Hours after Will Smith posted his video the place he apologized to Chris Rock for slapping him on the 2022 Academy Awards telecast, the veteran comic addressed the Oscars slap in his stand-up routine in Atlanta final night time.
In line with a CNN report, revealed on Saturday (July 30), Chris Rock graced the stage on the Fox Theater in Atlanta on Friday night time (July 29), as a part of his Chris Rock Ego Loss of life World Tour, and publicly addressed the Oscars slap at size. The New York funnyman jokingly in contrast Will Smith to Suge Knight when speaking concerning the notorious slap.
“All people is attempting to be a fucking sufferer. If all people claims to be a sufferer, then no person will hear the true victims,” he reportedly mentioned. “Even me getting smacked by Suge Smith.”
With that joke, Rock could also be referencing Suge Knight’s previous fame for working his Loss of life Row Data label with an iron fist. Business rumors of Knight dangling Vanilla Ice over a resort balcony by his ft within the Nineties (Ice denied it) and allegedly beating up the late Eazy-E so he might launch Dr. Dre and the D.O.C. from Ruthless Data are city legends in hip-hop.
Nonetheless, Rock added that after being slapped by Smith, he realized that the present should go on. “I went to work the subsequent day, I bought youngsters,” he mentioned.
“Anybody who says phrases damage has by no means been punched within the face,” Rock later instructed the viewers.
Smith on Friday appeared to indicate contrition for his actions on the 2022 Oscars in his almost 6-minute video. The Hollywood heavyweight not solely apologized to Chris however to his brother, Tony, and their mom, Rose Rock, who expressed disappointment in Will’s habits that night time. “When he slapped Chris, he slapped all of us,” she instructed WIS Information 10 again in April, including, “however he actually slapped me.”
Smith additionally apologized to his family and clarified that his habits was unacceptable.
Because the incident, the movie academy has punished Will Smith with a 10-year ban from all occasions, together with the Oscars ceremonies.
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