Looking back at the slap incident”
Comedian Chris Rock will perform a stand-up comedy show on an online entertainment platform. This show is called Selective Outrage. In the first episode, Rock will share about the “slap” incident that happened at the 2022 Oscars.
At that time, the actor Prince Will Smith walked straight onto the stage and gave Chris Rock – the host of the awards ceremony… a heavy slap because Rock made fun of the hairstyle of Smith’s wife – actress Jada Pinkett Smith.< /p>
Show Selective Outrage< /em> will air this weekend. Rock will open the show by talking about the “slapping” scandal of which he is the victim. Because the show Selective Outrage is a stand-up comedy show sense of humor, so it can be predicted that Rock will include many humorous features in the way he views the past “slap” incident.
When appearing on stage at the 2022 Oscars to do awarding tasks for the category Best Documentary When seeing actress Jada Pinkett Smith with a bald head, comedian Chris Rock “amusingly” made a joke openly joking: “Jada I love you. This hairstyle is probably for filmingG.I. Is that Jane II? I’m really looking forward to watching this movie.”
At this time, Jada is bald because she is suffering from severe hair loss. The appearance of the female character In the movie G.I. Jane (1997), this is a famous role of actress Demi Moore that provoked Will Smith Smith to step on the stage The stage slapped Rock, then returned to his seat and cursed profanely to show his unrelenting anger.
Just a few minutes after slapping his colleague, Will Smith stepped up to receive the award for Best Actor for his role in the movie King Richard. received the award in tears and said: “Actor Denzel Washington just told me a few minutes ago: At the peak moments of your life, be careful, that’s when the devil comes closest to you.”
This quote partly shows Will Smith’s remorse after the violent act at a crime scene film award event attracts the attention of international media and public. After this scandal, the Oscar organizers announced a ban on Will Smith from attending events organized by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 10 years.
A year has passed and the old story is still not forgotten
In fact, in a recent comedy show, Chris Rock mentioned Will Smith through a corner. Looks funny but no less… bitter and painful. Rock mentioned that Smith’s wife had an affair in 2016 with rapper August Alsina. At the time of this extramarital relationship, August Alsina was only 23 years old and actress Jada Pinkett Smith was 44 years old.
Alsina revealed this relationship to the media in 2020. forced the Smith couple to confirm that they had an “open” marriage. Previously, Will Smith and his wife had shown to the media and the public that their bond was strong, even though there were always rumors that the couple was not as “good and sweet” as they always showed.
Referring back to Smith Rock’s marriage story, he said in a recent comedy show: “We were all fooled. She hurt him much more than he hurt me guys. And everyone knows this, I won’t reveal anything sensitive.
I felt so sorry for Will that I tried calling to comfort him. Everyone said this and that about his family but I was the only one who didn’t comment and wanted to call and comfort him but then who did he hit? Hit me, guys.”
In a talk show, actress Jada Pinkett Smith once spoke up and advised Will Smith and Chris Rock to sit down and have a frank conversation with each other to mend and heal their broken hearts. hurt on both sides.
Almost 4 months after the “slap” incident, Will Smith posted a video clip to publicly apologize to Chris Rock: “I never thought that I did the right thing in that moment. I never thought that was the ideal way to handle the problem when I felt that I and my loved ones were treated disrespectfully and even humiliated.
I tried to contact Chris and the message I got back was that he was not willing to have a dialogue with me. When he’s ready, he will proactively contact you again.” In his apology, Smith also emphasized with the intention of defending himself: “Words can also cause pain.”
About the video Chris Rock once commented on this apology clip: “I feel terrible because the video speaks like a kidnapped hostage. Everyone who says words can hurt has never been slapped in the face. Will gave the impression of a perfect person for 30 years and then he took off his mask to show us that he has his ugly moments like the rest of us.”
“A year is not too late for a gentleman to retaliate”
Currently, although Chris Rock’s comedy show has not yet aired, The Wall Street Journal has revealed some valuable comedic lines that the actor performed. The reporter will say in the first broadcast episode. For example, Chris Rock commented on the question he has received a lot over the past year: “The thing people often ask and want to know the most over the past year is that slap. Does it hurt?
Oh my god, does it hurt? He once played boxer boxer Muhammad Ali in the movie Ali in 2001, do you remember? If I refer to a cartoon, I am a zebra character and he is a killer shark, do you understand? I was slapped so hard that I suddenly heard him singing in my ears. Smith once tried his hand at singing, guys.”
A week after being slapped in 2022, Chris Rock appeared at a comedy show when Sharing his first words with the audience after the shocking incident, he was quite emotional: “Are you guys okay? I’m still trying to understand what happened. At some point I will talk about this story. I will speak in a way that is both serious and humorous, but for now I will only tell you other funny stories.”
Now is the time that Chris Rock chooses to talk about the past. The time Chris Rock’s comedy show Selective Outrage came to the public was more than a week before the 2023 Oscars took place, and now there are reminders about the awards ceremony. Oscar 2022 still mainly revolves around the “slap” scandal.
In fact, this is a shocking incident that will forever be remembered in the history of the Oscar ceremony. Chris Rock’s selection Letting the first episode of the comedy show talk about the “slap” incident will cause the American media and public to focus all their attention on this show to see what “a gentleman returns the blow in a year before it’s too late”. ..
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