<p>Famed comedians <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dave-chappelle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Chappelle</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Rock</a> slammed disgraced actor Will Smith while performing together in the U.K. over the actor&#8217;s attack on Rock during this year&#8217;s Oscars.</p>
<p>&#8220;F*** your hostage video,&#8221; Rock <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/09/chris-rock-will-smith-slap-hostage-apology-video-dave-chapelle-1235107682/">said</a> during a portion of his stand up routine in reference to the apology that Smith gave over the incident. “Yes, that s*** hurt. He played Ali. I can’t even play Floyd Mayweather.”</p>
<p>Rock was followed by Chappelle, who also commented on the incident, <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/what-to-see/chris-rock-dave-chappelle-review-duo-unpick-infamous-oscars/">saying</a>, “That was some scary s***.”</p>
<p>“A lot of people forget who Will Smith is,” Chappelle continued, noting Smith&#8217;s upbringing in west Philadelphia. “Then 10 minutes before he was about to get the biggest award … he acted like he was back in Philadelphia.&#8221;</p>
<p>Earlier this month, Chappelle asked Rock on the stage at Liverpool’s M&amp;S Bank Arena in the U.K. if that slap hurt, to which Rock <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/motherfer-hit-me-over-a-bulls-joke-chris-rock-unleashes-on-will-smith-over-oscars-slap">replied</a>, “G*****n right … the motherf***er hit me over a bulls*** joke, the nicest joke I ever told.”</p>
<p>“Will did the impression of a perfect person for 30 years, and he ripped his mask off and showed us he was as ugly as the rest of us,&#8221; Chappelle said. &#8220;Whatever the consequences are … I hope he doesn’t put his mask back on again, and lets his real face breathe. I see myself in both men.”</p>
<p>Smith <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-will-smith-releases-video-apologizing-for-oscars-slap-of-chris-rock">released</a> a nearly six-minute video earlier this summer apologizing to Rock for the incident.</p>
<p>The video showed Smith, wearing a ball cap and golf shirt and seated in what appears to be his home, answering questions from fans and critics on the internet. In a sometimes halting voice, Smith expresses deep remorse for the March 27 incident that has likely cost him his place atop Tinseltown.</p>
<p>“It’s been a minute …,” text on the video begins. “Over the last few months, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and personal work.”</p>
<p>Smith then reads and answers questions about the shocking incident, in which he charged the stage at the Academy Awards show and slapped the comedian after he had made a joke at the expense of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Minutes later, Smith was awarded a “Best Actor” Oscar for his role as tennis patriarch Richard Williams.</p>
<p>“Why didn’t you apologize to Chris in your acceptance speech?” Smith begins, reading a question.</p>
<p>“I was fogged out by that point,” he says. “It’s all fuzzy. I’ve reached out to Chris and the message that came back is that he’s not ready to talk and when he is, he will reach out.”</p>
<p>Smith apologizes to Rock, his family and in particular, the comedian’s mother, who he says he saw in an interview and realized how much the incident had hurt her.</p>
<p>“I just didn’t realize, and you know, I wasn’t thinking about how many people got hurt in that moment,” Smith says in the video. “So, I want to apologize to Chris’s mother. I want to apologize to Chris’s family, specifically [Chris Rock’s younger brother] Tony Rock. You know, we had a great relationship. You know, Tony Rock was my man. And this is probably irreparable.”</p>
<p>Another question Smith addresses in the video is whether his wife put him up to attacking Rock.</p>
<p>“No. I made a choice on my own, from my own experiences, and my history with Chris,” Smith says. “Jada had nothing to do with it. I’m sorry, babe, and I want to say sorry to my kids and my family for the heat that I brought on all of us.”</p>
<p><em>Greg Wilson contributed to this report. </em></p>


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Dave Chappelle And Chris Rock Blast Will Smith’s ‘Hostage Video’ Apology

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<p>Superstar Chris Rock unleashed on Will Smith over the actor slapping him at the 2022 Oscars, saying it was over a “bulls*** joke,&#8221; the &#8220;nicest&#8221; one he ever did.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">57-year-old</a> comedian took the stage Thursday alongside Dave Chappelle at Liverpool&#8217;s M&amp;S Bank Arena in the United Kingdom where Chappelle asked him about what happened at the 94th Academy Awards. “Did that s*** hurt,” Chappelle asked, according to the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11173709/Chris-Rock-Smith-did-impression-perfect-man-30-years.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailceleb">Daily Mail</a> in a piece published Friday.</p>
<p>“&#8217;Goddam right … the motherf***er hit me over a bulls*** joke, the nicest joke I ever told,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-chris-rock-says-he-turned-down-offer-to-host-2023-oscars">Rock</a> told the crowd during their U.K. tour.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Rock FINALLY drops his dignified silence on Oscars slap to EVISCERATE Will Smith  <a href="https://t.co/Gtf4W0hKQT">https://t.co/Gtf4W0hKQT</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyMailCeleb/status/1565715357788160002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>“Will did the impression of a perfect person for 30 years, and he ripped his mask off and showed us he was as ugly as the rest of us,” Chappelle replied.</p>
<p>“Whatever the consequences are … I hope he doesn&#8217;t put his mask back on again and lets his real face breathe,” he added. “I see myself in both men.”</p>
<p>During Rock&#8217;s recent appearance at a comedy club in Phoenix, Arizona, the comedian reportedly told the audience that the Oscars reached out to him to see if he would host the award show next year. He told crowd he refused the invitation and used a reference to details from the murder trial of O.J. Simpson, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-chris-rock-says-he-turned-down-offer-to-host-2023-oscars">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.</p>
<p>The “Death At A Funeral” star previously hosted the annual awards show two other times, in 2005 and then again in 2016, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/chris-rock-declined-2023-oscars-host-offer-1235208342/">Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.</p>
<p>It comes after Rock was slapped on stage by the “Men In Black” star at the annual award show after he cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith&#8217;s shaved head amid her hair loss battle, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-struck-chris-rock-in-the-face-at-oscars-after-he-cracked-a-joke-about-jada-pinkett-smiths-hair-loss">reported</a>.</p>
<p>In July, Smith released a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXrxDKwlA_s">video</a> on social media issuing another apology to Rock. Smith said he has reached out to Rock, but the message came back that the comedian is not ready to speak to him yet.</p>
<p>After Smith slapped Rock in the face during the award show he was not removed from the building, and a short time later, he took the stage to accept an Oscar for his role in the film “King Richard.”</p>
<p>Later, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a 10-year ban preventing Smith from attending the annual awards show.</p>
<p>Correction: A previous version of this story attributed the fourth and fifth paragraph quotes to Chris Rock. The quotes are by Dave Chappelle.</p>


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‘Motherf***er Hit Me Over A Bulls*** Joke’: Chris Rock Unleashes On Will Smith Over Oscars Slap

'Motherf***er Hit Me Over A Bulls*** Joke’: Chris Rock Unleashes On Will Smith Over Oscars Slap

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<p>Chris Rock reportedly made it crystal clear that he has no interest in returning to the 2023 Oscars to host the annual ceremony.</p>
<p>During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">57-year-old</a> comedian&#8217;s appearance Sunday night at a comedy club in Phoenix, Arizona, Rock <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/people/2022/08/29/chris-rock-invited-host-oscars-will-smith-slap/7927694001/">reportedly</a> told the audience that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reached out to him to see if he would host the award show next year. It comes after he was slapped on stage by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Will Smith</a> at the 2022 Oscars after he cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith&#8217;s shaved head amid her hair loss battle, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-struck-chris-rock-in-the-face-at-oscars-after-he-cracked-a-joke-about-jada-pinkett-smiths-hair-loss">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.</p>
<p>Rock reportedly told the crowd he refused the invitation and suggested it would be like asking O.J. Simpson&#8217;s late ex-wife, Nicole Brown, “to go back to the restaurant” where she left her eyeglasses before being murdered. It was a reference to details from the murder trial of the former professional football star who was acquitted in the case, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/29/chris-rock-was-asked-to-host-2023-oscars-see-his-response/">New York Post</a> noted.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Rock reportedly says he turned down the Academy&#39;s invitation to host next year&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oscars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Oscars</a> ceremony: <a href="https://t.co/hZANAIyPag">https://t.co/hZANAIyPag</a> <a href="https://t.co/v126Kr1s8v">pic.twitter.com/v126Kr1s8v</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href="https://twitter.com/THR/status/1564418002564460544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The “Death At A Funeral” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/everybody-is-trying-to-be-a-fing-victim-chris-rock-speaks-after-will-smith-video-addressing-slap">star</a> previously hosted the annual awards show two other times, in 2005 and then again in 2016, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/chris-rock-declined-2023-oscars-host-offer-1235208342/">Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.</p>
<p>Rock reportedly told the Arizona crowd that he was asked to participate in a Super Bowl commercial for next year too and he said he declined that as well, the outlet noted.</p>
<p>The comedian also reportedly referenced being slapped by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-finally-breaks-silence-on-what-occurred-between-him-and-jada-pinkett-smith-before-he-struck-chris-rock">Smith</a> at Sunday&#8217;s show in a bit about gaining fame from victimhood.</p>
<p>“He&#8217;s bigger than me,” Rock said. “The state of Nevada would not sanction a fight between me and Will Smith.”</p>
<p>In July, the “Men In Black” star released a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXrxDKwlA_s">video</a> on social media issuing another apology to Rock and said he has reached out to Rock, and the message has come back that the comedian is not ready to speak to him yet.</p>
<p>After Smith slapped Rock in the face during the 94th Academy Awards show, he was not removed from the building, and a short time later, he took the stage to accept his first Oscar ever — best actor for his role in the film “King Richard.”</p>
<p>The actor later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-issues-apology-to-chris-rock-says-he-was-out-of-line-and-wrong">issued an apology</a> to Rock after the incident, calling it “out of line” and “wrong.” Later, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-banned-from-attending-oscars-for-ten-years-over-chris-rock-slap">10-year ban</a> preventing Smith from attending the annual awards show.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-finally-breaks-silence-on-what-occurred-between-him-and-jada-pinkett-smith-before-he-struck-chris-rock">Will Smith Finally Breaks Silence On What Occurred Between Him And Jada Pinkett Smith Before He Struck Chris Rock</a></strong></p>


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Chris Rock Says He Was Asked To Host 2023 Oscars. Here’s His Response.

Report: Chris Rock Says He Turned Down Offer To Host 2023 Oscars

<p>Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/zoe-kravitz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoe Kravitz</a> admitted it&#8217;s a &#8220;scary time to have an opinion&#8221; or to make &#8220;controversial&#8221; &#8220;thoughts or anything&#8221; after she faced a backlash for how she responded to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Will Smith&#8217;s</a> 2022 Oscars slap of Chris Rock.</p>
<p>During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/zoe-kravitz">33-year-old</a> actress’ interview for <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/zoe-kravitz-director-debut-pussy-island-naomi-ackie-channing-tatum-11660652570">WSJ Magazine</a>, she was asked about her since-deleted Instagram posts, one of which was reportedly captioned with a remark about attending the Academy Awards &#8220;where we are apparently assaulting people on stage now,&#8221; without specifically naming <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Smith</a>. The comments were noted by <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/zoe-kravitz-reaction-will-smith-oscars-slap-1235200247/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a scary time to have an opinion or to say the wrong thing or to make controversial art or statements or thoughts or anything,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/zoe-kravitz-backtracks-after-claiming-she-was-told-she-was-too-urban-for-2012-batman-role">Kravitz</a> explained. &#8220;It&#8217;s mostly scary because art is about conversation.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;That should, in my opinion, always be the point,&#8221; she added. &#8220;The internet is the opposite of conversation. The internet is people putting things out and not taking anything in.&#8221;</p>
<p>One of her deleted posts reportedly showed the actress on the red carpet. She captioned it, &#8220;Here’s a picture of my dress at the award show where we are apparently assaulting people on stage now,&#8221; THR noted.</p>
<p>A second one showed a shot of her after the ceremony with a caption that read, &#8220;And here is a picture of my dress at the party after the award show -where we are apparently screaming profanities and assaulting people on stage now.&#8221; Kravitz reportedly was criticized by the &#8220;Men In Black&#8221; star&#8217;s supporters and she later deleted the posts.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Batman&#8221; star talked about how she&#8217;s an &#8220;artist,&#8221; and being an artist &#8220;is not about everybody loving you or everyone thinking you&#8217;re hot.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s about expressing something that will hopefully spark a conversation or inspire people or make them feel seen,&#8221; Kravitz shared. &#8220;I think I&#8217;m in a place right now where I don&#8217;t want to express myself through a caption or a tweet. I want to express myself through art.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Divergent&#8221; star admitted she&#8217;s &#8220;torn about what to say&#8221; regarding her posts referencing the &#8220;King Richard&#8221; star slapping the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/words-hurt-comedian-chris-rock-references-will-smith-oscars-slap-in-new-comedy-tour-report">comedian,</a> stating that she has &#8220;very complicated feelings around it.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I wish I had handled that differently,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And that&#8217;s OK.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-finally-breaks-silence-on-what-occurred-between-him-and-jada-pinkett-smith-before-he-struck-chris-rock">Will Smith Finally Breaks Silence On What Occurred Between Him And Jada Pinkett Smith Before He Struck Chris Rock</a></strong></p>


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‘It’s A Scary Time To Have An Opinion’: ‘The Batman’ Actress Says She Wishes She Handled Smith’s Oscars Slap Differently

Zoe Kravitz Says She Wishes She Handled Smith’s Oscars Slap Differently

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<p>Comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">Chris Rock</a> said that &#8220;everybody is trying to be a f***ing victim&#8221; during a show at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, mere hours after disgraced Hollywood star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Will Smith</a> posted a video on Friday, apologizing for his slap of Rock at the Oscars back in March.</p>
<p>Smith shockingly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rock-talks-smith-oscars-slap-quips-about-how-anyone-who-says-words-hurt-has-never-been-punched-in-face-report">slapped</a> Rock after the comedian cracked a joke about the shaved head of actress Jada Pinkett Smith, Smith&#8217;s wife. The &#8220;King Richard&#8221; star yelled &#8220;keep my wife’s name outta your f***ing mouth,&#8221; at Rock, who appeared stunned.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Everybody is trying to be a f***ing victim,&#8221; Rock said on Friday, People magazine <a href="https://people.com/movies/chris-rock-jokes-that-he-was-slapped-by-suge-smith-at-comedy-show/">reported</a>. &#8220;If everybody claims to be a victim, then nobody will hear the real victims.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Even me getting smacked by Suge Smith,&#8221; the comedian joked. &#8220;I went to work the next day, I got kids.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Suge Smith&#8221; is likely a play on the name Suge Knight, the currently incarcerated Death Row Records CEO, HuffPo <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/chris-rock-has-a-message-about-playing-the-victim-after-will-smith-apology-video_uk_62e79531e4b0d0ea9b78ae6a">noted</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face,&#8221; Rock joked.</p>
<p>In Smith&#8217;s video posted Friday, the actor addressed questions he said he received online.</p>
<p>“Why didn’t you apologize to Chris in your acceptance speech?” Smith read on one question.</p>
<p>“I was fogged out by that point,” the 53-year-old responded, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-will-smith-releases-video-apologizing-for-oscars-slap-of-chris-rock">The Daily Wire</a> reported. “It’s all fuzzy. I’ve reached out to Chris and the message that came back is that he’s not ready to talk and when he is, he will reach out.”</p>
<p>“I just didn’t realize, and you know, I wasn’t thinking about how many people got hurt in that moment,” Smith said later in the video. “So, I want to apologize to Chris’s mother. I want to apologize to Chris’s family, specifically [Chris Rock’s younger brother] Tony Rock. You know, we had a great relationship. You know, Tony Rock was my man. And this is probably irreparable.”</p>
<p>“I spent the last three months replaying and understanding the nuances and the complexities of what happened in that moment, and I’m not going to try to unpack all of that right now,” the actor added. “But I can say to all of you now there is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment.”</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-banned-from-attending-oscars-for-ten-years-over-chris-rock-slap">Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</a> in April issued a 10-year ban on Smith, preventing the actor from attending the annual awards show in person, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-banned-from-attending-oscars-for-ten-years-over-chris-rock-slap">The Daily Wire</a> reported.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-will-smith-releases-video-apologizing-for-oscars-slap-of-chris-rock">WATCH: Will Smith Releases Video Apologizing For Oscars Slap Of Chris Rock</a></strong></p>
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‘Everybody Is Trying To Be A F***ing Victim’: Chris Rock Speaks After Will Smith Video Addressing Slap

‘Everybody Wants To Be A F***ing Victim’: Chris Rock Speaks After Will Smith Video Addressing Slap 

<p>Disgraced star Will Smith finally broke his silence on what occurred between him and wife Jada Pinkett Smith before Smith walked on stage at the 2022 Oscars and struck Chris Rock in the face.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a minute &#8230;,&#8221; a message reads at the start of the lengthy video posted Friday on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXrxDKwlA_s">YouTube</a> from the the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">53-year-old</a> actor. The message continued, &#8220;Over the last few months, I&#8217;ve been doing a lot of thinking and personal work &#8230; You asked a lot of fair questions that I wanted to take some time to answer.&#8221;</p>
<p>In the clip, the &#8220;Men In Black&#8221; star issued another apology to Rock, who he hit in the face after the &#8220;Grown Ups&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">star</a> cracked a joke about Jada&#8217;s shaved bald head amid her hair loss battle. He then answered the question many have asked, which was &#8220;after Jada rolled her eyes did she tell you to do something?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;No.&#8221; Smith explained. &#8220;It&#8217;s like, you know, I made a choice on my own, from my own experiences, and my history with Chris [Rock]. Jada had nothing to do with it.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, babe,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I want to say sorry to my kids and my family for the heat that I brought on all of us.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The actor also shared that he has reached out to Rock, and the message has come back that the comedian&#8217;s not ready to speak to him yet, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-will-smith-releases-video-apologizing-for-oscars-slap-of-chris-rock">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve reached out to Chris and the message that came back is that he&#8217;s not ready to talk and when he is, he will reach out,&#8221; the &#8220;Bad Boys&#8221; star said. &#8220;So I will say this to you, Chris, I apologize to you. My behavior was unacceptable. And I&#8217;m here whenever you&#8217;re ready to talk.&#8221;</p>
<p>After Smith slapped Rock in the face during the 94th Academy Awards show, he was not removed from the building, and a short time later, he took the stage to accept his first Oscar ever — Best Actor for his role in the film &#8220;King Richard,&#8221; as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-struck-chris-rock-in-the-face-at-oscars-after-he-cracked-a-joke-about-jada-pinkett-smiths-hair-loss">reported</a>.</p>
<p>The actor later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-issues-apology-to-chris-rock-says-he-was-out-of-line-and-wrong">issued an apology</a> to Rock after the incident, calling it &#8220;out of line&#8221; and &#8220;wrong.&#8221; Later, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-banned-from-attending-oscars-for-ten-years-over-chris-rock-slap">10-year ban</a> preventing Smith from attending the annual awards show.</p>
<p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/words-hurt-comedian-chris-rock-references-will-smith-oscars-slap-in-new-comedy-tour-report">&#8216;Words Hurt&#8217;: Comedian Chris Rock References Will Smith Oscars Slap In New Comedy Tour: Report</a></strong></p>


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Will Smith Finally Breaks Silence On What Occurred Between Him And Jada Pinkett Smith Before He Struck Chris Rock

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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Disgraced Hollywood star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Will Smith</a> posted a video Friday in which he apologized for slapping <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">Chris Rock</a> at the Oscars earlier this year.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The nearly six-minute video shows Smith, wearing a ball cap and golf shirt and seated in what appears to be his home, answering questions from fans and critics on the internet. In a sometimes halting voice, Smith expresses deep remorse for the March 27 incident that has likely cost him his place atop Tinseltown.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s been a minute …,” text on the video begins. “Over the last few months, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and personal work.”</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Smith then reads and answers questions about the shocking incident, in which he charged the stage at the Academy Awards show and slapped the comedian after he had made a joke at the expense of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Minutes later, Smith was awarded a “Best Actor” Oscar for his role as tennis patriarch Richard Williams.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Why didn’t you apologize to Chris in your acceptance speech?” Smith begins, reading a question.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“I was fogged out by that point,” he says. “It’s all fuzzy. I’ve reached out to Chris and the message that came back is that he’s not ready to talk and when he is, he will reach out.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Smith apologizes to Rock, his family and in particular, the comedian’s mother, who he says he saw in an interview and realized how much the incident had hurt her.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“I just didn’t realize, and you know, I wasn’t thinking about how many people got hurt in that moment,” Smith says in the video. “So, I want to apologize to Chris’s mother. I want to apologize to Chris’s family, specifically [Chris Rock’s younger brother] Tony Rock. You know, we had a great relationship. You know, Tony Rock was my man. And this is probably irreparable.”</p>
<p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">Another question Smith addresses in the video is whether his wife put him up to attacking Rock.</p>
<p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">“No. I made a choice on my own, from my own experiences, and my history with Chris,&#8221; Smith says. &#8220;Jada had nothing to do with it. I’m sorry, babe, and I want to say sorry to my kids and my family for the heat that I brought on all of us.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Smith has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-issues-apology-to-chris-rock-says-he-was-out-of-line-and-wrong">apologized</a> before, including shortly after the incident. Smith slapped Rock in the face after the comedian mocked Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head amid her hair loss battle. A stunned Rock absorbed the slap and carried on.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Will Smith just slapped the s*** out of me,&#8221; he said as the actor returned to his seat and yelled for Rock to &#8220;keep my wife’s name outta your mouth.&#8221; Smith was not removed from the building, and a short time later, took the stage to accept his first Oscar ever — Best Actor for his role in the film “King Richard.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Later, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-banned-from-attending-oscars-for-ten-years-over-chris-rock-slap">Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</a> issued a 10-year ban preventing the actor from attending the annual awards show.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I spent the last three months replaying and understanding the nuances and the complexities of what happened in that moment, and I’m not going to try to unpack all of that right now,&#8221; Smith says in the new video. &#8220;But I can say to all of you now there is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment.&#8221;</p>


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WATCH: Will Smith Releases Video Apologizing For Oscars Slap Of Chris Rock

<p>Comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">Chris Rock</a> reportedly dropped new material on his latest comedy tour with a not-so-subtle reference to what happened at the 2022 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oscars">Oscars</a> when <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Will Smith</a> walked on stage and slapped him in the face.</p>
<p>It reportedly happened Saturday night at his show in New York at Madison Square Garden during the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rock-breaks-silence-with-first-joke-about-the-slap-at-california-comedy-show">57-year-old</a> comedian&#8217;s &#8220;Only Headliners Allowed&#8221; tour with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-hart">Kevin Hart</a> and a surprise appearance by Dave Chappelle, <a href="https://www.etonline.com/chris-rock-makes-will-smith-joke-while-addressing-cancel-culture-at-nyc-stand-up-show-187961">Entertainment Tonight</a> reported.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Grown Ups&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rock-talks-smith-oscars-slap-quips-about-how-anyone-who-says-words-hurt-has-never-been-punched-in-face-report">star</a> reportedly made the comment while talking about &#8220;cancel culture&#8221; in a reference about how &#8220;words hurt.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Chris made a joke about Will during a bit about &#8216;cancel culture,&#8217; joking that &#8216;anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face,’” the source told the outlet.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Death at a Funeral&#8221; star also reportedly made the same comment the following day during his set at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey, <a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/chris-rock-says-hes-not-a-victim-after-will-smith-oscars-slap/">US Weekly</a> noted. He also reportedly referenced that he&#8217;s no victim.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not a victim, motherf***er,&#8221; Rock shared, per an eyewitness.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yeah, that s*** hurt, motherf***er,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But I shook that s*** off and went to work the next day … I don&#8217;t go to the hospital for a papercut.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last night was by far the best moment of my career…I can’t even explain it…I can’t find the words…Just know that last night was the true definition of a “EPIC NIGHT”…I love my brothers more than words can explain. We made history last night!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RockHartChappelle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RockHartChappelle</a> <a href="https://t.co/x1XtRXZQCO">pic.twitter.com/x1XtRXZQCO</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real/status/1551290708212039682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>During Saturday&#8217;s show, Hart reportedly brought out on the stage a goat named Will Smith that he said he bought for Rock, <a href="https://www.xxlmag.com/kevin-hart-buys-chris-rock-goat-will-smith/">XXL magazine</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;The name is Will Smith,&#8221; Hart shared, passing the goat to Chris. &#8220;What?&#8221; the comedian responded, as the audience laughed.</p>
<p>During the 94th Academy Awards show, Smith slapped Rock in the face after the comedian cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith&#8217;s shaved head amid her hair loss battle, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-struck-chris-rock-in-the-face-at-oscars-after-he-cracked-a-joke-about-jada-pinkett-smiths-hair-loss">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.</p>
<p>Smith was not removed from the building, and a short time later, he took the stage to accept his first Oscar ever — Best Actor for his role in the film &#8220;King Richard.&#8221; The &#8220;Men in Black&#8221; star later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-issues-apology-to-chris-rock-says-he-was-out-of-line-and-wrong">apologized</a> after the Oscars incident, calling it &#8220;out of line&#8221; and &#8220;wrong.&#8221;</p>
<p>Later, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-banned-from-attending-oscars-for-ten-years-over-chris-rock-slap">Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</a> issued a 10-year ban preventing the actor from attending the annual awards show.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/epic-night-just-days-after-one-venue-cancels-dave-chappelle-he-surprises-delighted-audience-in-nyc">&#8216;Epic Night!&#8217;: Just Days After One Venue &#8216;Cancels&#8217; Dave Chappelle, He Surprises Delighted Audience In NYC</a></p>
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‘Words Hurt’: Comedian Chris Rock References Will Smith Oscars Slap In New Comedy Tour: Report

'Words Hurt’: Comedian Chris Rock References Will Smith Oscars Slap In New Comedy Tour: Report

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<p>Comedian Dave Chappelle dropped in on a surprised and apparently delighted New York City audience on Saturday, appearing as the unannounced opening act for fellow comedians Chris Rock and Kevin Hart for their &#8220;Only Headliners Allowed&#8221; tour stop at Madison Square Garden.</p>
<p><a href="https://dailywire.com/news/how-bad-does-a-n-have-to-be-that-jon-stewart-would-stomp-him-dave-chappelle-jokes-about-man-who-attacked-him-at-hollywood-bowl/">Chappelle</a>, who was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/theater-caves-cancels-dave-chappelle-hours-before-show-we-know-there-are-some-who-will-not-agree-with-this-decision/">ousted</a> from a Minnesota venue less than a week earlier over jokes critics had slammed as &#8220;transphobic,&#8221; joined the two onstage and was greeted by an explosion of applause from the audience.</p>
<p>&#8220;Had to sneak my way in here,&#8221; Chappelle reportedly told the audience by way of explanation, walking out to Radiohead&#8217;s &#8220;Karma Police.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Despite what you may have read about in the news, I’m OK, and I appreciate the support,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Hart called Chappelle&#8217;s appearance &#8220;the best moment&#8221; of his career, sharing several photos from the event. &#8220;Last night was by far the best moment of my career,&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;I can&#8217;t even explain it &#8230; I can&#8217;t find the words &#8230; Just know that last night was the true definition of a &#8216;EPIC NIGHT&#8217; &#8230; I love my brothers more than words can explain. We made history last night!!! #RockHartChappelle&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last night was by far the best moment of my career…I can’t even explain it…I can’t find the words…Just know that last night was the true definition of a “EPIC NIGHT”…I love my brothers more than words can explain. We made history last night!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RockHartChappelle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RockHartChappelle</a> <a href="https://t.co/x1XtRXZQCO">pic.twitter.com/x1XtRXZQCO</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real/status/1551290708212039682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>And the fans appeared to be more than happy with the surprise addition to the evening&#8217;s lineup.</p>
<p>&#8220;#ChrisRock, #KevinHart, and #DaveChappelle on the same stage at MSG was nothing short of legendary,&#8221; @Callistusss tweeted. &#8220;Honored to have witnessed.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChrisRock?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChrisRock</a> , <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KevinHart?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KevinHart</a> , and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DaveChappelle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DaveChappelle</a> on the same stage at MSG was nothing short of legendary. Honored to have witnessed 🙏🏼 (more footage on my Instagram <a href="https://twitter.com/Callistusss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Callistusss</a> ) <a href="https://t.co/4VHDXJGiiW">pic.twitter.com/4VHDXJGiiW</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Callistus (@Callistusss) <a href="https://twitter.com/Callistusss/status/1551052909525323776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;I just witnessed comedic history at @TheGarden @KevinHart4Real @chrisrock and @DaveChappelle on one stage!&#8221; Jennifer King added. &#8220;It was like seeing Kobe drop 80 in there! Wow!&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I just witnessed comedic history at <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGarden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheGarden</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KevinHart4real</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisrock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chrisrock</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/DaveChappelle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DaveChappelle</a> on 1 stage! It was like seeing Kobe drop 80 in there! Wow!</p>
<p>&mdash; Jennifer King (@JenniferKing5) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenniferKing5/status/1551040906047913985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Ben Gilbert made a similar comparison, tweeting, &#8220;Anyone who saw Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, and Kevin Hart last night at MSG is so wildly lucky that it&#8217;s kind of hard to fathom. That&#8217;s like going to see a Kendrick and J. Cole show and the surprise opener is Drake.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anyone who saw Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, and Kevin Hart last night at MSG is so wildly lucky that it&#39;s kind of hard to fathom. That&#39;s like going to see a Kendrick and J. Cole show and the surprise opener is Drake.</p>
<p>&mdash; Ben Gilbert (@RealBenGilbert) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealBenGilbert/status/1551184767961497600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Chappelle has recently been <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/dave-chappelle-fires-back-at-netflix-trans-activists-i-said-what-i-said-you-will-not-summon-me/">under fire</a> for jokes from his latest Netflix special &#8220;The Closer,&#8221; during which he defended &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; author J.K. Rowling, who has been labeled a TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist).</p>
<p>&#8220;They canceled J.K. Rowling – my God,&#8221; Chappelle said. &#8220;Effectually she said gender was a fact, the trans community got mad as (expletive), they started calling her a TERF &#8230; I&#8217;m Team TERF. I agree. I agree, man. Gender is a fact.&#8221;</p>


Dave Chappelle Theatre Dedication Ceremony

‘Epic Night!’: Just Days After One Venue ‘Cancels’ Dave Chappelle, He Surprises Delighted Audience In NYC

Just Days After One Venue 'Cancels' Dave Chappelle, He Surprises Delighted Audience In NYC

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<p>Jada Pinkett Smith has finally broken her silence on husband Will Smith&#8217;s Oscars slap of comedian Chris Rock, sharing how she hopes these two can &#8220;talk this out and reconcile.&#8221;</p>
<p>During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jada-pinkett-smith-says-she-recently-realized-she-suffers-from-some-anxiety">50-year-old actress</a>&#8216; Facebook &#8220;Red Table Talk&#8221; <a href="https://fb.watch/dnp8jTvOYO/">show</a> on Wednesday, she talked about her ongoing hair loss battle and what she said she&#8217;s &#8220;been through with my own health.&#8221; She also mentioned what happened at the 94th Academy Awards after her husband marched on stage and slapped Rock in the face after he cracked a joke about Jada&#8217;s shaved bald head.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Girls Trip&#8221; star explained at the start of the show how &#8220;thousands have reached out to me with their stories. I&#8217;m using this moment to give our alopecia family an opportunity to talk about what it&#8217;s like to have this condition and to inform people about what alopecia actually is.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Now about Oscar night, my deepest hope is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out and reconcile,&#8221; she added. &#8220;The state of the world today, we need them both. And we all actually need one another more than ever. Until then, Will and I are continuing to do what we have done for the last 28 years, and that&#8217;s keep figuring out this thing called life together. Thank you for listening.&#8221;</p>
<p>It was the first time the actress has commented on the incident since sharing <a href="https://www.facebook.com/redtabletalk/videos/725592481787414">a statement</a> in April promising to address the altercation at some point.</p>
<p>&#8220;Considering all that has happened in the last few weeks, the Smith family has been focused on deep healing,&#8221; the message said. &#8220;Some of the discoveries around our healing will be shared at the table when the time calls.&#8221;</p>
<p>Following Smith&#8217;s actions at the Oscars, the &#8220;King Richard&#8221; star <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CbqmaY1p7Pz/">apologized</a> to Rock and conceded that he&#8217;d been &#8220;out of line&#8221; and &#8220;wrong.&#8221; Shortly after the apology, Smith resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences amid disciplinary proceedings over his behavior.</p>
<p>The Academy later shared that Smith was banned from attending the annual awards show for ten years for slapping Rock, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-banned-from-attending-oscars-for-ten-years-over-chris-rock-slap">reported</a> by The Daily Wire.</p>


27th Annual Critics Choice Awards – Arrivals

Jada Pinkett Smith Breaks Silence On Will Smith’s Oscars Slap, Hopes Husband And Chris Rock Will Have An ‘Opportunity To Heal’

Jada Pinkett Smith Breaks Silence On Husband Actor Will Smith's Slap Of Chris Rock At The Oscars

<p>Entertainer Will Smith said he had a vision of his career &#8220;going away&#8221; and his &#8220;whole life&#8221; being destroyed after drinking a psychedelic tea years before he marched on stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.</p>
<p>During Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;My Next Guest Needs No Introduction&#8221; series, host David Letterman talked to Smith about his two-year hiatus from acting. The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-banned-from-attending-oscars-for-ten-years-over-chris-rock-slap">53-year-old</a> Smith revealed that he drank the psychoactive brew ayahuasca, which he called &#8220;the individual most hellish psychological experience of my life.&#8221;</p>
<p>The vision came years before the &#8220;Men In Black&#8221; actor struck <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rock-talks-smith-oscars-slap-quips-about-how-anyone-who-says-words-hurt-has-never-been-punched-in-face-report">Rock</a> at the 94th Academy Awards after he cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith&#8217;s shaved head amid her hair loss battle.</p>
<p>&#8220;All of a sudden, it&#8217;s like I start seeing all of my money flying away,&#8221; Smith shared in the pre-recorded interview. &#8220;And my house is flying away. And my career is going away.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Will Smith Had a ‘Hellish’ Vision of Losing His Money and Career Before the Oscars Slap <a href="https://t.co/Pu7IedrJ7O">https://t.co/Pu7IedrJ7O</a></p>
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<p>&#8220;And I’m trying to, like, grab for my money and my career,&#8221; he added. &#8220;My whole life is getting destroyed.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;King Richard&#8221; star admitted, at the time, it was his biggest fear. And during the vision, he started hearing an angry voice yelling at him, saying, &#8220;This is what the f*** it is. This is what the f*** life is.&#8221;</p>
<p>But then he said he heard the voice of his 21-year-old daughter Willow screaming for help asking why &#8220;won&#8217;t you help me,&#8221; and the whole vision changed.</p>
<p>&#8220;Then slowly, I stopped caring about my money,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;I just wanted to get to Willow. I stopped caring about my house, about my career.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I still hear Willow screaming,&#8221; he added, noting that he began to &#8220;settle down&#8221; even as the money was flying away. &#8220;And I&#8217;m totally calm, even though there&#8217;s hell going on in my mind.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;When I came out of it, I realized that anything that happens in my life, I can handle it,&#8221; Smith continued. &#8220;I can handle any person that I lose, I can handle anything that goes wrong in my life, I can handle anything in my marriage. I can handle anything that this life has to offer me.&#8221;</p>
<p>Smith apologized after the Oscar incident, and later the Academy issued a 10-year ban preventing him from attending the annual awards show.</p>


94th Annual Academy Awards – Show

‘My Whole Life Is Getting Destroyed’: Will Smith Says He Had A Vision Of His Career ‘Going Away’ Years Before Oscars Slap

'Whole Life Is Getting Destroyed’: Will Smith Had A Vision Of Career ‘Going Away’ Years Before Oscars Slap

<p>Chris Rock reportedly addressed Will Smith slapping him at the Oscars and quipped that anyone &#8220;who says &#8216;words  hurt'&#8221; has &#8220;never been punched in the face.&#8221;</p>
<p>During the 57-year-old comedian&#8217;s set in the United Kingdom, Rock took the stage and cracked a few jokes about the &#8220;Men In Black&#8221; star slapping him at the 94th Academy Awards show. Smith slapped Rock after he cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith&#8217;s shaved bald head amid her hair loss battle and said that he thinks he&#8217;s finally &#8220;got most of his hearing back,&#8221; according to the Times of London, Page Six <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/05/13/chris-rock-recovers-from-oscars-slap-i-got-most-of-my-hearing-back/?utm_source=NYPInstagram&amp;utm_medium=Native&amp;utm_campaign=Native&amp;crl8_id=53d6e4ca-1f33-4833-a76a-2ab7b46883a2">reported</a> on Friday.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m OK, if anybody was wondering,&#8221; Rock shared during his show &#8220;Ego Death&#8221; at the U.K.&#8217;s Royal Albert Hall. &#8220;I got most of my hearing back.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Rock recovers from Oscars slap: &#39;I got most of my hearing back&#39; <a href="https://t.co/txE0OZYfKb">https://t.co/txE0OZYfKb</a> <a href="https://t.co/PXTCz1QrN0">pic.twitter.com/PXTCz1QrN0</a></p>
<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1525114192306520067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The &#8220;Grown Ups&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rock-breaks-silence-with-first-joke-about-the-slap-at-california-comedy-show">star</a> made it clear he&#8217;s not interested in continuing to talk about what happened between him and the &#8220;King Richard&#8221; star at the annual awards show in March, but promised he would eventually.</p>
<p>&#8220;People expect me to talk about the bulls***,&#8221; the superstar comedian shared. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to talk about it right now. I&#8217;ll get to it eventually — on Netflix [laughs].&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Anyone who says &#8216;words hurt&#8217; — has never been punched in the face,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Death at a Funeral&#8221; star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rock-breaks-silence-with-first-joke-about-the-slap-at-california-comedy-show">previously joked</a> that he wouldn&#8217;t be talking about what happened at the Oscars until he sees his name on a check.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m OK, I have a whole show and I&#8217;m not talking about [the Will Smith incident] until I get paid,&#8221; Rock shared during his set at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California.</p>
<p>The comedian also appeared to joke about the infamous slap when he rushed on stage last week during <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/netflix-issues-statement-following-dave-chappelle-attack">Dave Chappelle&#8217;s</a> set at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, after a man allegedly rushed the stage and tried to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-who-allegedly-attacked-dave-chappelle-onstage-identified">tackle Chappelle</a>, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-chappelle-assaulted-onstage-at-hollywood-bowl">reported</a> previously by The Daily Wire.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/netflix-issues-statement-following-dave-chappelle-attack">Rock</a> was in the house and joined Chappelle on stage after the alleged assault and joked, &#8220;Was that Will Smith?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I thought it was you for a second!&#8221; the star of the &#8220;Chappelle Show&#8221; responded.</p>


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