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Comedian Chris Rock ripped into Jussie Smollett with a series of jokes Saturday at the NAACP Image Awards, where the actor was nominated for his role on the Fox series"Empire."
"They said no Jussie Smollett jokes," Rock said."I know. What a waste of light skin, you know? You know what I could do with that light skin? That curly hair? My career would be outta here, running Hollywood."What the hell was he thinking? From now on I ain't never gonna no Jussie -- you're a Jessie from now on. You don't get the 'u' no more. That 'u' was respect. You don't get no respect from me.
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