Chris Rock Says He Was Invited to Return to Oscars as 2023 Host

Chris Rock reportedly told the crowd at a Phoenix stand-up show that he was offered to return to the Oscars in 2023 as host.

Per the Arizonal Republic, he declined. The local outlet wrote he said it’d be like going back to a crime scene or inviting Nicole Brown Simpson “to go back to the restaurant.”

This story is being updated.