Twitter on Sunday to address his 14.7 million followers in a live Q&A session. During the video, Ricky told his fans there was “no justification” for Will Smith’s actions at the Oscars, adding that “gentle” Chris Rock only weighs “about 140 pounds”.
On March 27, viewers were shocked when Will struck Chris across the face live on the Oscars stage after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.During his Q&A session on Sunday, Ricky was asked what his first reaction was to the slap. “I was annoyed, I was really annoyed,” Ricky replied, before elaborating on his point moments later. “The main thing for me was: totally unnecessary,” he said. “There was no justification.” “That annoyed me when people were saying, ‘Oh he deserved it.
You shouldn’t tell jokes about people’.” Ricky shrugged and shook his head incredulously before continuing: “I blocked someone the other day for saying, ‘No, words are violent too’. “No they’re not, no.
Violence is violence. Words aren’t violence. Anyone who tries to say that any freedom of speech justifies violence… that’s what f***ing leads to terrorism.”“The main thing about it was - whatever his justification, whether you think he deserved it, whether you think words are violence or any of that - Chris Rock weighs about 140 pounds.“He’s the most gentle man, you know?
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