The comedian, whose family announced Tuesday that he died on the age of 67 after an extended sickness, shared a photo of him and fellow comedian Chris Rock.
Rock was slapped by Will Smith whereas presenting on the Academy Awards after Rock made a joke about Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith.
“Which is the worst crime?,” the caption on the photograph of Gottfried and Rock learn. “Chris Rock being bodily assaulted or Chris Rock telling a joke?”
Gotfried additionally shared the post on Twitter.
In a 2012 opinion piece for CNN, Gottfried defended fellow comics.
“If a comic tells a joke that you simply discover humorous, you chuckle. If he tells a joke you don’t discover humorous, do not chuckle. Or you may presumably go so far as groaning or rolling your eyes,” he wrote. “You then look ahead to his subsequent joke; if that is humorous, then you definitely chuckle. If it is not, you do not chuckle — or at very worst, you possibly can depart quietly.”
