Chris Rock talks about Will Smith’s slap for the first time

Last weekend, Chris Rock had a performance at the Lyric Performing Arts Center located in Baltimore, Maryland (USA). In the greeting at the beginning of the program, the comedian hinted that he was slapped by Will Smith on stage at the 94th Academy Awards.

According to a reporter from CBS’s WJZ-TV channel, Chris Rock said: “I’m fine, I’m fine. Scratches have healed, bruises have melted… almost like that“. After that, throughout the performance, which lasted about 90 minutes, the comedian did not mention the Oscar incident again.

Will Smith’s slap to Chris Rock has helped the viewership of the Oscar 2022 live broadcast skyrocket compared to the sad achievement of the previous year.

Recently, Chris Rock’s mother also expressed her opinion about the slap of the owner of the 2022 Oscar for Best Actor. She said that when Will Smith slaps his son, he is slapping the whole world in the face.

“When he hit Chris, he patted us in the face too. He slapped my son and slapped me too. No one could absorb his words. No one was in the mood to enjoy the ceremony because everyone sitting there was wondering, ‘What just happened?'”, Chris Rock’s mother expressed.

In early April, Chris Rock hinted that he and his team were looking for a media unit willing to pay for a first and exclusive interview about the incident. If so, this will be the first time that either party directly involved has spoken out about the scandal.

After the scuffle, Will Smith withdrew from the Academy and was banned from attending events organized by it for 10 years. However, he still has the right to receive an Oscar nomination and win even though he was not invited to the awards night. Recently, the actor went to India.

According to Zing