“I believe what Will did was once egocentric,” Patel wrote Wednesday night time. “It robbed the class of its second. It robbed the opposite superb and wonderful movies in their second to be stated in what was once a STRONG 12 months for medical doctors.”
Rock’s remark was once faulty on two accounts. First, there have been 3 males receiving the award along Questlove: Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein. 2d, Patel is not White, he’s South Asian.
“The explanation that makes me SO SO VERY ANGRY is as a result of I used to be so proud to be one in every of a handful of South Asians to have ever gained an Oscar within the historical past of the award,” he wrote. “So with my friends and family gazing, Chris Rock lumped me in as 1 of ‘4 white guys. (Nevermind the disrespect to [Dinerstein] and [Fyvolent] for now not even pronouncing their names, and the inaccuracy people being 3 manufacturers now not 4).”
Patel went on to mention he later did not have “the tummy” to observe the rite, and he “more than likely by no means will.”
CNN has reached out to Patel’s representatives for remark.
“I do not need a host of s*** about what came about, so if you happen to got here to listen to that, I had like a complete display I wrote prior to this weekend,” he informed the group. “And I am nonetheless more or less processing what came about, so sooner or later I’m going to discuss that s***. And it’s going to be severe and it’s going to be humorous, however at the moment I’ll inform some jokes.”
