Chris Rock Reveals If He'd Host Oscars Again After Infamous Will Smith Slap, Attends Vanity Fair Party With Daughter Zahra

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Chris Rock opened up about if he would be willing to return to the stage to host another Oscars.

The 60-year-old comedian famously hosted the event in 2022. The ceremony that year went down in history after Will Smith slapped him across the face over a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith.

While attending the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party with his daughter Zahra on Sunday night (March 2) in Los Angeles, Chris shared his thoughts about hosting again in the future. Keep reading to find out more… Would he be interested? “You never know,” he told E News. “This is what I would say, the most miserable people on earth are people that can’t forgive,” he told the outlet. “And not just people, you have to forgive yourself sometimes.

So, hey, you never know.” He continued, saying that he “live[d] in forgiveness.” During the event, Chris also posed for photos with friend and collaborator David Spade. Will was famously banned from the Oscars for 10 years after the incident. Scroll through all of the photos of Chris Rock at the event…