When you damage my little one, you damage me: Chris Rock’s mother reacts to Will Smith slapping her son at Oscars

By ANI

UNITED STATES: Nearly after a month of the 2022 Oscars slap controversy, Rose Rock has reacted to actor Will Smith slapping her son Chris Rock through the dwell telecast of the award ceremony.

As per The Hollywood Reporter, Rose Rock, who’s an creator and motivational speaker, instructed an outlet that her son is doing nicely however “still processing” the incident that led Smith to resign from the Academy, following which the group introduced that the Oscar winner for ‘King Richard’ is banned from all occasions, together with the Oscars ceremonies, for the subsequent 10 years.

“I told someone when Will slapped Chris, he slapped all of us, but he really slapped me. When you hurt my child, you hurt me,” Rose Rock mentioned. Rose mentioned she has no concept what she would say to Smith at any time when they may cross paths.

“I have no idea what I would say other than, ‘What in the world were you thinking?’ Because you did a slap, but so many things could have happened. Chris could have stepped back and fallen. You really could have gotten taken out in handcuffs. You didn’t think. You reacted to your wife giving you the side-eye, and you went up, and you made her day because she was bowled over laughing when it happened,” Rose mentioned.

She additionally shared her ideas on the 10-year ban and mentioned, “What does that mean? You don’t even go every year.”

Rose mentioned she did not suppose the Academy ought to have taken away Smith’s Oscar, and went on to say she was “really, really proud” of how her son reacted for the time being. She added that she did not suppose the apology Smith posted to his Instagram account on the day after the ceremony felt real.

“I feel really bad that he never apologized. His people wrote up a piece and said, ‘I apologize to Chris Rock,’ but something like that is personal. You reach out,” Rose Rock mentioned.

The incident occurred when Chris Rock made a joke about Smith’s spouse Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head whereas presenting one of the best documentary characteristic award on the 2022 Oscars.

Rock mentioned he could not wait to see Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia areata, 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 f***** mouth!”

A couple of minutes after the incident, Smith was introduced Best Actor on the 94th Academy Awards. While accepting his first-ever Oscar for finest actor (main position) in ‘King Richard’, Smith apologized to the Academy and fellow nominees however didn’t point out Rock.

For the unversed, Will Smith just lately visited India marking her first public look publish the controversy. He was noticed at a non-public airport in Mumbai on Saturday.