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Donnie Yen has responded to a petition calling for his removal from the 2023 Academy Awards host for his support of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Days before the actor introduced”This is a life,” the “Everything Everywhere Everything at oncesong nominated for best original songa Change.org petition calling for Yen’s removal as an Oscars host had collected tens of thousands of signatures.
The petition came after Yen maintained his support for the Chinese government and condemned the 2019 Hong Kong protesters in a interview last month for “John Wick: Chapter 4.”
“It wasn’t a protest, okay, it was a riot,” Yen said GK.
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Despite efforts to pull Yen out of his role at this year’s Oscars, the actor took to the stage at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater on March 12 to announce the prize for the best original song Unpleasant “Naatu Naatu“from the movie in Indian Telugu language”RRR.”
On the eve of the Oscars, Yen praised the actor “Everything Everywhere All At Once”. Michelle Joehoe for her work, expressing support and hope for her in the end win best actress. He also accepted the petition.
“I get to love my own culture,” he said Variety in an interview released this week. “I love my own country. Why can’t I be patriotic? This whole online culture of cyberbullying/cancellation needs to stop. You cannot own someone’s thoughts. And you want to silence them? It’s completely hypocritical.”
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Though the Oscars are over, the petition is still active and currently has over 114,000 signatures.
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