Chris Rock Says He Turned Down Sit-Down Interview With Oprah Winfrey After Oscars Slap

Chris Rock addressed the Will Smith Oscars slap during his latest comedy show with Dave Chappelle in England. Rock and Chappelle began their joint tour at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena on Thursday where they both discussed being attacked while performing shows. "Did that s--t hurt?" Rock told the audience, according to The Times, who shared a review of the evening.

Nicole Brown Simpson's sister, Tanya Brown, expressed her anger over Chris Rock's recent joke about her sibling's brutal murder. During Rock's Sunday night show in Phoenix, the 57-year-old comedian reportedly cracked that if he were to return to the Academy Awards after the infamous Will Smith slap incident, it would be like asking Simpson "to go back to the restaurant" where she left her eyeglasses before she was killed, per the Arizona Republic. "Nothing funny about his joke towards Jada as she suffers from a physical condition and nothing funny about equating an Oscar host invitation to a double homicide," Tanya wrote on Instagram.

Will Smith slapping him at this year’s Oscars. The 57-year-old comedian reportedly made the quip during a stand-up show in Arizona last Sunday when he revealed he had turned down an offer to host next year’s Academy Awards. Rock was infamously slapped by Will Smith at this year’s Oscars after making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith while presenting an award.

Chris Rock's latest joke. On Tuesday, Tanya Brown took to Instagram to slam Rock for mentioning her sister's murder during a recent comedy set.As ET previously reported, Rock made the joke in question during a recent show in Phoenix, Arizona.

made about her sister’s murder.Tanya Brown told TMZ that the joke wasn’t only not funny, but it didn’t make sense.The 57-year-old comedian was performing in Phoenix, Ariz. on Sunday when he revealed that he was asked to host the 2023 Oscars after he was slapped by Will Smith.Rock then said that he would not go back to the Academy Awards because it would be like asking Nicole Simpson “to go back to the restaurant” where she left her eyeglasses before she was killed.Simpson was killed in 1994 at age 35 in a brutal double homicide.

Immediately after “The Slap” occurred during this year’s Oscars telecast, folks were feverishly discussing who was right and who was wrong. Some people defended Will Smith for his actions, while others applauded Chris Rock for essentially keeping his composure after being assaulted on live TV.

Chris Rock told an audience in Phoenix, Arizona that he turned down the opportunity to host the 2023 Academy Awards. Rock was at the center of arguably the most famous moment in Oscars history earlier this year when Will Smith slapped him in the face for making jokes about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Chris Rock was once again asked to host the Academy Awards, following the televised and controversial slap by fellow actor Will Smith during the 2022 ceremony.The 57-year-old comedian revealed details of the offer during one of his comedy sets in Phoenix, Arizona, over the weekend. He explained to the audience that going back to hosting the Oscars would be like returning to the scene of a crime.Rock even made a reference to the 1995 murder trial of O.J.

Ethan Shanfeld After being slapped by Will Smith onstage at the Oscars, Chris Rock says the Academy has asked him to host next year’s award ceremony. Performing a show in Phoenix on Aug. 28, Rock told the crowd that he turned down the offer, per The Arizona Republic. The comedian apparently joked that his return to the Oscars would be like asking Nicole Brown Simpson “to go back to the restaurant,” a reference to the murder trial of O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife, who left her glasses at an Italian restaurant before being killed. Throughout his 90-minute stand-up comedy show, Rock said the Oscars slap hurt, noting that Smith played boxer Muhammad Ali in the 2001 movie “Ali.”

Chris Rock hasn't shied away from any public appearances – or speaking out – since the now infamous 2022 Oscars, when Will Smith walked up on stage and slapped him.MORE: Will Smith jokes about difficulty of returning to social media after Oscars slapThough the comedian has appeared to try his best to move on from the incident, continuing with his stand-up shows and even joking about the altercation, one stage he isn't quite ready to face again is the very own Oscars' stage.During one of his own comedy shows on Sunday, 29 August, Chris opened up about where he stands with the Academy, and made the shocking revelation that he had been offered the hosting position for the next year's awards show.WATCH: Chris stars in AmsterdamMORE: Chris Rock shares exciting personal news after Will Smith's emotional apology videoThe confession came during his stand-up show at the Arizona Financial Theatre in downtown Phoenix, and was first reported by the Arizona Republic.Per the publication, the 57-year-old revealed that he had been asked by the Academy to host the 2023 Oscars, though he declined the offer.It would have been Chris' third time hosting the awards ceremony. He previously led the show in 2005 and 2016.

Chris Rock said it was not a difficult decision to turn down hosting the Oscars next year. The comedian was famously slapped by Will Smith at this year’s ceremony after he made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head. Rock revealed during the Phoenix, Arizona, leg of his stand-up tour that the Academy had approached him to return to the show next year, Arizona Republic reported.

Oscars, but turned the opportunity after he was infamously slapped by Will Smith during this year’s ceremony.As the Arizona Republic reports, during a stand-up show in Phoenix over the weekend, Rock said he refused the invitation and joked that it would be like asking Nicole Brown Simpson “to go back to the restaurant” she ate at on the evening she was murdered at her Los Angeles home.Rock also reportedly said that he had been offered to star in a Super Bowl commercial following the incident, but turned that down as well – and noted that Smith’s slap was physically painful. “He’s bigger than me,” Rock said of the Ali star.

Chris Rock publicly confirmed this week that, after the infamous slap from Will Smith at least year’s Oscars, he turned down an offer from AMPAS to host next year’s show.

Chris Rock will not be returning to the Academy Awards as a host. During the comedian’s Sunday night show in Phoenix, Rock shared with the audience that he was asked to host next year’s Oscar Awards ceremony, which he denied, according to the Arizona Republic. Rock, 57, made a joke to the crowd and compared returning to the Academy Awards to Nicole Brown Simpson’s death.

why he turned down the offer to host the 2023 Oscars during a Sunday set in Phoenix, Arizona, was blasted up and down Twitter on Monday for the tasteless joke.“Chris Rock spends way too much time punching down on women. It wasn’t the first time he said nasty crap about Jada Pinkett Smith, and it isn’t the first time he made vile remarks about Nicole Brown Simpson.