Chris Rock has spoken out on being slapped by Will Smith at last year’s Oscars in his latest stand-up special.
The comedian, 58, was infamously smacked in the face by Smith, 54, in one of the most memorable moments in the award show’s history.
In the aftermath of the slap, Smith, who went on to win best actor on the night, apologised to both Rock and the Academy.
He has since been banned from the Hollywood event.
Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in one of the most controversial moments in the show's history
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The slap that overshadowed the 2022 show could still be the talk of Tinseltown as the 2023 event approaches.
Comedian Rock used his stand-up show, live streamed on Netflix, to talk about the incident.
He opened the show saying: “I’m going to try and do a show without offending nobody. You never know who might get triggered.
“Anybody that says words hurt have never been punched in the face.”
Chris Rock performed a stand-up special for Netflix
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He spoke about “wokeness” and the “selective outrage”, the term he used to name his special, following being slapped by Smith.
Rock said: “You all know what happened to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith. Everybody knows. Yes it happened, I got smacked like a year ago.
“People were like, did it hurt? It still hurts. I got Summertime ringing in my ears.
“But I’m not a victim baby, you’ll never see me on Oprah crying. You will never see it. Never going to happen.”
Rock remained fairly quiet on the infamous incident until towards the end of the show
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The comedian joked about the assault, saying: “I took that hit like Pacquiao. Will Smith is significantly bigger than me, we are not the same size.
“This guy does most of his movies with his shirt off, you’ve never seen me do a movie with my shirt off.
“Will Smith played Muhammad Ali in a movie, you think I auditioned for that part?
“But, Will Smith practises selective outrage. Because everybody knows what the f*** happened. Everybody that really knows, knows that I have nothing to do with that s***. I didn’t have any entanglements.”
Will Smith went on to win best actor on the night
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Rock aimed a lot of his anger towards Smith’s wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, and discussed the relationship the couple have.
In an interview, Pinkett Smith admitted having a relationship with rapper August Alsina – a friend of her son’s Jaden – whilst still being married to Smith.
Rock said: “His wife was f****** her son’s friend. I normally would not talk about this, but for some reason they put that s*** on the internet.
“I have no idea why two talented people would do something that low down. We all been cheated on. Everybody in here has been cheated on.
Rock savagely attacked both Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith
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“None of us have ever been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television.
“She hurt him way more than he hurt me. Everybody in the world called him a b****.
“I tried to call him to give him my condolences, he didn’t pick up for me.
“Everybody called him a b****, and who did he hit? Me. That’s what happened.”