Chris Rock Finally Addresses Will Smith Slap in Netflix Special

Virtually precisely one yr after the notorious incident on the Academy Awards the place Will Smith walked on stage and slapped Chris Rock within the face after Rock had made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, Rock lastly talked publicly in regards to the incident — on the finish of his new (and, for the primary time on Netflix, stay) comedy particular, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage.

After a particular pertaining to matters starting from politics to girls to his daughter getting kicked out of her highschool to, sure, selective outrage (which Rock accused Smith of working towards), Rock closed the present with an prolonged collection of jokes aimed  at each Smith and Pinkett Smith and their relationship.

“You all know what occurred to me, getting smacked by Shug Smith,” Rock joked. Everyone is aware of, everyone fucking is aware of. I bought smacked like a yr in the past… Persons are like ‘Did it damage?’ I nonetheless bought ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears.”

He additionally addressed the truth that whereas Smith slapped him, he didn’t try and strike Smith again, quipping “Will Smith is an enormous dude, I’m not. Will Smith is shirtless in his films. When you see me in a film getting open coronary heart surgical procedure, I bought on a sweater. Will Smith performed Muhammad Ali, you assume I auditioned for that? I performed Pookie in New Jack Metropolis.”

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Within the aftermath of the slapping incident, Smith resigned from the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences, after which was banned from attending the Oscars for ten years. He did launch an announcement at the moment calling his actions “stunning, painful, and inexcusable” then adopted that a number of months later with a video apology. He additionally appeared on The Every day Present and mentioned the incident there, saying the slap was “the little boy that watched his father beat up his mom, , is that , all of that simply bubbled up in that second. , I simply that’s not who I wanna be.”

Rock, who insisted he isn’t a sufferer in the entire brouhaha, took a barely totally different method and tone in his particular. He did notice that he had “liked” Smith as a fan his entire life. He revealed that he noticed Smith open for Run DMC a long time in the past and mentioned that Smith “makes nice films.” Then, he added, “Now I watch Emancipation simply so I might watch him get whooped.”

Rock’s new comedy particular, Selective Outrage, is now obtainable on Netflix.