Chris Rock is trending after his live Netflix comedy special aired on Saturday, According to People slammed Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith one year after the infamous Oscar slap.
Chris Rock closed his latest comedy special by venting about Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, one year after the Oscars incident.
On Saturday, Rock headlined Netflix’s first-ever live-streamed event, a comedy special called Chris Rock: Selective Outrage — a title he revealed to be a connection to Will, 54. Though he said he grew up loving and “rooting for” Will, Rock took time in his routine to slam him and his marriage.
“Will Smith practices selective outrage,” said Rock in his stand-up routine, adding of the Oscars slap, “Everybody that really knows knows I had nothing to do with that s—. I didn’t have any ‘entanglements.’ ”
Rock was referring to back in July 2020, when Jada, 51, opened up about having an “entanglement” with singer August Alsina years ago while she and Will were on a break.
She explained at the time that she and Will eventually were able to repair their relationship, saying at the time, “We have really gotten to that new place of unconditional love.”
The couple, who wed in 1997, did an episode of Jada’s Red Table Talk show to discuss the situation.
“We all been cheated on. Everybody in this industry has been cheated on,” joked Rock in the comedy special, “None of us have ever been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television. None of us. … Why the f— would you do that s—? She hurt him way more than he hurt me, okay?”
(Will said in an interview with Gayle King in March 2022 that there has “never been infidelity in our marriage. Never. Jada and I talk about everything, and we have never surprised one another with anything ever.”)
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Rock then said that “everybody in the world” called Will a “bitch” after the “entanglement” news, and he said he tried to reach out to him about it but claimed Will didn’t pick up. The comedian then went on to repeatedly call Will a “bitch.” He then joked, “Everybody. And who’s he hit? Me, a n—- he knows he can beat. That is some bitch-ass s—.”
The comedian said he “did nothing” to Will, before bringing up when Jada was boycotting the Academy Awards in 2016 during the “#OscarsSoWhite” backlash and called on Rock to not host the show. Will was not nominated for the film Concussion that year. In his Oscars monologue that year, Rock made fun of Jada, saying she can’t boycott something she wasn’t invited to.
“I did some jokes about her. Who gives a f—? That’s how it is: She starts it, I finish it,” Rock said. “That’s what the f— happened. Nobody’s pickin’ on this bitch. She started this s—. Nobody was pickin’ on her.”
Rock said he didn’t react or respond physically at last year’s Oscars “because I was raised.” He added, “You know what my parents taught me? Don’t fight in front of White people.” Rock then dropped the mic and got a standing ovation before walking offstage.
Twitter Reaction
Chris Rock is not holding back on Will and Jada Smith. ??
He’s saying what we’re all thinking! pic.twitter.com/ECoUP4Z0D9— ? Queen Nat ? (@QueenNat_35) March 5, 2023
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controversial take but I think Will Smith should slap Chris Rock again this year
— Alice Hamilton (@AliceRHamilton) February 21, 2023
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Chris Rock roasts Meghan Markle:
"That s**t she went through was not racism. It was just some was in-law s**t!" pic.twitter.com/qLTgTSFK3M
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 5, 2023
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Chris Rock, a black man, says… wondering what colour or how dark/light Meghan and Harry’s babies skin would be is not racist and that other black people would also be wondering the same! pic.twitter.com/gx0dTTPkhk
— ? Queen Nat ? (@QueenNat_35) March 5, 2023
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Y’all hate women deep down to your soul, it’s bizarre. Jada, to this day, ain’t said shit to/about Chris but y’all have made her the “deserving” focus of his and your ire.
You’re living your rejected incel dreams out through Chris Rock and y’all need to see the lady. Foreal. https://t.co/khFdpmjAmD
— Kristy Yamacoochie (@brownandbella) March 5, 2023
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Chris Rock: “we all been cheated on.. but we never had the person who cheated on us interview us on tv… I sucked his – how does that make you feel” ???????????#ChrisRockLive #ChrisRock #WillSmith pic.twitter.com/kTqCj8Fdc9
— J_1neofakindnoocap (@1_ofakindnocap) March 5, 2023
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I dunno… the headlines are saying Will Smith got dragged but the clips and quotes I’m seeing from Chris Rock’s standup special aren’t moving me. Not even a chuckle.
— Echo (@EchoDoesRadio) March 5, 2023
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Chris Rock said “you don’t fight in front of white people”, but had no issue calling a black woman a bitch in front of white people, negatively commenting on black women’s hair in front of white people, or letting white people use the N-word around him smh yo
— TYE (@WhosTYE) March 5, 2023
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why are people calling chris rock soft like chris rock proclaimed to be a gangster. he is a comedian and is doing what a comedian should. will smith is the soft one for not controlling his emotions and creating a nigga moment in front of white people. disgraceful
— ladé (@ladedsrt) March 5, 2023
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Now nobody ever like Chris Rock and he was never funny. I hate this fickle ass app lmao
— 285 Says Tip Your Janitors (@285Slim) March 5, 2023
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Someone call the police. Chris Rock just killed Will Smith onstage: ‘Everybody called him a bitch…but he chose to hit me. But my momma raised me: You don’t fight in front of white people’ *mic drop* It was fantastic! pic.twitter.com/eA4YoDuAPd
— Armando Valle (@ThePRGMR) March 5, 2023
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