Why Chris Rock lives far from Hollywood in NJ’s ritziest suburb
nypost.comWill Smith smacked Chris Rock after he made alopecia jokes about his wife, Jada Pickett-Smith. The sudden violent outburst that shocked audiences is certainly a first, but it calls to mind past award shows controversies: like the time Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift as she won Grammy, when Nicki Minaj called out Miley Cyrus at the VMAs and when Adrien Brody laid a kiss on Halle Berry after winning an Oscar.
For the most part, however, Rock, 57, has avoided scandal, sticking to his stand-up tours, hosting gigs and Netflix specials.
And when he isn’t preforming, he prefers to stay at home far from the Hollywood scene. In fact, for the better part of the last 22 years, Rock has lived in a $3 million home in the suburbs of New Jersey — modest by any celebrity standard.
An early member of the “Saturday Night Live” cast, Rock purchased this four-bedroom, four-bathroom estate in the upscale Alpine neighborhood back in 2001 — about a 45-minute drive to New York City.
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