Sammy Davis Jr.'s daughter says late rat packer wouldn't have been offended.
Sammy Davis Jr.'s daughter ... Tracey Davis has spoken out on Billy Crystal's Oscar blackface controversy , and Tracey insists her late father wouldn't have been offended .
"I am 100 percent certain my father is smiling ," Tracey Davis told The Hollywood Reporter , "Billy previously played my father [ on Satursay Night Live ] when he was alive , and my father gave Billy his full blessing ."
Tracey Davis also noted that she knows Crystal's impressions come from a good place .
"I know the mutual love , respect and admiration that you had for each other and for his kids , Jeff , Mark and I ," she continued . "Thank you."
Regardless of Tracey Davis' feeling on Crystal's decision to appear in blackface during the first five minutes of the Academy Awards , other's didn't take the impression as light .
"Shows just how far we've come since Billy Crystal appeared in blackface ," comedian Paul Scheer tweeted when Octavia Spencer took the award for Best Supporting Actress in "The Help."
