Everything Chris Rock Has Said About Will Smith Slapping Him at the 2022 Oscars

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Offering his thoughts on the matter. After Will Smith made headlines for slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, the comedian has found his own way to address the drama.During the 94th annual Academy Awards, Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith‘s shaved head when he suggested she should be cast in G.I.

Jane 2. After Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia, rolled her eyes at the comment, her husband approached the stage and slapped the Saturday Night Live alum.“Will Smith just smacked the s—t out of me,” Rock said in uncensored footage that later circulated online.

As he returned to his seat, the King Richard star yelled back at the South Carolina native to “keep my wife’s name out your f—king mouth.”At the time, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that Rock and Smith did not interact privately after the incident. “Chris is focusing on his tour,” the insider said in late March. “He’s moving on and is looking forward to his upcoming gigs.”During a comedy show that same month, Rock confirmed that he hasn’t heard from Smith. “I haven’t talked to anyone despite what you may have heard,” the Grown Ups actor told the audience, according to multiple outlets.The Hitch actor, for his part, issued a public apology for his “unacceptable and inexcusable” actions one day after the awards show. “I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris.

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 wrote via Instagram.Smith added: “I would also like to apologize to The Academy, the producers of the show, all the attendees and everyone watching around the world.