In this March 27, 2022 file photo, American actor Chris Rock speaks onstage at the 94th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California. Chris Rock finally confronted Will Smith on March 4, 2013 in his usual brutal performance, a year after he slashed the actor in front of a global television audience at the Oscars.
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March 2012 Will Smith He won Oscars on stage as a comedian Christopher Rock after he made a joke about his wife’s short hair, the Hollywood star Jada Pinkett Smithwho suffers from alopecia. A few minutes later, Smith received the Oscar for Best Actor”in the manner of Williams“.
He later apologized to Petra, but the Oscars (which are held on April 12 this year) have been banned for a decade.
The comedian has not filed any charges and has been mostly silent on the matter until now. Most recently, at a show in Baltimore, Rock resisted by accusing Smith of “selective wrongdoing,” saying the actor was upset that his wife had cheated on him.
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“Did the people not want me?” It still hurts,” he added. “Actually Smith is a little older than me. Will Smith played Mohammed Ali in the movie Do you think I heard for that part?”
The comedian also explained to Smith after an episode of his wife’s podcast, in which the couple discussed “the matter” and how it had affected him. “Why did he do that?” The comedian was surprised, later claiming that Smith’s podcast was insulting and that his wife had been called a “dog” and a “predator.” He added that he tried to offer comfort to Smith after that infidelity became public.
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Petra revealed that Pinkett Smith’s enmity towards her arose a few years ago, when she asked him to boycott the Oscars because her husband was not nominated for the 2015 film “The Hidden Truth” (Concussion). “She told a grown man to quit his job because her husband wasn’t named in ‘Concussion.’ Then (Smith) hit me,” he joked. “What the hell? Have I made any jokes about it? Who gives a damn? That’s the thing; it starts, I finish it.
Rock said that, before the slap, he always loved Smith, first as a rapper, then as an actor. “He’s done some great movies. I’ve been rooting for Will Smith all my life, but now he says he’s supporting a slave master who beats Smith’s character in his latest movie, ‘Emancipation.’
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