The New York Times bestselling author of the explosive new book, Hollywood Hypocrites: The Devastating Truth About Obama’s Biggest Backers,
Jason Mattera, had his crew’s camera snatched and hurled by comedian
Chris Rock when he asked the star why he has called the Tea Party
racist.
“I was stunned,” said Mr. Mattera in an exclusive interview with Big
Hollywood. “Tea Party members get called the worst things imaginable and
still remain peaceful. But ask a big Hollywood celebrity to explain
himself and the guy goes ballistic, wrestles the camera away from my
camerawoman, chucks it 50 feet, and then challenges me to a fight. It’s
unreal. And it perfectly illustrates why I decided to investigate and
writeHollywood Hypocrites.”
The confrontation, which took place around 2:00 a.m. on January 23,
2012, at Spike Lee’s Sundance Film Festival after party at Tao night
club, ended with Chris Rock challenging the conservative author to a
fight, says Mr. Mattera:
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