‘It Still hurts’, Says Chris Rock One Year After Will Smith’s Oscar Slap

 

Chris Rock admits the Oscar stage slap incident with Hollywood actor Will Smith still bothers him.

Smith slapped Rock in March 2022 for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, while presenting an award.

He made a witty remark about Pinkett’s shaved head, which turned out to be the result of a hair loss condition.

At a live Netflix comedy show, Rock discussed the contentious 2022 Academy Awards incident in full.

“They say, ‘words hurt’. Anybody that says words hurt has never been punched in the face,” the comedian said.

“I’m going to try to do the show without offending anyone because you never know who might get triggered.”

On those who asked him if the slap hurt, Rocks referred to a 1991 single by Will Smith, commenting: “It still hurts!”

He added: “I got Summertime ringing in my ears. I took that hit like (Manny) Pacquiao.”

In a nod to the comedy show titled ‘Chris Rock: Selective Outrage’, the comedian said he believes Smith practices “selective outrage” and that the slap had more to do with the couple’s relationship struggles than his Oscar joke.

The comedian said: “We’ve all been cheated on, everybody here has been cheated on, none of us have ever been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television. She hurt him way more than he hurt me.”

Rock ended the show by saying he didn’t fight the actor back because his parents raised him well.

“I was raised. And you know what my parents taught me? Don’t fight in front of white people,” the comedian said.

Smith received a 10-year ban from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 2022.

Members of Rock’s family publicly chastised Smith as a result of the incident.

Smith, on the other hand, has apologized to Rock multiple times for slapping him at the 2022 Oscars.

“There is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave at that moment,” the actor said on an occasion.

“I am deeply remorseful and I’m trying to be remorseful without being ashamed of myself.”

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