Chris Rock has jokingly compared his slap from Will Smith to last year’s attack on Paul Pelosi.The comedian referenced former US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband during the Kennedy Centre awards on Sunday (March 19), honouring Adam Sandler with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humour.“Paul Pelosi [is] the only guy who knows how I felt,” Rock said (via USA Today), comparing Will Smith slapping him at the 2022 Oscars to the October 2022 assault on Pelosi. “Just me and you, Paul.”Paul Pelosi suffered a fractured skull after an intruder broke into their home, demanding to know where Nancy was. Pelosi had to undergo surgery following the attack.Both Paul and Nancy Pelosi were present at the Kennedy Centre when Rock made the joke.In Rock’s new stand-up special for Netflix, Selective Outrage, the comedian spoke in detail for the first time about the incident at last year’s Oscars.Addressing his run-in with Smith, Rock said: “Everybody knows it happened.
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With the anniversary of the slap heard around the world right around the corner, Chris Rock couldn’t help but go off about what went down between him and Will Smith at last year’s Oscars during his new comedy special.
For those who need a refresher, the 54-year-old actor stormed the stage at the Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, and slapped Chris across the face after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. After returning to his seat, he shouted at the SNL alum to “keep my wife’s name out your f**king mouth.” The whole thing blew up with Will, who won Best Actor that same night, eventually apologizing and resigning from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was also banned from attending the event for 10 years.
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While Chris hasn’t given a formal interview about the incident, he had taken a moment on his comedy tour to make a few jokes about it in the months afterward. Now, the 58-year-old isn’t holding back and talked in length about the controversial moment during his live Netflix special, Selective Outrage, at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre on Saturday night. During the show, Chris made several references to the infamous slapping incident, first saying:
He later joked about Snoop Dogg’s commercials, adding:
However, it wasn’t until the end of the special that he really went in on the scandal. The Madagascar actor began by remarking:
Despite this, Chris insisted he was “not a victim”:
From there, the Grown Ups star decided to throw some shade at Jada’s “entanglement” with August Alsina that happened when she and Will were on a break. Chris claimed the Fresh Prince Of Bel Air alum was “practicing
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