Chris Rock Breaks His Silence On Will Smith Oscars Smack For The First Time

Comedian Chris Rock told that he would probably talk about what happened at some point in a serious manner.

Chris Rock opens up about the Oscars incident when Will Smith struck him onstage after the comedian made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The comedian recently had a show at The Wilbur in Boston, where he addressed the ordeal, telling the audience, “I’m still processing what happened.” The crowd screamed Rock’s name before his first appearance since the 94th Academy Awards.

The comedian then took the stage dressed in all white and received a standing ovation. “What’s up, Boston?” he asked the crowd, before adding, “How was your weekend?!” Comedian Chris Rock then added, as per CNN, “I don’t have a bunch of s*** about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I had like a whole show I wrote before this weekend.

After Rock said that he was still ‘processing’ what happened at this year’s Oscars, he told fans in the audience that he would probably talk about what happened at some point in a serious manner. There were some in the crowd yelling ‘Will Smith’ during the show, however, Rock did not acknowledge the shouts and never mentioned the Best Actor Oscar winner by name once throughout his set.

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Chris said later in his standup routine, “Except for a couple of weird things, life is pretty good right now.” However, Smith publicly apologized to Rock in a statement shared on Instagram, saying, “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.”

He also said, “Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. 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.”