Chris Rock's mom is addressing her son's incident with Will Smith at the Oscars last month. The "King Richard" actor slapped Rock at the Academy Awards after the comedian cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head, referring to the 1997 film "G.I.
Jane," starring Demi Moore. Pinkett Smith, 50, has struggled with alopecia. Now, nearly a month later, Rock's mom Rose is speaking out. "You reacted to your wife giving you the side-eye, and you went and made her day because she was mulled over laughing when it happened," Rose, who is a motivational speaker, told WIS’ Billie Jean Shaw.
Rose added that, like many, she was watching the Oscars at home and initially thought the moment was staged. However, when Smith began to use "obscenities," she knew it was real, stating. "When he slapped Chris, he slapped all of us.
He really slapped me," Rose told the outlet. Chris Rock's mother Rose is addressing her son's incident with Will Smith at the Oscars last month. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Rock had presented the award for best documentary feature to Questlove that night. "No one even heard his speech," Rose said. "No one was able to just be in the moment because everyone was sitting there like, ‘What just happened?’" Rose went on to share that she reached out to her son and let him know how proud of him she was for his reaction.
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