Los Angeles, March 31: Days after the Will Smith-Chris Rock incident during Oscars event, the American comedian said he is “still processing what happened”. Speaking for the first time about the incident, Rock said, “I’m still kind of processing what happened, so at some point I’ll talk about that… And it’ll be serious and it’ll be funny, but right now I’m going to tell some jokes.”
According to CNN, the comedian was greeted by the audience at Boston’s Wilbur Theater with two back-to-back standing ovations, lasting several minutes. “Let me be all misty,” Rock said with tears in his eyes, gesturing to the crowd’s warm response.
Currently on his ‘Ego Death Tour’, he said, “I wrote a show before all this nonsense happened.” The comedian said he would talk about the Oscars’ incident in more detail at some point. Then, seemingly in reference to whether he’s spoken with Smith since the weekend’s events, Rock said, “I haven’t talked to anyone, despite what you heard”.
On March 27, Smith had physically smacked presenter Chris Rock on the head for making the ill-advised joke about his wife Jada Pinkett’s alopecia. Rock joked that she was set to make ‘GI Jane 2’ next, which led Smith to rush up on stage and try to hit Rock. Smith then told him not to use his wife’s name. Smith, went up on stage just to put the message across, as Rock body-shamed the “Aladdin” actor’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has “initiated disciplinary proceedings” against the ‘King Richard’ actor.
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