With the Oscar’s coming up this weekend, inevitably “the slap” is going to be on everyone’s mind. Last year, Will Smith famously walked onstage after Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith having alopecia and proceeded to smack Chris Rock across the face and scream obscenities at him. Smith, moments later won the Award for Best Actor and proceeded with the evening as if nothing happened. Subsequently, he half-assed apologized to Rock, and was banned from the event moving forward.
Chris Rock has stayed mostly quiet about the incident, but with the release of his new Netflix special, titled “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,” he finally unleashes on Will Smith with a tirade of obscenities and jokes. We knew it was inevitable, but apparently Will Smith did not, and his feelings are hurt. Check this out.
Will Smith was left “embarrassed and hurt” over Chris Rock’s comments in his latest Netflix special, which reignited the controversy, according to a new report.
The famed funnyman used his latest standup special to verbally clobber Smith for slapping him onstage at last year’s Oscars ceremony.
Does Will Smith get to be embarrassed and hurt? While he should feel embarrassed, whether the slap was a set-up or not, he has no right to feel hurt after doing what he did and humiliating himself, his family, the Academy, and most of all Chris Rock on live television.
“Will is embarrassed and hurt by what Chris said about him and his family in his Netflix special,” a source told Entertainment Tonight. “He didn’t watch it, but he had people tell him what Chris said,” the insider went on, adding that “Will and Jada (Pinkett Smith) have seen comments about it.”
“Will apologized to Chris and would like for Chris to let it go,” the source added.
Will Smith is 'embarrassed and hurt' by Chris Rock's controversial Netflix special https://t.co/gTpI25k2rv
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) March 9, 2023
I’m sure Will Smith would like Chris to let it go. I also imagine Chris Rock would’ve liked to NOT be slapped and humiliated on live television. So, I guess Will Smith gets what he gets. It must be nice to live in a world where you can assault another man without legal repercussion and feel justified in whining a year later when your victim roasts your ass on Netflix. Rock was clearly angry while talking about it.
“Everybody in the world called him a b–h,” Rock said of Smith. “Everybody. Everybody. And who’s he hit? Me. A n—a he knows he could beat. That is some b—h-ass s—t.”
“Everybody f–king knows. Yes! It happened. I got smacked like a year ago,” he said. “I got smacked in the f–king Oscars by this motherf—ker!”
“People like, ‘Did it hurt?’ It still hurts! I got ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears!” Rock went on, referring to Smith’s 1991 hip-hop hit with former musical partner DJ Jazzy Jeff.
“But I’m not a victim, baby. You will never see me on Oprah or Gayle [King], crying.”
After the audience erupted in cheers and applause, Rock boasted, “No. It’s never gonna happen. No. F–k that s–t. I took that hit like [former professional boxer Manny] Pacquiao.”
Undeniably hilarious stuff. The anger builds in Rock during his diatribe, and he is visibly angry. The real emotional response just makes the tirade more funny.
Will Smith want him to “let it go”, and the Academy has a “crisis response team” in place for this years telecast. Even Host Jimmy Kimmel has vowed to step in if anything happens.
2023 host Jimmy Kimmel has vowed to “beat the s–t out of” anyone who attempts any violent funny business under his watch.
Of course, the fluffy alleged funny man Kimmel couldn’t beat an egg, so here’s hoping something happens, so he can get his behind kicked as well.
In the meantime, the Academy and the network should be happy. Any press is good press, and as awards shows start to go the way of the “Dean Martin Roast”, at least a few curious eyeballs might tune in this year.
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