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Noam Galai—Getty Images Noam Galai—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 7:53 PM UTCPublished: Jan 25, 2016 1:30 PM UTC Chris Rock’s publicist is disputing claims that the actor threw[ out the monologue](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/oscars-producer-chris-rock-rewriting-opening-monologue-amid/story?id=36485151) he had prepared before the Academy Awards began facing fierce backlash for the lack of diversity in its nominees this year. A producer for the 88th annual Academy Awards said [Rock](http://time.com/4081266/chris-rock-oscars-academy-awards/) saw the controversy as an opening to pen a new script in a recent interview. Later on Monday, Rock’s publicist says the producer, Reginald Hudlin, does not speak for the comedian. “Chris has made no decisions about the content of the show. All will be revealed on February 28th. We will not comment further on this,” Rock’s publicist Leslie Sloane told the [_Hollywood Reporter._ ](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chris-rocks-rep-shuts-down-858985) Hudlin told [_Entertainment Tonight_](http://www.etonline.com/news/180722%5Fexclusive%5Fchris%5Frock%5Fnot%5Fdropping%5Fout%5Fof%5Foscars%5Frewriting%5Fshow%5Faccording%5Fto%5Fproducer%5Freginald%5Fhudlin/) that Rock “and his writing staff locked themselves in a room. As things got a little provocative and exciting, he said, ‘I’m throwing out the show I wrote and writing a new show,'” the producer said. Hudlin said viewers should be prepared for jokes about the mostly white nominees and that, in fact, the Academy is looking forward to the prodding. “They know that’s what we need. They know that’s what the public wants, and we deliver what the people want,” he said. **Read more:** [_The Oscars Diversity Debate Used to Be a Joke_](http://time.com/4185007/oscars-diversity-debate-history/) This year’s nomination process spawned not just praise for the actors, but a hashtag—#Oscarssowhite— that’s gained so much traction the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [announced last week](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/oscars-producer-chris-rock-rewriting-opening-monologue-amid/story?id=36485151) that it will be revamping its membership to get a more diverse set of members by 2020\. A few actors, including [Will and Jada Pinkett Smith](http://time.com/4184380/spike-lee-oscar-boycott-oscarssowhite/) and director Spike Lee have said they will boycott the show. **Read next:** [_See the Entire History of the Oscars Diversity Problem in One Chart_](http://time.com/4185071/oscars-diversity/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4192268/chris-rock-oscars-so-white/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4192268/chris-rock-oscars-so-white/"},"headline":"Chris Rock's Rep Disputes Claim He Tossed Out Oscars Monologue","datePublished":"2016-01-25T13:30:19.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T19:53:36.000Z","description":"In the wake of controversy over the show's lack of diversity","url":"https://time.com/4192268/chris-rock-oscars-so-white/","keywords":["Academy Awards","celebrities","Oscars","Diversity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfcc4e495af33ae08/69887a6f5f570f13c0b1f53c/505588692.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfcc4e495af33ae08/69887a6f5f570f13c0b1f53c/505588692.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 MLK Now","caption":"2016 MLK Now","creditText":"Noam Galai—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/academy-awards/","name":"Academy Awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4192268/chris-rock-oscars-so-white/","name":"Chris Rock's Rep Disputes Claim He Tossed Out Oscars Monologue"}}]}] ```