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Though some critics wanted the comedian to boycott the ceremonies after all 10 acting nominations were given to white actors for the second year in a row, Rock instead took the opportunity to skewer Hollywood racism and highlight the need for change. He also took shots at certain other actors and even the #AskHerMore campaign ([led by Reese Witherspoon](http://time.com/3718008/oscars-2015-askhermore-reese-witherspoon/)) that encourages red-carpet hosts to ask women about their roles and work, not just the dresses they are wearing. [Oscars 2016: See Celebrities Walk the Red Carpet](http://time.com/4239855/oscars-2016-red-carpet-fashion-celebrities/) Here are the 10 most blistering jokes he made at the beginning of the ceremony. “If they nominated hosts, I wouldn’t get this job right now. You’d be watching Neil Patrick Harris right now.” “People told me to quit \[the Oscars\] … the last thing I need is to lose another job to Kevin Hart … porno stars don’t make movies that fast.” “We didn’t protest because we had real things to protest at the time. We were too busy being raped and lynched to care about who won best cinematographer.” “Jada \[Pinkett Smith\] boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties. I wasn’t invited.” “I understand Jada’s mad her man Will \[Smith\] was not nominated for _Concussion_ … It’s also not fair that Will \[Smith\] was paid $20 million for _Wild Wild West_.” “This year thing’s are going to be a little different … This year in the in-memoriam package, it’s just going to be black people that were shot by the cops on their way to the movies.” “Hollywood is sorority-racist. ‘We like you, Rhonda, but you’re not Kappa.’” “But things are changing. We got a black _Rocky_ this year … that’s a big statement because _Rocky_ takes place in a world where white athletes are as good as black athletes. So _Rocky_ is a science-fiction movie. “Jamie Foxx was so good in _Ray_ that they went to the hospital and unplugged the real Ray Charles. It’s like, ‘We don’t need two of these.’” “You’re not allowed to ask women what they’re wearing anymore. It’s a whole thing: you have to ‘ask her more.’ Everything’s not sexism. Everything’s not racism. They ask the men more because the men are all wearing the same outfits…If George Clooney showed up with a lime green tux on and a swan coming out his ass, someone would ask, ‘What are you wearing, George?’” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4240618/oscars-2016-chris-rock-monologue-best-jokes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4240618/oscars-2016-chris-rock-monologue-best-jokes/"},"headline":"The 10 Most Scathing Jokes From Chris Rock's Oscars Monologue","datePublished":"2016-02-29T02:46:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:26:57.530Z","description":"Here's what the comedian had to say in his Oscars monologue","url":"https://time.com/4240618/oscars-2016-chris-rock-monologue-best-jokes/","keywords":["Oscars","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb85e659537b88a65/69887f82428a9e29d8cd1936/chris-rock-oscars-2016-lead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb85e659537b88a65/69887f82428a9e29d8cd1936/chris-rock-oscars-2016-lead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chris Rock","caption":"Chris Rock speaks at the Oscars on Feb. 28, 2016 in Hollywood, Calif.","creditText":"Chris Pizzello—AP","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/oscars/","name":"Oscars"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4240618/oscars-2016-chris-rock-monologue-best-jokes/","name":"The 10 Most Scathing Jokes From Chris Rock's Oscars Monologue"}}]}] ```