Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock open up about Will Smith’s Oscars slap
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Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock took to the UK stage to weigh in on Will Smith’s infamous slap at this year’s Oscars ceremony.
Here is everything you need to know.
Chris Rock dub Will Smith as ‘ugly’
Chris Rock is currently on a UK tour with Dave Chappelle. However, the duo talked about the infamous Oscars slap during a recent sold-out gig at Liverpool’s M&S Arena.
Furthermore, the 57-year-old comedian has successfully managed to remain tight-lipped about the incident since then broke his silence on Thursday night.
Chappelle probed Rock by asking, ‘Did that s**t hurt?’
Rock responded with ‘Goddamn right … the motherf**ker hit me over a bulls**t joke. The nicest joke I ever told.’
Nevertheless, Chappelle said, ‘Will did the impression of a perfect person for 30 years. He ripped his mask off and showed us he was as ugly as the rest of us.’
Moreover, he added, ‘Whatever the consequences are … I hope he doesn’t put his mask back on again and lets his real face breathe. I see myself in both men.’
The mirth merchant then mentioned a few more sentences over the Men In Black actor’s harsh upbringing in West Philadelphia.
He quipped, ‘A lot of people forget who Will Smith is. Then 10 minutes before he was about to get the biggest award… he acted like he was back in Philadelphia.’
More about the Oscars slap
If you didn’t know, Will Smith became a hot topic all over the world when he slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards in March.
The assault came after Rock, who was also hosting the prestigious awards, made a joke at the expense of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s lack of hair.
Although, Jada rolled her eyes when Rock called her ‘G.I. Jane’, Smith was not having any of it as he stormed to the stage and slapped the Grown-Ups star.
Regardless, The Independence Day star went on to bag the Best Actor for his performance in King Richard later that evening.
Meanwhile, Smith shared a public apology for his actions the following day.
He wrote in a message, ‘I was out of line and I was wrong.’
He further claimed, ‘I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.’
