Chris Rock ‘nonetheless processing’ Will Smith’s slap on the Oscars 2022

By ANI

WASHINGTON: Comedian Chris Rock has lastly damaged his silence on Will Smith slapping him on the 94th Academy Awards ceremony. During a stand-up present in Boston on Wednesday, Rock walked out to 2 boisterous standing ovations that lasted roughly two minutes, The Hollywood Reporter mentioned.

Rock, 57 opened his comedy with, “How was your weekend?” which was greeted with laughter, the outlet knowledgeable. The comic then went on to talk briefly about “what happened” with out immediately mentioning the Oscars ceremony, or Will Smith.

“I don’t have a bunch of shit about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I have a whole show I wrote before this weekend, and I’m still kind of processing what happened. So at some point I’ll talk about that shit. And it’ll be serious, and it’ll be funny,” Rock mentioned.

He continued, “I’m going to tell some jokes. It’s nice to just be out.” Rock later advised the viewers, “Except for some other pretty weird things, life is pretty good right now.” The comic obtained massive cheers on the present which ran about an hour, as per The Hollywood. For the unversed, this present marked Rock’s Ego Death World Tour, which runs by the autumn.

This look got here after Smith took to his Instagram on Monday to apologise for slapping the comic onstage in the course of the stay Academy Awards present.

“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,” Smith wrote on Instagram.

“Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. My behaviour 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,” Smith mentioned in his apology. He additionally apologised to the Academy for his behaviour.

For the unversed, whereas presenting the very best documentary characteristic on the Oscars, Rock made a joke about Smith’s spouse Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.

Rock mentioned he could not wait to see Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia, star in ‘G.I. Jane 2’ which led Smith to go up on stage and slap Rock. Smith returned to his seat and shouted, “Keep my wife’s name out of your fu**ing mouth!”

A couple of minutes after the incident, Smith was introduced Best Actor on the Oscars. The 94th Academy Awards occurred on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday.