*Hey, African Americans may have stayed away by the hundreds on Sunday as The 88th Academy Awards took place at The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. And they may have been all over social media during and after the show — calling host Chris Rock all kinds of names.
But in the midst of all the judgement y’all might be putting down on Rock; don’t forget to add: Because of his efforts, a girl scout troop in Inglewood is more than $65K richer.
Uh huh. If you’re going to tell it. Tell it true!
Everything that went down at the Oscars wasn’t seen on the screen. So while the commercials were playing, no one heard Chris Rock asking people like Leonardo DiCaprio to dig into his $30 million dollar pockets and hand what he pulls out to the little girl in the Girl Scouts outfit coming up the aisle.
“I want you to reach into your millionaire pockets and I want you to buy some of my daughters’ girl scout cookies,” Oscars host Chris Rock told the celebrities. “Alright, Tina Fey, get that money, girl. Charlize Theron, yes. Matt Damon, yes. Leo, you made $30 million. Come on!”
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