Remember that strange guy who worked in the video store in the movie Men In Black? His name is David Cross and he is the actor who was featured as the Chipmunk nemesis in recent Alvin and the Chipmunks movies. He recently appeared on the late night television talk show hosted by famous ginger Conan O’Brien. There is where he really put his foot in his mouth, as he chipwrecked all the positive press the movie had been getting by slamming the film series.
The Hollywood Reporter shared, “An unfiltered, unapologetic David Cross ripped into Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked during an appearance on Conan, causing the late-night host to visibly cringe…”
“There was one producer, I won’t say (who), but she is the personification of what people think about when they think negatively about Jews,” said Cross, who stars alongside Jason Lee in the Fox animated kids movie.”
The comment visibly appeared to stun talk show host Conan O’Brien. Very quickly, he realized Cross had made a verbal gaffe that was not only likely to cause tremendous grief for the actor but also to get his own show a tremendous amount of negative press. He then re-directed the conversation while his sidekick Andy Richter tried his best to get through the awkward moment while not making a big spectacle about the comment in front of the TBS live studio audience.
What do you think — should the franchise continue to cast David Cross in future Alvin and the Chipmunks films? Since antisemitism is frowned upon in Hollywood culture, one would think there will be career altering repercussions.
Other stars like Mel Gibson failed to recover. Will the crass anti-Semitic remark do David Cross in?
