In an interview published on Feb. 26 by The Times, actor Samuel L. Jackson gave his opinion of Joe Rogan repeatedly using the N-Word and his so-called apology.
Joe Rogan and Spotify were called out after footage of him seemingly enjoying himself and having fun as he repeatedly used the racial slur on his podcast went viral. Despite the backlash, Spotify stood by Rogan, who apologized.
The actor said Rogan had fun repeatedly using racist language on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience and kept doing so to make money.
As reported in The Times:
“He is saying nobody understood the context when he said it,” Jackson says, rolling his eyes. “But he shouldn’t have said it. It’s not the context, dude — it’s that he was comfortable doing it. Say that you’re sorry because you want to keep your money, but you were having fun and you say you did it because it was entertaining.”
The movie star, who received his Bachelor’s in Theater degree from Morehouse College, will receive an Honorary Acadamy Award at the 2022 Governors Awards on Mar. 25 for his impressive contribution to motion pictures before the televised broadcast.
The 73-year-old actor has starred in more than 150 films, yet the accomplished actor was nominated for an Oscar just once for Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino. The actor’s portrayal of philosopher and hitman Jules won him the Acadamy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, for which Jackson said he should have won.
“I should have won that one,” he smiled.
His enormous body of work includes Jackie Brown, Spiderman: Far From Home, Shaft, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Die Hard With A Vengeance, Jungle Fever, A Time To Kill and Goodfellas.
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The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor went to actor Martin Landau that year. Jackson described how he probably should have an Acadamy Award by now after such a long career. He added that his films were also successful at the box office and supported The Academy is adding a category for Most Popular Film.
“My wife and I went to see ‘Bugsy,’” noted Jackson. “‘Damn! They got nominated and I didn’t? I guess Black folk usually win for doing despicable shit on screen. Like Denzel [Washington] for being a horrible cop in ‘Training Day.’ All the great stuff he did in uplifting roles like ‘Malcolm X?’ No — we’ll give it to this motherfu**er. So maybe I should have won one. But Oscars don’t move the comma on your cheque — it’s about getting a**es in seats and I’ve done a good job of doing that.”
Jackson added that he views the Oscar as a symbol of his sobriety and his daughter’s love.
“I go back to the wonderful times after I got sober of experiencing my daughter,” he said. “Those are things I want to hold on to.”
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His most recent film is The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey. The movie is based on the novel “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” by Walter Mosley.
The film is about a 91-year-old man with dementia who regains his memories. Jackson’s character uses his memories to try and solve the death of his nephew.
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The film is scheduled to premiere on Apple TV on Mar. 11.
