Never say never. After King Richard‘s Oscars win was overshadowed by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, Serena Williams revealed that she would be interested in more onscreen stories about her family.
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Setting the record straight. Chris Rock appeared to deny that Will Smith has reached out after slapping him at the Oscars.
“I haven’t talked to anyone despite what you may have heard,” the Everybody Hates Chris alum, 57, said during his second comedy show on Wednesday, March 30, according to multiple outlets.
The South Carolina native’s comment came hours after Us Weekly reported that the King Richard star, 53, has not spoken to Rock despite apologizing via Instagram.
“Chris is focusing on his tour,” the insider told Us on Wednesday. “He’s moving on and is looking forward to his upcoming gigs.”
The Grammy winner put on “a great show,” an eyewitness exclusively told Us of his first performance at the Wilbur Theater in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday, adding, that the audience “laughed a lot and it really cut the tension.”
The Saturday Night Live alum began by asking his fans how their weekend was. “I’m still processing what happened,” Rock said before continuing his routine.
The Emmy winner was presenting the award for Best Original Documentary to Questlove at the Academy Awards on Sunday, March 27, when he joked about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head. (The Red Table Talk cohost, 50, has been vocal about her alopecia diagnosis over the years.)
Although the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum laughed at the jest at first, he subsequently strode onstage and smacked Rock across the face before yelling from his seat: “Keep my wife’s name out your f–king mouth.”
The rapper, who went on to win the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, addressed the altercation in a Monday, March 28, Instagram post.
“Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive,” the Pennsylvania native told his followers at the time. “My behavior at last
Never say never. After King Richard‘s Oscars win was overshadowed by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, Serena Williams revealed that she would be interested in more onscreen stories about her family.
Dealing with her own backlash. Amy Schumer has been candid about her honest reaction to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, but some haven’t appreciated it.
he assaulted his older sibling at the Oscars last month. The younger Rock has just inked a deal with Celebrity Boxing founderDamon Feldman and told TMZ he has one opponent in mind. “I should get in the ring with Will Smith,” Kenny declared in an interview on Wednesday.
Offering his thoughts on the matter. After Will Smith made headlines for slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, the comedian has found his own way to address the drama.
More to say? As Chris Rock has continued his post-Oscars comedy tour, he addressed his lack of commentary on the incident.
Staying quiet. Chris Rock told an excited crowd that he wouldn’t be speaking out about getting slapped by Will Smith just yet.
Facing the future. After receiving major backlash for slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith is worried about what will happen to his career from here.
Jada Pinkett Smith is not “angry with” Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars — but she “wishes he didn’t” get physical with the comedian.
Chris Rock still hasn't discussed his encounter with Will Smith at the Oscars, but he is referencing the moment during his comedy shows. During a tour stop at the Borgata Event Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Saturday the comedian joked that he was too close to Smith's hometown of Philadelphia to «get into it.»«Chris' show started really late due to the no cell phone policy.
Sharing their thoughts. Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars ignited a conversation — including from the Philadelphia native’s The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air costars.
Back up! One week after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, Questlove poked fun at the incident as he presented a Grammy Award.
Chris Rock faced some hecklers during the second night of his comedy tour. Less than a week after Will Smith slapped the comedian at the Oscars over a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, audience members made their feelings about the incident known during Rock's second night of shows in Boston, Massachusetts. A source tells ET that two hecklers interrupted Rock's set.
Leave the heckling at home. Chris Rock reportedly shut down a fan’s negative comment about Will Smith during a live show days after the duo’s Oscars drama.
The altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars has been dominating headlines. After Smith slapped Rock over a joke Rock cracked about Will’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, while presenting an award during the 94th Annual Academy Awards, it's been circulating that bad blood may have been brewing long before the incident. Here's a look at the history Rock shares with the Smith family, starting at the very beginning of Will and Jada's relationship, and what led up to the viral slap.
Chris Rock’s first stand-up shows since he was slapped by Will Smith during Sunday's 94th annual Academy Awards. On Wednesday, the 57-year-old comedian took the stage at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, for two shows to kick off of his Live tour, and quickly addressed the shocking incident at the Oscars. «I have a whole show… that I wrote before the weekend, so, if you came here for that, I'm still processing it,» the comedian said during his first show.
Minnie Driver has called out the Academy for its lack of action after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday. "Got a letter from @TheAcademy today addressing members about the events on Sunday and how they are proceeding," the actress tweeted. "No explanation of why no one stepped in to assist Chris Rock in the aftermath; why he was abandoned by producers and The Academy, and expected to just carry on." The 52-year-old’s call-out came a day after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed that Smith was asked to leave Sunday’s ceremony after hitting the presenter, but refused to do so.
A man is being accused of assaulting a police officer after he was allegedly forcibly removed from the audience of Chris Rock‘s Wednesday night comedy show at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts.
Chris Rock appeared to be in good spirits as he prepared for his stand-up show days after Will Smith slapped him at the Oscars. On Wednesday night, the 57-year-old kicked off a comedy tour at The Wilbur in Boston.The venue’s owner, Bill Blumenreich, said the star was "in a great mood" as he rehearsed. "What happened [at the Oscars], he handled it so well," Blumenreich told People magazine.