Chris Rock has spoken about being smacked within the face by actor Will Smith on the Academy Awards stage.
During the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles final 12 months, Smith walked on to the stage and slapped Rock, who had made a joke on the expense of the actor’s spouse, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, as he was about to current an award.
Rock’s joke had made a reference to the 1997 movie GI Jane, wherein actress Demi Moore shaved her head.
It remains to be unclear whether or not the comic was conscious that Pinkett Smith has alopecia, an autoimmune situation that causes hair loss, when he made the comment.
Speaking on Saturday on a Netflix live-streamed particular Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, Rock mentioned he “took that hit like (former Filipino boxer) Pacquiao”.
He added: “You know what people say, they always say ‘words hurt’.
“That’s what they are saying.
“You’ve got to watch what you say.
“Because phrases damage, you realize.
“Anybody that says words hurt has never been punched in the face.”
While Smith has apologised and repeatedly spoken concerning the incident since final March, Rock has averted all the same old platforms the place celebrities typically go to air their emotions.
He by no means sat down with Oprah Winfrey, and turned away the various media shops that may have liked to land an unique in-depth interview.
“I’m a not a victim, baby,” mentioned Rock.
“You will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying. You will never see it. Never going to happen.”
But Rock did use his encounter with Smith to form and enliven his stand-up particular for Netflix.
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