Katt Williams Says Cedric the Entertainer Stole ‘My Very Best Joke,’ Reveals He Demanded ‘Friday After Next’ Remove Assault Scene: ‘Rape Is Never Funny’.
Knock, knock, it’s Katt Williams, and he’s coming to clear the air.
During an interview on the “Club Shay Shay” podcast broadcast, the actor-comedian aimed fellow entertainers Cedric the Entertainer, Steve Harvey, and Rickey Smiley.
Williams informed presenter Shannon Sharpe that he wanted to confront the falsehoods about him spread by “low-brow comedians” on Sharpe’s program, referring to Cedric, Harvey, and Smiley as a “gang.”
“They’ve been a group for 30 years. “These aren’t just three random guys,” Williams said. “All of these dudes are co-entwined and share secrets; this is the age of truth.”
Katt Williams accuses Cedric the Entertainer of copying his ‘greatest joke’ from the 1990s.
Williams accused Cedric, the Entertainer, of copying a joke from his late-’90s comedy routine, which he previously did on a media channel, “ComicView.”
“This isn’t some random joke. “This is my best, last, and closing joke,” Williams added. “I’m making this joke in 1998.” It’s available on ‘ComicView.’ Cedric makes an appearance at The Comedy Store. In the crowd, he keeps an eye on me. He walks backstage. He compliments me on a well-done job and how much he enjoys the humor. Two years later, he’s delivering it as his last joke on ‘The (Original) Kings Of Comedy,’ and he’s doing it verbatim.”
While Williams first granted Cedric a “pass” for using the joke, he eventually altered his tune when Cedric denied using Williams’ content. “He thought that I was just a no-name comedian and that he could take this joke and nobody would know,” he said.
Cedric, the Entertainer, replied to Williams’ claim in the comments section of an Instagram post, including a clip from the “Club Shay Shay” podcast, calling it “revisionist history.”
“Regardless of Katt’s opinion, my career can’t be reduced to one joke Katt Williams claims as his,” Cedric stated in an email on Wednesday. “I’ve been in over 40 films, and my specials and brand speak volumes about who I am.” ‘Katt in the Hat’ is one of the (people) I’ve put on. In Gibson Amphitheater.”
Katt Williams disputes the allegations. Rickey Smiley had a part in ‘Friday After Next’ Williams, and Smiley co-starred in the 2002 dramedy “Friday After Next,” the third film in the “Friday” trilogy, starring Ice Cube and John Witherspoon.
Money Williams played Mike, while Smiley played Santa Claus. Smiley previously revealed to Sharpe that he was initially cast as Money Mike.
“This individual claimed to have Katt Williams’ part. He was supposed to play Money Mike, and Katt Williams would play Santa Claus,” Williams said. “We tried out in Los Angeles. My audition number was 201. Two hundred Black comedians auditioned alongside me for the part of Money Mike. You’re saying that all 201 of us auditioned, and you already had the part and had filmed it in four days?”
Following their encounter on “Friday After Next,” Williams said he had a condition inserted into his contract stating that he would only work with Smiley if dressed up in his parts.
“What was Rickey Smiley’s next film?” Isn’t it ‘First Sunday’? Was he dressed in it? He certainly did. “It’s written in my contract,” Williams said. “That’s where he comes across as a credible actor.” He and Tyler Perry can’t act like men to save their lives. They play attractive ladies.”
Smiley starred in the 2003 film “Sweet Hideaway” after his appearance in “Friday After Next,” according to the comedian’s IMDb biography. The film “First Sunday,” starring Smiley and Williams, was released in 2008.
Katt Williams believes that the sexual assault scene in ‘Friday After Next’ was formerly included.
Williams subsequently claimed Smiley was passed over for the part in “Friday After Next” because he was uncomfortable with a scene in which Money Mike is sexually attacked.
When Williams initially auditioned for the part, the screenplay included a scene of the character being raped in a restroom, according to Williams.
“Katt Williams had to take the risk in front of the studios and the cast and the power that be in his very first movie, and say, respectfully, humbly, guys, if we’re talking about anything else, I have no credibility, and I have no pull,” he was quoted as saying. “But we’re talking about comedy, where I have all the credibility and all the pull.”
Williams said that he finally did not believe the attack would be amusing.
“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,” he went on to say. “If you would allow me to allow us to do this movie without a Black man getting raped in it, I promise you that it’ll be twice as funny as it would be with him getting raped.”
Katt Williams accused Steve Harvey of stealing Mark Curry’s show.
Williams claimed that Harvey, who played a high school music instructor in 1996’s “The Steve Harvey Show,” stole the basis of his program from comic Mark Curry. Curry acted as instructor Mark Cooper in the 1992 comedy “Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper.”
“The same Steve that went to watch Mark Curry do his whole sitcom and then stole everything Mark Curry had,” Williams said. “Now Steve got a sitcom where he’s the principal and wears a suit.”
Williams also slammed Harvey’s acting abilities, mocking Harvey’s assertion that he didn’t want to pursue a career in cinema.
“You couldn’t be a movie star,” stated Williams. “Every year, 30,000 new scripts are written in Hollywood.” Nobody asked for a rural bumpkin Black guy who can’t speak and looks like Mr. Potato Head. There aren’t any. You must be versatile.”
