Katt Williams says he pushed for 'Friday After Next' rape scene to be cut: 'Rape is never funny'
Comedian Katt Williams said he pushed for a rape scene to be cut from the 2002 movie “Friday After Next,” his film debut.
Comedian Katt Williams said he pushed for a rape scene to be cut from the 2002 movie “Friday After Next,” his film debut.
“Rape is never funny,” Williams said, explaining his decision in an episode of the “Club Shay Shay” podcast, hosted by former NFL star Shannon Sharpe, that was posted Wednesday.
In the sequel to the hit comedy “Friday,” starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps, Williams played a pimp named Money Mike.
“Money Mike, in the original script, got raped in the bathroom,” he said. “The problem with 'Friday After Next' is we’re trying to make a classic comedy, and this comedy involves a rape, and rape is never funny no matter who it happens to or what the circumstances are.”
“If you would allow me, allow us to do this movie without a Black man getting raped in it, I promise you it will be twice as funny,” he said he told the filmmakers.
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