Will Smith is reportedly still not a fan of Chris Rock following the infamous slap at the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony, which stemmed from a joke Rock made about Jada Pinkett Smith.
According to In Touch Weekly‘s “source,” Will “will never forgive Chris for ruining his life, even though he’s managed to pick up the pieces in the last year or so.”
They added: “[H]e still hates the guy and his smug attitude. Chris isn’t the victim here, not in Will’s opinion. A lot of people would agree with Will and think what’s happening to Chris is karma for refusing to speak to Will or accept his apology.”
The insider notes that Chris is still feeling a way too, however: “From Chris’ end, he’s still haunted by what happened on that Oscars stage. He suffers from PTSD. Like Will, he’s never recovered from that slap.”
As for a potential reunion, the source stated: “Others feel the best thing would be for these two egomaniacs to come together and hug it out, but they’re too proud.”
Back in June, Stephen A. Smith shared his thoughts on the incident via his YouTube channel amid news of Bad Boys: Ride or Die attaining blockbuster status at the box office.
While he has supported Will Smith since the ordeal, the TV personality wants to see Will “sit down and talk to the Black community” about the moment, as he feels Rock “will never get over that, ever” and is “damaged” because of it.
“We know you wouldn’t have smacked Ricky Gervais, Bill Maher, Bill Burr or a host of others,” Smith said. “We know you wouldn’t have done that. No apology is necessary. I’m just saying a lot of folks ain’t get over that. A lot of folks find it hard to just go to the movies to watch you. I’m one of those people.”
Upon the internet discussing his comments, Stephen doubled down on what he said in a post shared on X.
“Yep. I said it,” he wrote. “But I have some additional thoughts — thinking about all that Will & Martin [Lawrence] have done for us all — especially after talking to my man Charlie Mack.”
Bad Boys: Ride Or Die was Will Smith’s first movie since the infamous Oscar slap.
According to Variety, the fourth installment of the Bad Boys franchise raked in $56 million in theaters across the United States in its opening weekend and an additional $48.6 million across the world, for an international grand total of $104.6 million.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die was not Will Smith’s first movie after the slap, it was Emancipation.
Check your facts.
not true. He won an oscsr for emancipation THAT NIGHT
No he won his Oscar for King Richard
This article is weird ah. Were the names switched? And if not, why tf should Will play victim? Bruh managed to get back on and now he’s playing victim? Seems like a Jada punkett sort of gameplay twisting the narrative bc we all know boy got no backbone.
Will….the victim? Hilarious, there must be some typos in this article 🤣,…clown
Will is a simp and a hypocrite. He was laughing with everyone else until his cheating bint of a wife rolled her eyes. Only then did he decided it was offensive. So he’s no victim no matter how he swings it and neither is Jada. He’s still mad because Chris Rock absolutely roasted him in his last stand up. And what kind of mentality is it where someone gets physically assaulted and humiliated on national TV and then they’re the bad guy for not accepting an apology? That’s pretty twisted logic.
Neither of them are a victim. Just an old school watch your mouth slap. Chris will continue to make jokes but not while Will is sitting in front of him.
Nah, the guy who was assaulted was definitely the victim
@Ol The mentality that ends up in prison, a wheelchair or the cemetery. But hey, keep it real, amirite?
Yes they’re called consequences. Talking shit can get you slapped, and a slap can get you killed. That’s not what happend here
@Ol “Talking shit”. He’s a comedian who made a GI Jane joke, you absolute moron . Did you not see Will laughing hysterically at the joke ?
To add, it was a scripted joke. Chris didn’t personally write it.
Slapping someone comes with its own consequences, hypocrite
“Will never forgive Chris for ruining his life”. Ohh, poor multimillionaire baby. Nobody made Will behave the way that he did, he’s only got himself to blame. Him and Jada are also the ones who made their private life be public
Will hates Chris for ruining his life?! Did Chris make him a simp? Did Chris make him assault another Black man and embarrass himself and his race on a global stage over a joke? What an insecure, unlikable dude. Oh, and what ever happened to that lawsuit over those Duane Martin rumors? Where’s the hate for that at?
Mr Smith, have a coke and a smile and STFU! Deal with your home. Get things in order. From the outside, you’re a mess right now. Find Jesus and walk straight.
Who really cares what Smith says or even feels? Like Miss Ceilie said: “I hope everything that he touches, is going to fail.”
Will is such a loser. Wish he and his family would go away. Weirdos, all of them.
Chris shoulda said phukk it and sued him by now
Will Smith should tell the Hollywood folks, that he didn’t want to do that skit and make his funny laughing sound that he use to do, at the Oscar. And that his acting is not stand up comedy like all the others. He lots better than that. Will Smith was bigger than comedy.
Will smith should tell the Hollywood folks, that he didn’t want to do that skit and make his funny laughing sound that he use to do, at the Oscar. And that his acting is not stand up comedy like all the others. He lots better than that. Will smith was bigger than comedy.
Chris should be the one still angry.