Chris Rock speaks for the first time about the Oscar slap

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1 He’s the last in line. First it was the Academy that commented on the Oscar scandal night, then Will Smith himself came, and finally his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. Now Chris Rock has also spoken about the blow.

2 Slap write “television history”, so Rock

He’s the last in line. First it was the Academy that commented on the Oscar scandal night, then Will Smith himself came, and finally his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. Now Chris Rock has also spoken about the blow.

No comment on reporters. Also no statement for his 5.6 million fans on Instagram. A speech on stage, plain and simple. This is the framework Chris Rock chose for his first words after the Oscar scandal night. At one of his comedy shows in Boston, the time had come. There the 57-year-old admitted that he was still in a processing phase.

“I’m still processing what happened there,” Rock said in front of his fans, without naming Smith or his wife. There was standing applause and loud cheers, the US media reported unanimously. The audience thus sent out their solidarity with the comedian, who had been slapped live by Will Smith in front of millions of people a few days earlier.

But his comedy program, as Chris Rock quickly made it clear that evening, will not be about Will Smith. “If you guys came to hear about it, I wrote the entire show before the weekend,” said the actor, comedian and host, adding, “One day I’m going to talk about that crap.” Then, according to Rock, it will be “serious and funny”.

As the magazine “Vulture” reports, the audience then chanted “Fuck Will Smith”. However, Chris Rock did not respond to this. All he later said was, “Other than that funny thing, life is pretty good.”

Slap write “television history”, so Rock

Just seconds after the scandalous moment at this year’s Oscars, Rock said the slap in the face would “go down in television history”. Smith’s outburst was triggered by a joke Rock made about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett. In it he addressed the short haircut of the 50-year-olds. She suffers from hair loss due to illness. Will Smith then stormed onto the stage and slapped Rock. Shortly thereafter, Smith apologized on stage to the organizers and the audience for his actions. On Tuesday, he also publicly apologized to Rock.

Jada Pinkett Smith also commented a short time later. However, only with the cryptic sentence: “This is the time to heal and I’m ready for it.” Chris Rock had already decided on Oscar night not to press charges against Will Smith.

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