Chris Rock won't return to host Oscars

Chris Rock

LOS ANGELES - Chris Rock won't be back to hand out Oscars next year, according to reports.

The comedian's publicist, Matt Labov, told the New York Times that Rock did not want to do the show "in perpetuity" but would "like to do it again down the road." He did not elaborate.

Rock took over as host for the first time last year. He drew younger viewers, but his barbs skewering stars like Jude Law, Tobey Maguire and others alienated some members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

- REUTERS/HOLLYWOOD REPORTER