mark Ruffalo was the only white actor who was asked directly about the issue of diversity in Hollywood during ABC’s red carpet coverage. On his response:
Ding-ding-ding First white actor to weigh in on #OscarsSoWhite and of course it's @MarkRuffalo
— Ann Hornaday (@AnnHornaday) February 29, 2016
On Chris Rock’s opening monologue, which proved every bit as brilliant and provocative as anticipated:
This opening is shady and I love it. #OscarsSoWhite
— Blake McCoy (@Blakingnews) February 29, 2016
is that the first "rape, lynch" joke by a host in Oscars history? Or did Bill Crystal do one in the 90's. #OscarsSoWhite
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) February 29, 2016
This is the largest gathering of uncomfortable white people that has ever existed. #Oscars
— Joseph Lamour 🇭🇹🏳️🌈 (@lamour) February 29, 2016
The #Oscars should have had @ChrisRock do his monologue in the middle of the show because 90% of people just changed the channel
— The Nightly Show (@nightlyshow) February 29, 2016
That was really incredible @chrisrock #Oscars
— The Ellen Show (@TheEllenShow) February 29, 2016
This is probably the most interesting opening monologue the #Oscars has ever had. @chrisrock
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) February 29, 2016
.@chrisrock is dropping so many truth bombs!!! In the most hilarious fashion!!! #Oscars
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) February 29, 2016
