Rock, 58, spoke at length about Smith slapping him onstage after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's bald head at last year's award ceremony during his "Chris Rock: Selective Outrage" set.
The special, which marked Netflix's first live-streamed program, took place at the Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday night.
"Ya'll know what happened to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith," the comedian joked. "People are like did it hurt? It still hurts! I got 'Summertime' ringing in my ear."
"But I'm not a victim baby, you will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying, you will never see it. Never going to happen," he added. "I took that hit like Pacquiao."
Rock's new comedy special marks the first time he has spoken at length about the slap. He previously told a live audience he was still "processing" what happened during a stand-up performance he gave just four days after the 2022 Oscars.
A month later, he reportedly joked that he would address the slap until he got "paid."
Later in the special, Rock said that Smith's anger was misdirected and should have been focused on his wife, who admitted to having an affair on an episode of her Facebook show, "Red Table Talk," in 2020.
"Will Smith practices selective outrage, because everybody knows what the f--- happened," Rock said. "I didn't have any entanglements. Will Smith's wife was f---ing her son's friend, OK. Normally I would not talk about that s--- but for some reason they put that on the internet."
"We've all been cheated on. None of us have ever been interviewed by the person we cheated on on television. She hurt him way more than he hurt me," he added.
Smith has both apologized publicly and reached out to apologize to Rock following the incident. In November 2022, he told Trevor Noah on "The Daily Show" that the slap was a result of bottled-up "rage."
"There's many nuances and complexities to it," Smith said. "But at the end of the day, I just — I lost it, you know?"
The special, which marked Netflix's first live-streamed program, took place at the Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday night.
"Ya'll know what happened to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith," the comedian joked. "People are like did it hurt? It still hurts! I got 'Summertime' ringing in my ear."
"But I'm not a victim baby, you will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying, you will never see it. Never going to happen," he added. "I took that hit like Pacquiao."
Rock's new comedy special marks the first time he has spoken at length about the slap. He previously told a live audience he was still "processing" what happened during a stand-up performance he gave just four days after the 2022 Oscars.
A month later, he reportedly joked that he would address the slap until he got "paid."
Later in the special, Rock said that Smith's anger was misdirected and should have been focused on his wife, who admitted to having an affair on an episode of her Facebook show, "Red Table Talk," in 2020.
"Will Smith practices selective outrage, because everybody knows what the f--- happened," Rock said. "I didn't have any entanglements. Will Smith's wife was f---ing her son's friend, OK. Normally I would not talk about that s--- but for some reason they put that on the internet."
"We've all been cheated on. None of us have ever been interviewed by the person we cheated on on television. She hurt him way more than he hurt me," he added.
Smith has both apologized publicly and reached out to apologize to Rock following the incident. In November 2022, he told Trevor Noah on "The Daily Show" that the slap was a result of bottled-up "rage."
"There's many nuances and complexities to it," Smith said. "But at the end of the day, I just — I lost it, you know?"
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Continue to chase clout with the Will Smith's slap looks like that slap is the best thing that has ever happened to you
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DeleteChris hasnt said a word or granted a single interview addressing that slap till now. Which one is chasing clout? Do u have sense at all?
Assssin 😏 this guy shaaaaa. Same thing he did to his ex wife and black women at large. So bitter. He tried to water down Kevin Hart’s achievements, im happy that one no send am while telling him he has no bone of anger in him so Chris is just wasting his time. 😂🤣 so epic
DeleteWhich clout are you talking about? He has never, not even for once spoke about that oscar slap
DeleteYou say?
DeleteHe had always spoken about the slap in comedy shows,this one is just clout chasing
DeleteI see Chris cleverly turned his lemons to lemonade, he struck a deal for $40 million with Netflix for his stand-up specials, and it was sold-out, everyone was eager to hear what he had to say after being silent for almost a year.
ReplyDeleteNote, unless life also hands you sugar and water your lemonade is going to suck.
I never watched the slap, may watch it one day. I always found it strange that the first time that Will would have won the coveted Oscar is the time he decided to embarrass himself publicly and globally. The only tine he has truly tarnished his career. The devil will really come for you in your greatest moment and let you use your own hands(no pun) to destroy what you have created. Stay aware!
ReplyDeleteMy dear the devil comes for anyone at any level or time of their lives, is the devils workshop no longer an idle mind? And who temptations and devilish ideas visit pass poor man? Leave all these motivational talks.
DeleteI hate Chris, he’s evil, he gaslights, he’s jokes are mean. He’s a real gaslighter.
DeleteI'd turn that slap into money at every opportunity.🤣...
ReplyDeleteAbeg this guy should get out.. He better not forget that Will has played Ali in a movie.. If he continues like this, the next one might be serious blow
ReplyDeletenot just a slap. He is taking the whole thing too far and it's not even funny anymore.. I will never support violence, but I'm starting to feel like he actually deserved that slap. Yeye baby man.
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DeleteWhen Will walked up to him on national TV and assaulted him, that wasnt taking things too far abi? Now he expresses his pain after long months of silence, suddenly hes taking things too far!
Anon 13:53, Chris was making fun of Will's wife's baldness. It's really not funny if you are dealing with a medical condition and someone is poking fun at you cos of it. I for one have lost an abnormal amount of hair cos of a condition I am dealing with and frankly I won't find it funny if someone poked some joke on me cos of my hair. People should learn to crack clean jokes.
Delete@ 13:53. Find out what prompted Wills action. But in case you don't already know.. Chris was making fun of his wife Jada who's going through some health challenge which was the cause of her baldness.. If someone you truly love is being taunted and made fun of because of their health challenges, I do hope u'd egg them on, cheer them on instead of doing the right thing... With your dry wokeness there.
DeleteBesides, Will is remorseful. has apologized severally and has even gone back to shooting movies. What's stopping Chris from doing the same. Let him keep dwelling there while the rest of the move on to better things.
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He never made fun of her baldness you simpleton, if you dont know how to interprete english plus humor, shut it!!
DeleteIt is a forever thing. It can never go away. I honestly wish Will didn't let that shit happen.
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It was a SLAP OF BLESSING. just look at what he has achieved (and still counting)with that slap.
ReplyDeleteI doubt we will hear the last of this slap anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteNope,cos people are still asking him about it
DeleteThe first time I read this, I said to myself, e be like say Chris wan chop another slap. Now that I read it again, I understand the business aspect of what he's doing. He's doing this for money. And it's working.
ReplyDeleteThis is no longer comedy,all those things he said,is far deeper than comedy. He should leave their marriage alone and focus on his own.
ReplyDeleteChris and the people supporting him will soon be the ones crying.
ReplyDeleteI understand how oyibo reasons. Using one black man against the other and then when the time is right they pull him down.
Let him keep using people's medical state to do comedy.
Wendy was doing that too before now.
The special was not even funny
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