At this point, anyone paying attention to pop culture knows Will Smith smacked the hell out of Chris Rock during the 94th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night (March 27). The internet hasn’t stopped buzzing about the wild incident and the memes will live on for years to come.
But while Will Smith has since apologized to the legendary comedian, Rock has yet to speak publicly on the incident — and it doesn’t look like that’s going to change anytime soon. On Wednesday (March 30), Rock landed in Boston ahead of his Ego Death Tour, which is expected to kick off next month. As he was leaving the airport, a photog asked if he was willing to answer a few questions (likely about the Oscars slap) and Rock completely ignored him, according to footage obtained by TMZ.
Ticket sales for Chris Rock’s tour have skyrocketed since the “slap heard around the world.” All five shows in Boston are sold out and scalpers are asking for exorbitant amounts of money to get in.
While Chris Rock hasn’t broken his silence, his brother Tony has. During an impromptu Twitter Q&A, he was asked if he approved of Smith’s apology to which he replied, “No.”
Diddy claimed the two Hollywood stars promptly made up after the Oscars, but sources close to Rock refuted the notion. On the heels of the former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star’s official apology, a purported apology from Chris Rock to Pinkett, Smith and the rest of their family started making the rounds, but Rock’s team quickly shut that down.
Will Smith Issues Apology To Chris Rock After Oscars Slap
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter‘s Senior Film Editor Rebecca Keegan, “Chris Rock has not yet issued a statement. There is a statement going around purporting to be from Rock that is not from him, per his team. It’s the one that starts, ‘As a comedian it can be difficult to understand…’”
There’s no telling when Chris Rock will speak on the matter, but it wouldn’t be surprising if he addressed it during one of his routines.
I understand not talking about it. It was a very humiliating event. Makes literally a little joke about Will Smith’s wife that was not even that harmful since she was only a bit annoyed about it with the look on her face, yet gets slapped for it at the middle of the Oscars? How does a little harmless joke justifies violence, especially at an event like the Oscars? It’s not like everyone was gonna know about her condition, and Will Smith even laughed at first about it, so this was completely stupid, childish, unwarranted, and embarrassing. I respect Chris Rock for being able to keep his composure during the time. But hey, Chris Rock has been making bank since that incident, so it also worked out well for him in the end. All shows sold out like that? Even scalpers aimed for those tickets! That’s very good. Will Smith looks like a major fool right now.
I don’t even like Chris Rock, but he didn’t deserve that slap (no matter how much it made me laugh). Definitely much better ways if you were THAT offended of a joke like that, and people actually treat this like it’s a major insult and it’s as if it’s as offensive as racist shit or something, or that it’s cool to slap someone at such an area over a joke. What the hell is wrong with people? This is why there’s so much messy behavior nowadays.
who fucked who this time.
King rock…will can suck a Mandingo.
be patient….he is clearly negotiating a bag…
Hopefully he works in a fuck Will Smith chant into his shows. Because that’s what it is from now on out. I can’t even watch Fresh Prince anymore in the background. I immediately turn the television channel. Will Smith is an asshole, and his wife has always been an insufferable bitch. I hate she was close with Pac when he was alive because she’s such a fucking weirdo.
Blah blah blah here goes this idiot vomiting his worthless opinions everywhere. Shouldn’t you be somewhere lecturing people about who can and can’t say the n-word? Chris Rock got off lightly. He should’ve gotten a severe beatdown for being a disrespectful punk. Too many people out here talking reckless, passing it off as “jokes”. Not everybody wants to play with you like that. Words do have consequences. But I don’t expect you to understand that, since you’re the world’s foremost authority on fuck-shit. In other words, fuck you and Chris Rock. Because that’s what it is from now on out.
Got off lightly? You can tell Will hasn’t got into a fight a day in his life lol. You saw a broken emasculated man charge on stage like 6 year old. Jada didn’t deserve any of that. She’s a rotten bitch, and as sorry as I feel for Will, he is a cuck. I can’t believe people with views like yours really believe what you’re saying. It as pathetic as the childish emotions Will showed. Grow the fuck up. She cheated on him and passed it off as an open marriage. Jada can take all kinds of dicks, but not a mild joke.
Internet tough guy lol
I wish Will Smith had chosen to console and comfort his wife in front of the World rather than charge the stage. I don’t think Chris Rock was saying anything about alopecia or trying to ridicule. He did what comedians do. The Smiths should have laughed it off…that would have been classy. I don’t think it was as offensive as Will Smith made it out to be but I can understand Jada’s discomfort. As a comedian, everything and anything is fair game. Just look at some of the memes posted since the incident. Chris Rock will not apologize for his comments, in my opinion, he has nothing to apology for. Comedians are not known for their sensitivity and Chris Rock is no different. But I do wonder if he had said something about being a warrior at Wakanda in the next Black Panther instead of GI Jane II, would it have been as upsetting to the Smiths (bet not)? Black Panther was a great visual representation of black women with bald heads and natural black hair styles (just my opinion).
I really like what you said about being a warrior in Wakanda. That’s very clever. Maybe Hollywood should hire more people like you.
I’m sad and lonely incel, who slanders people 1000 times more successful than me. Grrr women bad! Everyone’s a cuck grrr!