Chris Rock is finally ready to crack public jokes about the 2022 Oscars smackdown that blew up pop culture back in March.
Will Smith infamously slapped the stand-up comic, 57, onstage during the 94th Academy Awards,
after Rock cracked a bald joke about the actor’s wife, Jada-Pinkett Smith, who’s openly discussed her struggles with alopecia.
“I’m OK, if anybody was wondering,” Rock said during the show at the UK’s Royal Albert Hall, according to the Times of London. “I got most of my hearing back.”
He added that he still wouldn’t be talking about the altercation between him and Smith, 53.
“People expect me to talk about the bulls – – t. I’m not going to talk about it right now. I’ll get to it eventually — on Netflix,” he said with a laugh.
Rock continued, “Anyone who says ‘words hurt’ — has never been punched in the face.”