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Parks and Recreation star Amy Poehler calls out the Oscars for blanking comedy movies: “It’s some hot bulls**t”

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The SNL alum slammed the Academy Awards during a new episode of her podcast Good Hang With Amy

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Amy Poehler thinks it’s “some hot bulls**t” that more comedy movies aren’t recognized by the Oscars.

In the latest episode of her podcast, Good Hang with Amy, the former Saturday Night Live star was joined by Olivia Colman, as she promoted her new flick The Roses. During the chat, Colman briefly called her co-star Benedict Cumberbatch, who claimed that “if you can do comedy, you can do anything.” The Marvel star added: “I really do believe that.”
“Of course. You don’t have to tell me, babe,” Poehler replied. “Every single year at the Oscars, everybody [in comedy] gets blanked and all the serious people get up and accept and accept. It’s some hot bull***t! Because comedy is not easy. And I got to tell you, both you and Olivia can do both.”

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