Current:Home > MyChris Rock Says Will Smith Has "Selective Outrage" With Oscars Slap During Netflix Comedy Special -InvestPioneer
Chris Rock Says Will Smith Has "Selective Outrage" With Oscars Slap During Netflix Comedy Special
View
Date:2025-04-24 20:23:31
Chris Rock did not hold back when sharing how he feels about Will Smith's Oscars slap.
The comedian, who endured an onstage hit from Will during the 2022 Oscars after Chris joked about Will's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, addressed the infamous incident during Netflix's live-streamed comedy special Chris Rock: Selective Outrage on March 4.
During his routine, Chris addressed the slap while making comments on Jada's "entanglement" with August Alsina—a relationship Jada had said she had while her and Will were temporarily separated. He also shared words on how Jada boycotted the 2016 Oscars, which Chris hosted, due to lack of diversity of the nominees.
"She f--king said [I] should quit because Will didn't get nominated for Concussion. What the f--k?," Chris said during the live-streamed event. "I did some jokes about her. Who gives a f--k? That's how it is. She starts it, I finish it. That's what the f--k happened. Nobody's pickin' on this bitch. She started this s--t. Nobody was pickin' on her."
Looking back on how he reacted when Will got physical onstage, Chris said he didn't fight back for a reason.
"A lot of people like, ‘How come you didn't do nothing back that night?'" Chris said. "Cause I got parents. Cause I was raised. You know what my parents taught me? Don't fight in front of white people."
Not only did Chris take multiple verbal hits at Will's slap but also on the topic of the "entanglement" between Jada and August.
"Will Smith practices selective outrage. Everybody know what the f--k happened," Chris said. "Everybody that really knows knows I had nothing to do with that s--t. I didn't have any entanglements. His wife was f--king her son's friend."
Chris declared that he "normally" wouldn't talk about topics of that matter, but Jada and Will put that specific story on the internet through Red Table Talk.
"I have no idea why two talented people would do something that low down. We all been cheated on," Chris said. "None of us have ever been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television. Why the f--k would you do that s--t? She hurt him way more than he hurt me, okay?"
Chris claimed that multiple people expressed negative feelings toward Will after Jada's confirmation of her entanglement with August went live.
"Everybody in the world called him a bitch. I tried to call the mother--ker and give him my condolences he didn't pick up for me," Chris said. "Everybody called that man a bitch. They called his wife a predator. And who's he hit? Me, a n---- he knows he can beat. That is some bitch-a-- s--t."
E! News reached out to Will and Jada's reps for comments, and did not hear back.
Following the infamous slap, Will publicly apologized during his acceptance speech for for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the awards show and online.
"Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive," Will wrote on Instagram March 28. "My behavior at last night's Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada's medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally."
Will continued by addressing Chris directly in his message, writing, "I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (48437)
Related
- What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- Mets have visions of grandeur, and a dynasty, with Juan Soto as major catalyst
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
- Google unveils a quantum chip. Could it help unlock the universe's deepest secrets?
- Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
Ranking
- SFO's new sensory room helps neurodivergent travelers fight flying jitters
- SFO's new sensory room helps neurodivergent travelers fight flying jitters
- Charges tied to China weigh on GM in Q4, but profit and revenue top expectations
- Questlove charts 50 years of SNL musical hits (and misses)
- Jorge Ramos reveals his final day with 'Noticiero Univision': 'It's been quite a ride'
- 2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
- Woman dies after Singapore family of 3 gets into accident in Taiwan
- South Korean president's party divided over defiant martial law speech
Recommendation
Bodycam footage shows high
Israel lets Palestinians go back to northern Gaza for first time in over a year as cease
The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
Could your smelly farts help science?
Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam