Posted Monday, February 25th 2013 @ 8am by By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff
(NEWSER) – Academy bosses must have known Seth MacFarlane would come to the Oscars armed with a few bad-taste jokes—and the Family Guy creator did not disappoint. Some of the rookie host's more controversial moments, as per Entertainment Weekly and the Huffington Post:
Django Unchained "is the story of a man fighting to get back his woman, who’s been subjected to unthinkable violence—or as Chris Brown and Rihanna call it, 'a date movie,'" MacFarlane said. Boos were heard when he added, "A lot of controversies over the use of the n-word in the film. I’m told apparently the screenplay is loosely based on Mel Gibson's voicemails"
Daniel Day-Lewis isn't the first actor to be nominated for playing Lincoln, but "I would argue, though, the actor who really got inside Lincoln’s head was John Wilkes Booth." After groans from the audience, MacFarlane said, "Really, 150 years and it’s still too soon? I’ve got some Napoleon jokes coming up—you guys are going to be so mad."