Almost a year after the slap that went around the world and that will remain forever in the history of the Oscars, Chris Rock spoke this Saturday night about what happened, in a monologue in which he made harsh jokes about Will Smith and his wife. On stage and in the last minutes of a show broadcast live on the platform Netflixthe comedian assured that he does not consider himself a victim despite what happened in those moments that they starred in the 2022 Oscar gala.
“Did it hurt? It still hurts, I have the bang ringing in my ear, but I’m not a victim. You will never see me in Oprah (Winfrey) or Gayl (King) crying, it will never happen. I took the hit like (the boxer Manny) Pacquiao,” he said. Smith’s attack on Rock marked the 83rd Oscar gala forever. Chris Rock took the stage at the Dolby Theater to present the award for best documentary and made a joke about Pinkett-Smith’s shaved headwho has publicly acknowledged that she suffers from alopecia, when comparing her with Lieutenant O’Neil from the Ridley Scott movie.
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After Pinkett-Smith briefly closed her eyes in annoyance, her husband rose from his seat and walked up on stage to slap Rock across the face. “Many people have asked me, how come you didn’t do anything that night? Because I have parents and they taught me that you shouldn’t fight in front of white people.“, added the actor. Of the 70 minutes that the performance lasts, which took place on Saturday night in Baltimore and was part of a tour that the comedian is carrying out through several cities, Rock dedicated the last eight to dispatching himself against the actor and his wife.
Thus, he confessed that all his life he has loved Smith and that “he made some great movies”, but now what he likes is to watch “emancipation” (an Apple TV film based on the true story of a slave who escapes from a Louisiana plantation) “to see how they beat him“. Last August it was learned, in a performance similar to last night, that Rock rejected a proposal made by the Hollywood Academy to present this year’s Oscars, which will be held on March 12 in Los Angeles. Although Until now Rock had not spoken publicly about the incident directly, he has included some allusive comments in several of the functions that he has starred in in recent months.