Jerry Seinfeld asked Chris Rock to parody the Will Smith Oscars slap: He was too ‘shook’ still
nypost.com“Fly on the Wall” podcast with Dana Carvey and David Spade, Jerry Seinfeld said that in his directorial debut “Unfrosted” (now streaming on Netflix), he wanted Chris Rock to do a parody of the infamous Will Smith Oscars slap from the 2022 ceremony. “The other thing I wanted to do that I almost did was Chris Rock was going to be the emcee of the Bowl & Spoon Awards — and we shot that right after the Will Smith slap,” Seinfeld explained, referring to a scene in “Unfrosted.” “I was going to have somebody come up on the stage and have Chris punch ’em out as they got there.”But, Seinfeld added that so soon after the event, Rock “wasn’t up to perform.” Following the infamous moment when Smith slapped Rock at the live broadcast, Rock laid low from the limelight for a while, and Smith was banned from the Oscars for 10 years.
When Smith slapped Rock, Smith had been ostensibly defending his wife’s honor after Rock made a joke at her expense. But since then, Jade Pinkett Smith has also admitted that the couple was secretly separated at the time.“Unfrosted” is a comedy about the creation of Pop-Tarts.
Set in 1963, it’s about the rivalry between cereal companies Kellogg’s and Post as they compete to be the first one to hit the market with the breakfast treat.Seinfeld stars in the movie opposite Melissa McCarthy, Max Greenfield, Hugh Grant, Amy Schumer and Jack McBrayer.
In the movie, Cedric the Entertainer plays Stu Smiley, who is hosting the Bowl & Spoon Awards – honoring the best in breakfast.From Seinfeld’s explanation, he seemed to have originally planned for the role to be Rock.
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