Chris Rock Responds to Will Smith’s Oscars Slap on Netflix Comedy Show

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Will Smith Says He "Lost It" Before Slapping Chris Rock

Chris Rock did not clasp backmost erstwhile sharing however helium feels astir Will Smith's Oscars slap

The comedian, who endured an onstage deed from Will during the 2022 Oscars aft Chris joked astir Will's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, addressed the infamous incidental during Netflix's live-streamed drama peculiar Chris Rock: Selective Outrage connected March 4.

During his routine, Chris addressed the slap portion making comments connected Jada's "entanglement" with August Alsina—a narration Jada had said she had portion her and Will were temporarily separated. He besides shared words connected how Jada boycotted the 2016 Oscars, which Chris hosted, owed to deficiency of diverseness of the nominees.

"She f--king said [I] should discontinue due to the fact that Will didn't get nominated for Concussion. What the f--k?," Chris said during the live-streamed event. "I did immoderate jokes astir her. Who gives a f--k? That's however it is. She starts it, I decorativeness it. That's what the f--k happened. Nobody's pickin' connected this bitch. She started this s--t. Nobody was pickin' connected her."

Looking backmost connected however helium reacted erstwhile Will got carnal onstage, Chris said helium didn't combat backmost for a reason.

"A batch of radical like, ‘How travel you didn't bash thing backmost that night?'" Chris said. "Cause I got parents. Cause I was raised. You cognize what my parents taught me? Don't combat successful beforehand of achromatic people."

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Not lone did Chris instrumentality aggregate verbal hits astatine Will's slap but besides connected the taxable of the "entanglement" betwixt Jada and August.

"Will Smith practices selective outrage. Everybody cognize what the f--k happened," Chris said. "Everybody that truly knows knows I had thing to bash with that s--t. I didn't person immoderate entanglements. His woman was f--king her son's friend." 

Chris declared that helium "normally" wouldn't speech astir topics of that matter, but Jada and Will enactment that circumstantial communicative connected the net done Red Table Talk.

"I person nary thought wherefore 2 talented radical would bash thing that debased down. We each been cheated on," Chris said. "None of america person ever been interviewed by the idiosyncratic that cheated connected america connected television. Why the f--k would you bash that s--t? She wounded him mode much than helium wounded me, okay?" 

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Chris claimed that aggregate radical expressed antagonistic feelings toward Will aft Jada's confirmation of her entanglement with August went live.

"Everybody successful the satellite called him a bitch. I tried to telephone the mother--ker and springiness him my condolences helium didn't prime up for me," Chris said. "Everybody called that antheral a bitch. They called his woman a predator. And who's helium hit? Me, a n---- helium knows helium tin beat. That is immoderate bitch-a-- s--t."

E! News reached retired to Will and Jada's reps for comments, and did not perceive back.

Following the infamous slap, Will publically apologized during his acceptance speech for for Best Actor successful a Leading Role astatine the awards amusement and online.

"Violence successful each of its forms is poisonous and destructive," Will wrote connected Instagram March 28. "My behaviour astatine past night's Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes astatine my disbursal are a portion of the job, but a gag astir Jada's aesculapian information was excessively overmuch for maine to carnivore and I reacted emotionally."

Will continued by addressing Chris straight successful his message, writing, "I would similar to publically apologize to you, Chris. I was retired of enactment and I was wrong. I americium embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the antheral I privation to be. There is nary spot for unit successful a satellite of emotion and kindness."

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