Comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">Chris Rock</a> fled the flooded and muddy grounds at the Burning Man festival, walking six miles alongside DJ and songwriter Diplo until a fan stopped and gave them a lift in the bed of a pickup truck.
Diplo, whose given name is Thomas Wesley Pentz, shared a video documenting the roadside rescue on his Instagram account.
&#8220;I legit walked the side of the road for hours with my thumb out cuz i have a show in dc tonight and didnt want to let yall down. Also shoutout to this guy for making the smart purchase of a truck not knowing it was for this exact moment,&#8221; the DJ captioned his post.
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&#8220;A fan offered Chris Rock and I a ride out of Burning Man in the back of a pickup after walking six miles through the mud,&#8221; he added in the video. &#8220;All Chris could think about was a f***ing cold brew.&#8221;
Diplo and Rock were among many who tried to escape the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/1-dead-70000-stranded-after-flash-flooding-interrupts-burning-man-festival-in-nevada-desert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flooded festival</a> that has so far left at least one dead and thousands more stranded. Heavy rain and flash flooding in Nevada&#8217;s Black Rock Desert, where the annual weeklong event is held, forced tens of thousands to shelter in place.
The conditions were so treacherous that local officials cut off access to the festival after the heavy rains on Friday night, and the gates were still closed as of Sunday morning.
&#8220;Due to recent rainfall, the Bureau of Land Management and the Pershing County Sheriff&#8217;s Office officials have closed the entrance to Burning Man for the remainder of the event. Please avoid traveling to the area; you will be turned around. All event access is closed,&#8221; @WashoeSheriff announced the closure via X.
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Once the rain had stopped, ankle-deep mud ensured that many remained stranded, at least temporarily, until conditions improved.

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Comedian Chris Rock Fled ‘Burning Man,’ Hoofed It 6 Miles Before Someone Gave Him A Lift

Comedian Chris Rock Fled 'Burning Man,' Hoofed It 6 Miles Before Someone Gave Him A Lift

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Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, and other comedians defended the jokes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Rock</a> made about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Will Smith</a> and Jada Pinkett Smith in his latest Netflix comedy special.
Sandler, 56, came to Rock&#8217;s defense during interviews on the red carpet Sunday before receiving the 2023 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in Washington, D.C., <a href="https://people.com/movies/adam-sandler-reacts-to-chris-rocks-will-and-jada-pinkett-smith-jokes-he-was-real-to-himself/?hid=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;did=8634243-20230321&amp;utm_source=ppl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=people-news_newsletter&amp;utm_content=032123&amp;lctg=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People</a> magazine reported. He said at no time in his life did he ever feel that Rock went too far with his jokes, including in his latest &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/netflix-edits-out-botched-chris-rock-joke-about-will-smith-during-selective-outrage-special" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Selective Outrage</a>&#8221; show.
&#8220;I thought he was unbelievably relaxed, funny, thoughtful,&#8221; Sandler said. &#8220;Crushed it and was real to himself.&#8221;
&#8220;And it was as exciting to watch as when the Super Bowl is on,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I thought about it all weekend. &#8216;All right, Rock is doing his thing tonight!&#8217; Saturday, watched it in my kitchen, laughed my ass off, immediately watched it right after. It was one of the best experiences. I thought it was amazing.&#8221;
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Former &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; star Schneider said that Rock &#8220;really does set the bar&#8221; and was just as good as ever.
&#8220;He&#8217;s able to take really complex societal ideas and make them hilarious and bring us on board to some place of sanity, some place of reason,&#8221; said Schneider. &#8220;He&#8217;s so hilariously reasonable. He subverts us to his point of view, and that&#8217;s his genius. And modern comedy changed after Chris Rock, truthfully, 25 years ago.&#8221;
Actor and comedian Dana Carvey went even further in his defense of Rock&#8217;s material.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a million opinions so there&#8217;s kind of no such thing as too far because it&#8217;s called, &#8216;I don&#8217;t like it, me turn off, you know?'&#8221; Carvey said.
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&#8220;If it was government order that you had to watch it then you would be allowed to be offended,&#8221; Carvey added on the red carpet. &#8220;That was just pure unadulterated Chris Rock brilliance, the entire thing. He was on point and that&#8217;s really difficult, what we did, and whether there was real emotion and comedy mixed at the end, that&#8217;s for anyone else to observe but it was quite an achievement.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-has-one-word-response-to-learning-will-smith-was-hurt-and-embarrassed-after-chris-rock-special">Megyn Kelly Has One-Word Response To Learning Will Smith Was &#8216;Hurt&#8217; And &#8216;Embarrassed&#8217; After Chris Rock Special</a>

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Netflix has edited out a botched joke Chris Rock cracked about actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Will Smith</a> during his &#8220;Selective Outrage&#8221; special that aired live on March 4.
In the special, the 58-year-old comedian unleashed jokes involving Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, as he recalled a conversation he reportedly had with the Hollywood couple about the time he hosted the 2016 Oscars, The <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-rock-will-smith-joke-edited-selective-outrage-1235347226/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.
&#8220;Years ago, his [Smith] wife said I should quit the Oscars; I shouldn&#8217;t host &#8217;cause her man didn&#8217;t get nominated for &#8216;Emancipation,&#8217; the biggest piece of s*** ever!&#8221; Rock told the crowd, before he corrected himself.
&#8220;No, not Emancipation, I f***ed up the joke,&#8221; he added. &#8220;She started this s***. She said that me, a f***ing grown-a** man, should quit his job because, &#8216;My husband didn&#8217;t get nominated for &#8216;Concussion.'&#8221;
The film the comedian meant to say was Smith&#8217;s 2015 film &#8220;Concussion&#8221; by director Peter Landesman. The actual moment Rock was referencing took place the same year that Pinkett Smith boycotted the ceremony amid the #OscarsSoWhite movement, the outlet noted.
However, subscribers of the streaming site will not see the joke in the replay version after the flub was edited out.
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The outlet noted that a source informed them that Rock is aware of the edit and helped Netflix finalize the cut of the special.
In <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rock-torches-wokeness-meghan-markle-and-will-smith-in-netflix-special-dont-fall-into-the-woke-trap">Rock&#8217;s</a> special, the comedian took several swipes at Smith and his wife.
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&#8220;Anybody that says that words hurt has never been punched in the face,&#8221; the comedian told the audience. &#8220;Words hurt when you write them on a brick.&#8221;
He said Smith exhibited &#8220;selective outrage&#8221; when <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">he slapped him</a> last year at the Oscars.
&#8220;Will Smith practices selective outrage because everyone that knows what happened, everybody that really knows, knows I had nothing to do with that s***,&#8221; Rock shared. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t have any entanglements. His wife was f***** her son&#8217;s friend.&#8221;
&#8220;Now I normally wouldn&#8217;t talk about this s***,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But for some reason these n****** put that s*** on the internet. I have no idea why two talented people would do something that f***** low down. What the f***.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;ve all been cheated on, everybody in here has been cheated on,&#8221; the comedian continued. &#8220;None of us have been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television, like, &#8216;Hey I was sucking somebody else&#8217;s d***, how did that make you feel?&#8217; Why the f*** would you do that s***?&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-has-one-word-response-to-learning-will-smith-was-hurt-and-embarrassed-after-chris-rock-special">Megyn Kelly Has One-Word Response To Learning Will Smith Was &#8216;Hurt&#8217; And &#8216;Embarrassed&#8217; After Chris Rock Special</a>

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Netflix Edits Out Botched Chris Rock Joke About Will Smith During ‘Selective Outrage’ Special

Netflix Edits Out Botched Chris Rock Joke About Will Smith During 'Selective Outrage' Special

Megyn Kelly had a one-word response after learning that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Will Smith</a> was reportedly &#8220;hurt&#8221; and &#8220;embarrassed&#8221; over the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">Chris Rock</a> Netflix special in which the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rock-torches-wokeness-meghan-markle-and-will-smith-in-netflix-special-dont-fall-into-the-woke-trap">comedian blasted</a> Smith for <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">slapping him</a> during last year&#8217;s Academy Awards show.
The Sirius XM podcast host <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1633839431479361536?s=20">tweeted</a> a headline from The <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/09/will-smith-embarrassed-over-chris-rock-netflix-special-report/">New York Post</a> to her two million followers that read, &#8220;Will Smith &#8217;embarrassed, hurt&#8217; over Chris Rock&#8217;s comments in Netflix special: report.&#8221;
She wrote in response, &#8220;Dude.&#8221;
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&mdash; Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1633839431479361536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A source told <a href="https://www.etonline.com/why-will-smith-did-not-watch-chris-rocks-distasteful-netflix-comedy-special-200360">Entertainment Tonight</a> that Smith had not seen what he called Rock&#8217;s &#8220;distasteful&#8221; performance that was broadcast live on the streaming platform on Saturday night.
&#8220;Will is embarrassed and hurt by what Chris said about him and his family in his Netflix special,&#8221; a source explained. &#8220;He [Smith] didn&#8217;t watch it, but he had people tell him what Chris said.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s everywhere when you look online and on social media, so Will and Jada [Pinkett Smith] have seen comments about it,&#8221; the source added. &#8220;Will apologized to Chris and would like for Chris to let it go. Will has worked on himself and he is banned by the Oscars for 10 years. He feels like that&#8217;s enough and wants Chris to move on, so that he and everyone else can too.&#8221;
In Rock&#8217;s special, titled &#8220;Selective Outrage,&#8221; the 58-year-old took several swipes at Smith and his wife, Jada.
&#8220;Anybody that says that words hurt has never been punched in the face,&#8221; Rock told the audience. &#8220;Words hurt when you write them on a brick.&#8221;
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He said Smith exhibited &#8220;selective outrage&#8221; when he slapped him last year at the Oscars because his wife had been unfaithful.
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&#8220;Will Smith practices selective outrage because everyone that knows what happened, everybody that really knows, knows I had nothing to do with that s***,&#8221; Rock shared. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t have any entanglements. His wife was f***** her son&#8217;s friend.&#8221;
&#8220;Now I normally wouldn’t talk about this s***,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But for some reason these n****** put that s*** on the internet. I have no idea why two talented people would do something that f***** low down. What the f***.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;ve all been cheated on, everybody in here has been cheated on,&#8221; the comedian continued. &#8220;None of us have been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television, like, &#8216;Hey I was sucking somebody else&#8217;s d***, how did that make you feel?&#8217; Why the f*** would you do that s***?&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jimmy-kimmel-reveals-how-hell-handle-another-slap-if-it-happens-when-hes-hosting-oscars">Jimmy Kimmel Reveals How He&#8217;ll Handle Another Slap If It Happens When He&#8217;s Hosting Oscars</a>
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Megyn Kelly Has One-Word Response To Learning Will Smith Was ‘Hurt’ And ‘Embarrassed’ After Chris Rock Special

Megyn Kelly Has One-Word Response To Learning Will Smith Was 'Hurt' And 'Embarrassed' After Chris Rock Special

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Chris Rock’s 2022 hosting stint at the Oscars got an obscene amount of attention at the time, and now it’s being talked about all over again as the comedian is finally cracking jokes about it. But Rock fans surely remember that this isn’t the first time Rock was involved with drama and controversy while hosting Hollywood’s biggest night.
Besides some vague references to Oscar winner Will Smith storming onto the stage to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-academy-admits-its-response-to-will-smiths-oscars-slap-was-inadequate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slap him</a>, Rock hadn’t really dug into the incident until right now. His Netflix special “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rock-torches-wokeness-meghan-markle-and-will-smith-in-netflix-special-dont-fall-into-the-woke-trap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Selective Outrage</a>” debuted on March 4, just over a week before the 95th Annual Academy Awards premiere. It’s hard to believe that this timing wasn’t intentional.
“Anybody that says that words hurt has never been punched in the face,” Rock said during the performance as the audience laughed. “Words hurt when you write them on a brick.”
The 58-year-old celebrity also talked in-depth about the slap and Smith’s motivation behind it. Smith was reacting to Rock joking about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head. Rock saying, “Jada, I love ya. G.I. Jane 2, can&#8217;t wait to see it” was enough to make Will jump out of his seat and slap Rock while repeating, “Keep my wife&#8217;s name out of your f***ing mouth!&#8221;
This could be seen as an example of an overprotective spouse. But Rock insists that Will’s reaction was more about the Smith’s complicated relationship. The pair have been open about Jada’s infidelity. She even interviewed her husband during an episode of her talk show “Red Table Talk” and had him confront his feelings about these “entanglements” publicly.
“Will Smith practices selective outrage because everyone that knows what happened, everybody that really knows, knows I had nothing to do with that s***. I didn’t have any entanglements,” Rock says during the stand-up special “His wife was f***ing her son’s friend.”
“Now I normally wouldn’t talk about this s***,” Rock continued. “But for some reason these n****** put that s*** on the internet. I have no idea why two talented people would do something that f***ing low down.” he said.
“We’ve all been cheated on, everybody in here has been cheated on. None of us have been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television&#8230;&#8221;
Fans will likely remember that 2022 was not Rock’s first time hosting the Academy Awards. The Emmy Award-winning actor first hosted in 2005 and while the drama then wasn’t as big as “slapgate,” there was a bit of controversy that time, too.
Rock came under fire for mocking the ceremony before he even took the stage.
&#8220;Come on, it&#8217;s a fashion show,&#8221; the comedian <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130923063025/http://www.smh.com.au/news/Oscars-2005/Chris-Rock-Oscars-host-slams-Oscars/2005/02/16/1108500124826.html">told</a> Entertainment Weekly ahead of the broadcast that year. &#8220;What straight black man sits there and watches the Oscars? Show me one. And they don&#8217;t recognize comedy, and you don&#8217;t see a lot of black people nominated, so why should I watch it?&#8221;
While onstage, Rock joked about Jude Law being a second-rate Tom Cruise, which earned him a scolding from Sean Penn. The actor admonished Rock, saying, &#8220;Forgive my compromised sense of humor but I did want to answer our host’s question about who Jude Law is. He’s one of our finest actors.”
Despite these minor incidents, Rock was invited back to host in 2016. The comedian was asked to boycott the Academy Awards in protest of the fact that no black actors were nominated that year, but he declined. The “Saturday Night Live” alum did address racism during his time onstage, however. 
“Is Hollywood racist?” he said <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/29/chris-rock-at-the-oscars-youre-damn-right-hollywoods-racist">during the presentation</a>. “You’re damn right Hollywood’s racist.” Rock explained his belief that the industry was not “burning cross racist &#8230; it’s a different type of racist.”
Rock went on to say that the people he’s talking about, “don’t hire black people and they’re the nicest white people on earth; they’re liberals.”
He said their form of racist behavior is “sorority racist, like ‘We like you, Ronda, but you’re not a Kappa.’”
In a rare moment of foreshadowing, Rock also mocked Will and Jada Pinkett Smith for skipping the 2016 ceremony.
“Jada got mad, she said she’s not coming. Doesn’t she have a TV show? Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties – I wasn’t invited!” he quipped, adding, “You get mad that Will was this good and didn’t get nominated” [for his role in ‘Concussion’]. “It’s also not fair that Will was paid $20 million to do ‘Wild Wild West.’”
He also mentioned the calls to boycott. 
“‘Chris, you should boycott, you should quit’ – how come it’s always unemployed people that tell you to quit something?” Rock said. “I thought about it really hard but they’re not going to cancel the Oscars because I quit, and the last thing I need is to lose another job to Kevin Hart.”
Rock ended the speech by saying, “black lives matter” while raising his fist.
It’s unclear if the “Death at a Funeral” star will ever be asked to host the Academy Awards again. But this year’s host Jimmy Kimmel, who is also taking the stage for the third time, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jimmy-kimmel-reveals-how-hell-handle-another-slap-if-it-happens-when-hes-hosting-oscars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently discussed</a> what he plans to do if anyone assaults him during the presentation.
When asked how he’d handle a slap, Kimmel <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jimmy-kimmel-oscars-hosting-slap-1235340569/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Hollywood Reporter, “Well, I size them up, and, if I’m bigger than they are, I beat the s*** out of them on television. And if it’s the Rock, I run.”

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Jimmy Kimmel revealed how he would handle things on Sunday as the host of the 95th Academy Awards if someone were to <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">slap him in the face,</a> like when actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Will Smith</a> struck host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">Chris Rock</a> during last year&#8217;s ceremony.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-kimmel">55-year-old</a> late-night host told <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jimmy-kimmel-oscars-hosting-slap-1235340569/">The Hollywood Reporter</a> that he might react differently than Rock did in 2022, depending on who is coming at him.
&#8220;You mean, if somebody comes up on the stage and slaps me?&#8221; the host asked. &#8220;Well, I size them up, and, if I’m bigger than they are, I beat the s*** out of them on television. And if it’s the Rock, I run.&#8221;
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He also acknowledged that his opening monologue would &#8220;have to be great&#8230;because so much has been said and there&#8217;s so much focus on&#8221; last year&#8217;s controversy.
&#8220;I obviously don&#8217;t want to make the whole monologue about that, but it would be ridiculous not to mention it,&#8221; said Kimmel.
At one point, he also said he couldn&#8217;t really worry about the ratings because &#8220;it&#8217;s not something&#8221; he really has any control over.
&#8220;We&#8217;re excited that there are movies [nominated that] people have seen, so we&#8217;re hoping more people watch, but who the hell knows?&#8221; the host replied. &#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of focus put on the ratings of these award shows and it&#8217;s used as a gauge in some ways, but it has almost nothing to do with the award shows themselves and everything to do with television viewing habits in general.&#8221;
This year&#8217;s show will be the &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live&#8221; host&#8217;s third time emceeing the Oscars after first getting the job in 2017 and again in 2019.
&#8220;It&#8217;s so important to have a host who knows how to handle live television and a live audience,&#8221; Academy CEO Bill Kramer noted recently about Kimmel. &#8220;He&#8217;s funny, he&#8217;s respectful, his edges aren&#8217;t too sharp.&#8221;
The 95th Academy Awards take place on Sunday, March 12, at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. It will be broadcast on ABC at 8e/5p.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kimmel-slams-aaron-rodgers-as-tin-foil-hatter-over-wanting-to-see-epstein-client-list-teammate-defends-him">Kimmel Slams Aaron Rodgers As &#8216;Tin-Foil&#8217; Hatter Over Wanting To See Epstein Client List, Teammate Defends Him</a>

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Jimmy Kimmel Reveals How He’ll Handle Another Slap If It Happens When He’s Hosting Oscars

Jimmy Kimmel Reveals How He'll Handle Another Slap If It Happens When He's Hosting Oscars

He stalked the stage like a panther. An animal, a predator. And he went there. Oh man did he go there.
Every time I think Dave Chappelle is the best, Chris Rock comes along and knocks him off the top perch. On Saturday night, Rock held court on a Baltimore stage in the first-ever live Netflix comedy special.
The special&#8217;s title: &#8220;Selective Outrage.&#8221;
On abortion: &#8220;If you need to pay for your own abortion, you need to get an abortion.&#8221;
On woke culture: &#8220;Right now we live in a world where the emergency room is filled up with motherf***ers with paper cuts.&#8221;
On Meghan Markle: &#8220;It’s the royal family. They’re the original racists. They invented colonialism. They are the OG’s of racism.&#8221;
But everyone was waiting for him to address &#8220;the slap heard &#8217;round the world.&#8221; Actor Will Smith slapped Rock nearly a year ago on the Oscars stage, and Rock has spoken about the incident only sparingly.
Not Saturday night. You&#8217;ll have to watch the special to get the real flavor, but here&#8217;s the cleaned-up version.
&#8220;Will Smith practices selective outrage because everyone that knows what happened, everybody that really knows, knows I had nothing to do with that s***. I didn’t have any entanglements,” Rock said.
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&#8220;Now I normally wouldn’t talk about this s***. But for some reason these n***** put that s*** on the internet. I have no idea why two talented people would do something that f***** low down. What the f***?” he said.
&#8220;We’ve all been cheated on, everybody in here has been cheated on. None of us have been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television, like, &#8216;Hey I was sucking somebody else’s d***, how did that make you feel?&#8217; Why the f*** would you do that s***?”
Of Jada Pinkett-Smith, Rock said: &#8220;Nobody&#8217;s picking on this b****, she started it. Nobody was picking on her. And then this n**** gives me a f*** concussion, OK. What the f***, man?&#8221;
Why did Rock just stand there and take the slap? He addressed that, too.
&#8220;A lot of people are like, &#8216;Chris why didn’t you do nothing back?&#8217; Because I got parents that’s why, because I was raised. And you know what my parents taught me? Don’t fight in front of white people.&#8221;
With that, he dropped the mic and walked off. Next to him was a very &#8212; very &#8212; large bodyguard. In this world of selective outrage, even comedians now need protection.
The show got off to a fiery start. Just 30 seconds in, as Rock said, &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna&#8217; try to do a show without offending anyone,&#8221; someone in the crowd was shouting something. Rock right away showed who was in charge: &#8220;N**** sit down!&#8221;
The heckler was never heard from again.
Rock is among the top social commentators of our time &#8212; think a modern-day Mark Twain. Remember, this is the man who did &#8220;N***** Vs. Black People&#8221; back in 1997, saying the former glorify ignorance and laziness and brag about fulfilling even the most minute responsibility.
On Saturday, the 58-year-old comedian got right to the issue of the day, unworried about being canceled. He opened by taking shots at people who get “triggered” and believe that “words hurt.”
&#8220;You never know who might get triggered. You say the wrong thing, motherf***ers get scared. You know what people say, &#8216;Words hurt.&#8217; Anybody that says that words hurt has never been punched in the face,” Rock said. “Words hurt &#8212; when you write them on a brick.”
And Rock delivered some advice. &#8220;Don’t fall into the woke trap at all.&#8221; He said he supports equal rights for all people and social justice.
&#8220;The thing I have a problem with is the selective outrage. One person does something, they get canceled. Somebody does the exact same thing, nothing.&#8221;
That phenomenon Rock dubbed &#8220;selective outrage.&#8221;
Just a couple days after Hershey&#8217;s released a candy bar on International Women&#8217;s Day that featured a transgender &#8212; the wrapper said &#8220;HerShe&#8221; &#8212; Rock took aim at all the woke businesses out there, trying to pitch their social awareness to sell more product.
&#8220;&#8216;We like to give back. We don&#8217;t even like the money. We like to give back.&#8217; I was in the mall the other day, I went by the store Lululemon, I walk by and in the window of every Lululemon there’s a sign that says, ‘We don’t support racism, sexism, discrimination, or hate,&#8217;” he said. “And I’m like, ‘who gives a f&#8212;?’ You’re just selling yoga pants. I don’t need your yoga pants politics. Tell me how you work on b&#8212; sweat.&#8221;
Rock later hit an easy target &#8212; the royal family. He shredded Meghan Markle, who is half black, for playing the victim. She claimed on a show with Oprah Winfrey that members of the royal family questioned how black a baby would be with her ultra-white husband, Prince Harry.
&#8220;&#8216;Oprah, they’re so racist they wanted to know how brown the baby was going to be,'&#8221; Rock said, playing Markle. &#8220;I’m like, ‘That’s not racist, because even black people want to know how brown the baby going to be. S***, we check behind the ears. That’s a scientific test because you’ve got to know what kind of black child you going to get,&#8217;” he said.
&#8220;I know her dilemma: black girl trying to be accepted by her white in-laws. Oh, it’s hard. It’s so hard, it’s very hard – but it ain’t as hard as a white girl trying to be accepted by her black in-laws. Now that s*** is really hard,” he said. &#8220;I’m like, ‘If you black and you wanted to be accepted by your white in-laws then you need to marry a Kardashian because they accept everybody.'&#8221;
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

Be Happy You’re Alive In The Age Of Chris Rock, The Modern-Day Mark Twain

Be Happy You're Alive In The Age Of Chris Rock, The Modern-Day Mark Twain

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Comedian Chris Rock hit on a variety of major topics during the debut of his Netflix special &#8220;Selective Outrage&#8221; on Saturday night, including the infamous slap that he got from actor Will Smith during the 94th Academy Awards last March.
Rock began the show by taking shots at people who get &#8220;triggered&#8221; and believe that &#8220;words hurt.&#8221;
&#8220;Anybody that says that words hurt has never been punched in the face,&#8221; Rock said as the audience erupted in laughter. &#8220;Words hurt when you write them on a brick.&#8221;
Rock slammed cancel culture, saying that people get ahead in the workplace by trying to cancel those in positions above them. &#8220;Don&#8217;t fall into the woke trap,&#8221; Rock said.
&#8220;The thing I have a problem with is the selective outrage,&#8221; he said, adding that people who express &#8220;selective outrage&#8221; are &#8220;full of s***.&#8221; &#8220;Motherf***ers typing out woke a*s tweets on a phone made by child slaves,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Not only is everybody full of s***, every business is full of s***.&#8221;
&#8220;I was in the mall the other day, I went by the store Lululemon, I walk by and in the window of every Lululemon there&#8217;s a sign that says, &#8216;we don&#8217;t support racism, sexism, discrimination, or hate,'&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I&#8217;m like, &#8216;who gives a f***?&#8217; You&#8217;re just selling yoga pants. I don&#8217;t need your yoga pants politics.&#8221;
Rock <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11822249/Chris-Rock-slams-Meghan-Markle-telling-Oprah-royal-family-racist.html">mocked</a> Duchess Meghan Markle for her victim mindset, including her claims that the royal family was racist.
&#8220;&#8216;Oprah, they&#8217;re so racist they wanted to know how brown the baby was going to be&#8217;,&#8221; Rock mocked Markle. &#8220;I&#8217;m like, &#8216;That&#8217;s not racist, because even black people want to know how brown the baby going to be. S*** we check behind the ears &#8211; that&#8217;s a scientific test because you&#8217;ve got to know what kind of black child you going to get,'&#8221; he joked, comparing black skin on a scale from basketball stars Stephen Curry to Draymond Green.
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&#8220;I know her dilemma: black girl trying to be accepted by her white in-laws. Oh it&#8217;s hard. It&#8217;s so hard, it&#8217;s very hard &#8211; but it ain&#8217;t as hard as a white girl trying to be accepted by her black in-laws. Now that s*** is really hard,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Meghan Markle, I know the dilemma. I&#8217;m like, &#8216;If you black and you wanted to be accepted by your white in-laws then you need to marry a Kardashian because they accept everybody.'&#8221;
Rock then <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11822307/Chris-Rock-mocks-Smith-interviewing-Jada-affair.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline">devoted</a> several minutes of his show to addressing Smith&#8217;s attack on him last year, saying that Smith was exercising &#8220;selective outrage&#8221; and was lashing out because his wife cheated on him.
&#8220;Will Smith practices selective outrage because everyone that knows what happened, everybody that really knows, knows I had nothing to do with that s***. I didn&#8217;t have any entanglements,&#8221; he claimed. &#8220;His wife was f***** her son&#8217;s friend.&#8221;
&#8220;Now I normally wouldn&#8217;t talk about this s***. But for some reason these n****** put that shit on the internet. I have no idea why two talented people would do something that f***** low down. What the f***,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We&#8217;ve all been cheated on, everybody in here has been cheated on. None of us have been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television, like, &#8220;Hey I was sucking somebody else&#8217;s d***, how did that make you feel?&#8221; Why the f*** would you do that s***?&#8221;
Rock then cracked a joke when asked why he did not strike Smith back.
&#8220;A lot of people are like, &#8216;Chris why didn&#8217;t you do nothing back?&#8217; Because I got parents that&#8217;s why, because I was raised,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And you know what my parents taught me? Don&#8217;t fight in front of white people.&#8221;

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Chris Rock Torches Wokeness, Meghan Markle, And Will Smith In Netflix Special: ‘Don’t Fall Into The Woke Trap’

Chris Rock Torches Wokeness, Meghan Markle, And Will Smith In Netflix Special: 'Don't Fall Into The Woke Trap'

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences isn’t taking any chances with this year’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oscars">Oscars</a> ceremony after the absolute fiasco in 2022.
During an <a href="https://time.com/6257126/oscars-ceo-bill-kramer-slap-interview/">interview</a>, the organization’s CEO Bill Kramer told Time that the group has diligently prepared for all kinds of drama ahead of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Academy Awards,</a> which will be broadcast on Sunday, March 12.
“We have a whole crisis team, something we’ve never had before, and many plans in place,” he told the publication. “We’ve run many scenarios. So it is our hope that we will be prepared for anything that we may not anticipate right now but that we’re planning for just in case it does happen.”
It’s all being done as a response to the viral moment during the 2022 ceremony when award nominee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Will Smith</a> strode onto the stage and slapped presenter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">Chris Rock</a> across the face for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who was also in the audience. 
Rock responded by saying, “Wow, Will Smith just smacked the s*** out of me,” while an irate Smith returned to his seat, saying, “Keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth.”
A short time later, Smith was invited onstage to accept the Best Actor award for his work in “King Richard.” The Academy has since been criticized for allowing Smith to stay in the audience.
The Academy issued a statement later in the evening saying it does not “condone violence in any form.” Smith apologized to Rock and the audience the day after the incident and resigned from the Academy the same week. AMPAS eventually banned Smith from attending the Oscars for 10 years.
The organization’s CEO is adamant that nothing like the slap can happen again, thanks partly to the crisis team being in place.
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“Because of last year, we’ve opened our minds to the many things that can happen at the Oscars,” Kramer said of this year’s show. 
“But these crisis plans — the crisis communication teams and structures we have in place — allow us to say, ‘This is the group that we have to gather very quickly. This is how we all come together. This is the spokesperson. This will be the statement.’ And obviously, depending on the specifics of the crisis, and let’s hope something doesn’t happen and we never have to use these, but we already have frameworks in place that we can modify.”

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Oscars Create ‘Crisis Team’ For 2023 Show In Case There’s Another Slap: ‘We Will Be Prepared For Anything’

Oscars Create 'Crisis Team' For 2023 Show In Case There's Another Slap

The Academy is taking full responsibility for its lack of a swift reaction after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Will Smith</a> assaulted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">Chris Rock</a> at last year&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oscars">Academy Awards</a> show.
“I’m sure you all remember we experienced an unprecedented event at the Oscars,” the organization’s president Janet Yang said while speaking at a nominees luncheon in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Los Angeles</a> on Monday.
“What happened onstage was fully unacceptable and the response from our organization was inadequate,” she continued. “We learned from this that the Academy must be fully transparent and accountable in our actions, and particularly in times of crisis you must act swiftly, compassionately and decisively for ourselves and for our industry. You should and can expect no less from us going forward.”
It all started when Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, having a bald head. This prompted the “Men in Black” actor to stride onto the stage and slap Rock across the face. After the slap, Smith said, “Keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth!” 
The Academy was later criticized for allowing Smith to remain in the audience and to take the stage after winning “Best Actor” for his performance in “King Richard.”
The organization sent out a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-academy-awards-responds-after-will-smith-hits-chris-rock-in-the-face-over-joke-about-wife">tweet</a> several hours after the event, which said, “The Academy does not condone violence of any form. Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.” 
Later, the organization launched a review of how the incident was handled. Smith was subsequently banned from Academy events for 10 years.
The “King Richard” actor has publicly apologized on multiple occasions and resigned from the Academy.
“Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive,” Smith <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-issues-apology-to-chris-rock-says-he-was-out-of-line-and-wrong">captioned</a> an Instagram post the day after the 2022 Academy Awards. “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.”
“I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris,” he went on. “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.”
Rock chose not to press charges against Smith, saying he is “<a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/chris-rock-victim-will-smith-slap-1235327078/">not a victim</a>.”

The Academy Admits Its Response To Will Smith’s Oscars Slap Was ‘Inadequate’

The Academy Admits Its Response To Will Smith's Oscars Slap Was 'Inadequate'

NFL Hall of Famer Michael Irvin said he&#8217;s &#8220;tired of seeing black men fight black men&#8221; after five Memphis police officers were charged in the death of Tyre Nichols, and drew an ill-advised comparison to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock last year.
During ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1K0F1cIZ3E">First Take</a>&#8221; on Monday, sports host Ryan Clark talked about the &#8220;calculated&#8221; evil of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/body-cam-footage-released-showing-incident-between-police-and-tyre-nichols">five police officers</a> accused of beating Nichols, 29, to death after stopping him for reckless driving. Irvin, the former Dallas Cowboys star, decried the black-on-black incident and even invoked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Smith</a> slapping <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">Rock</a> at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022.
&#8220;And I know [is] we keep saying it&#8217;s not a black-white thing,&#8221;  Irvin said. &#8220;You don&#8217;t ever want to see anybody get hit, anybody get beaten like that. But it does hurt a little more because it&#8217;s a black man doing it.
&#8220;It hurts man,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I&#8217;m tired of seeing black men fight black men. It&#8217;s a blue thing. But we&#8217;ve seen it quite a bit this year going way back to Will Smith and Chris Rock stuff.&#8221;
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&#8220;I&#8217;m just tired of seeing us do it,&#8221; Irvin continued. &#8220;We got enough of a fight to get our right perspective and our right place, we don&#8217;t need to be fighting each other like this. Please, let&#8217;s just stop that, please.&#8221;
Earlier in the show, the ESPN hosts praised the father of Super Bowl-bound Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts for raising him, as they shared stats about <a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/be7be259-fc29-4843-b55c-15d4385a7cd4">fathers being absent</a> in the black community.
&#8220;Give some credit to Averion Hurts, who is his father,&#8221; Clark said. &#8220;We talk so much about black fathers being in the home. He raised that man to be who he is today.&#8221;
Later, Clark posted a <a href="https://twitter.com/Realrclark25/status/1620106415548534785?s=20&amp;t=8cHvO42g0Upk-i9kN3e-QQ">clip on Twitter</a> that&#8217;s gone viral noting that both Super Bowl-bound African American quarterbacks have black fathers who &#8220;raised great men,&#8221; referring to the elder Hurts and Patrick Mahomes Sr., the father of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
&#8220;Patrick Mahomes Sr, &amp; Averion Hurts are present fathers that raised great men,&#8221; the ESPN host tweeted. &#8220;The narrative of the absent black father is pushed through the media. So, let&#8217;s remember to push this as well. Salute to you both for changing the narrative. I know Jalen &amp; Patrick appreciate you.&#8221;
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Patrick Mahomes Sr, &amp; Averion Hurts are present fathers that raised great men. The narrative of the absent black father is pushed through the media. So, let’s remember to push this as well. Salute to you both for changing the narrative. I know Jalen &amp; Patrick appreciate you. <a href="https://t.co/yFyLbzDmy1">pic.twitter.com/yFyLbzDmy1</a>
&mdash; Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) <a href="https://twitter.com/Realrclark25/status/1620106415548534785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Actor and comedian Eddie Murphy cracked a joke on Tuesday at the Golden Globe Awards about Will Smith&#8217;s slapping of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">Chris Rock</a> while he shared his advice on how to succeed in Hollywood.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eddie-murphy-expresses-regret-for-ignorant-old-comedy-routines">61-year-old</a> took a jab at Smith during his acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award for a standout filmmaker and performer, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/eddie-murphy-golden-globes-will-smith-slap-1235480082/">Variety</a> noted.
&#8220;I want to let you know that there is a definitive blueprint that you can follow to achieve success, prosperity, longevity, and peace of mind,&#8221; Murphy explained.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a blueprint, and I&#8217;ve followed it my whole career,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It&#8217;s very simple, just do these three things: pay your taxes, mind your business and keep Will Smith&#8217;s wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth!&#8221;
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Eddie Murphy shares three pieces of advice for up-and-comers in the industry:
1) Pay your taxes. 2) Mind your business. 3) Keep Will Smith&#39;s wife&#39;s name out your f&#8212;ing mouth.<a href="https://t.co/YDe7QBg9R9">https://t.co/YDe7QBg9R9</a> <a href="https://t.co/1iH3iHGBiz">pic.twitter.com/1iH3iHGBiz</a>
&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1613022175690371072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The &#8220;Coming To America&#8221; star&#8217;s remarks drew huge laughs and cheers from the celebrities in the room.
After the show, Murphy told reporters that he has only love for Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who he noted he has worked with in the past.
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Eddie Murphy clarifies that he has nothing but love for Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoldenGlobes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoldenGlobes</a> <a href="https://t.co/jzAccwdBG4">pic.twitter.com/jzAccwdBG4</a>
&mdash; Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) <a href="https://twitter.com/etnow/status/1613039758560886786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I love Will,&#8221; Murphy shared. &#8220;And I love Chris [Rock] and Will [Smith] and it&#8217;s all love.&#8221;
Smith made <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">headlines</a> after the 94th Academy Awards in March when he walked on stage and slapped <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-chris-rock-says-he-turned-down-offer-to-host-2023-oscars">Rock</a> in the face after the comedian told a joke about Jada&#8217;s shaved head. Smith has since apologized several times.
In July, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-says-he-totally-understands-and-respects-if-people-arent-ready-to-see-his-new-film">Smith</a> released a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXrxDKwlA_s">video</a> apologizing to Rock and said he had reached out to the comedian, and the message came back that he was not ready to speak to him yet.
After Smith slapped Rock, he was not removed from the event, 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;
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.
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