Chris Rock is speaking out for the first time about getting slapped by Will Smith live during Sunday’s Oscar ceremony.
At a sold-out standup show in Boston Wednesday night, Rock — following a thunderous standing ovation — joked to the audience “How was your weekend?” He then added, “I don’t have a bunch of s–t about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I have a whole show I wrote before this weekend. I’m still kind of processing what happened. So, at some point I’ll talk about that s–t. And it will be serious and funny.”
The film Academy, which is weighing disciplinary action against Smith amid a formal review, revealed on Wednesday that Smith was asked to leave the ceremony after the slap. Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/03/31/im-still-processing-chris-rock-responds-to-will-smiths-slap-in-first-show-since-oscars/?sh=32e69cc83609
