Chris Rock says Will Smith slap “still hurts” in new Netflix special

Chris Rock has jokingly compared his slap from Will Smith to last year’s attack on Paul Pelosi.The comedian referenced former US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband during the Kennedy Centre awards on Sunday (March 19), honouring Adam Sandler with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humour.“Paul Pelosi [is] the only guy who knows how I felt,” Rock said (via USA Today), comparing Will Smith slapping him at the 2022 Oscars to the October 2022 assault on Pelosi. “Just me and you, Paul.”Paul Pelosi suffered a fractured skull after an intruder broke into their home, demanding to know where Nancy was. Pelosi had to undergo surgery following the attack.Both Paul and Nancy Pelosi were present at the Kennedy Centre when Rock made the joke.In Rock’s new stand-up special for Netflix, Selective Outrage, the comedian spoke in detail for the first time about the incident at last year’s Oscars.Addressing his run-in with Smith, Rock said: “Everybody knows it happened.

slap heard around the world — but the world won’t get to hear one of Chris Rock’s jokes about it.A joke about Will Smith in Rock’s Netflix special “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage” was edited out after the comedian messed it up during the live show.Rock, 58, was joking about Smith, 54, and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, 51, toward the end of his March 4 show, specifically discussing a conversation he claims to have had with them about his hosting gig for the 2016 Oscars when he botched the joke.“Years ago, his wife said I should quit the Oscars; I shouldn’t host ’cause her man didn’t get nominated for ‘Emancipation,’ the biggest piece of s–t ever!” Rock said during Netflix’s first-ever global live-streaming event. “No, not ‘Emancipation,’ I f–ked up the joke.”The comedian meant to refer to the 2015 sports drama “Concussion,” a film based on the true story of neuropathologist Dr.

With the Academy Awards this weekend, one can’t help but think about last year’s ceremony. And last year’s Oscars will forever live in infamy, thanks to Will Smith getting onstage and slapping Chris Rock in the face for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Will Smith had good reason not to tune in to Chris Rock‘s Netflix special over the weekend.

Netflix has edited out a mistake made by Chris Rock in his comedy special Chris Rock: Selective Outrage.In the special, the comedian addresses the moment at last year’s Oscars where Will Smith slapped him in the face onstage.At one point, Rock claims Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith were upset with him beforehand when he hosted the Oscars back in 2016.“Years ago his wife said I should quit the Oscars, I shouldn’t host ‘cause her man didn’t get nominated for Emancipation, the biggest piece of shit, ever,” Rock told the crowd in Baltimore, Maryland (via Decider).After naming the wrong movie, Rock quickly corrected himself, adding: “No, not Emancipation, I fucked up the joke. She started this shit. She said that me, a fucking grown ass man, should quit his job because ‘My husband didn’t get nominated for Concussion’.”The correction was pointed out by Vulture’s Jesse David Fox on Twitter, who wrote: “They fixed the Concussion–Emancipation slip up in the version that’s now on Netflix.”He added: “It makes me wonder if there has been other tweaks!”Speaking about the Oscars slap, Rock said: “Everybody knows it happened.

Chris Rock‘s live Netflix special on March 4, Selective Outrage, has been making headlines thanks in large part to Will Smith.Rock infamously was slapped on-stage live at the Oscars in 2022 by Smith, after the comic made a joke directed towards Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith. Despite the incident causing outrage around the acting world, and beyond, Rock remained silent even when Smith eventually apologised.However, in Rock’s new stand-up special, which aired on the streaming giant over the weekend, he addressed the matter for the very first time. Though the DOGMA star’s response comes in the form of a multi-layered joke about the Smiths.Rock notably calls Smith a “bitch” and a “motherfucker” repeatedly throughout the segment, but also highlights how he believes Smith practices “selective outrage” whilst blasting the actor’s wife for revealing her infidelity to the Bad Boys star on her web-based talk show.The full transcript for the Netflix special can be read below:“Y’all know what happened to me, getting smacked by shug Smith.

Striking comedy gold? Chris Rock’s net worth exploded after his Netflix deal. The longtime comedian released the first-ever live comedy special on the streaming platform and he made big bank from his two specials.

It’s coming up to a year since the infamous Slap heard around the world—when host Chris Rock was belted by Will Smith on stage after making a joke about his wife’s baldness. In the final 10 minutes of his first comedy special since, the comedian addressed the incident and fans are curious to see how Jada Pinkett responded to Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage on Netflix. It sounds like she wants to put it all behind her, but him? We’re not so sure.

August Alsina — the singer and reality TV star who famously had an “entanglement” with Jada Pinkett Smith — has not watched Chris Rock’s recent live Netflix comedy special, despite a report to the contrary.

August Alsina — the singer and reality TV star who famously had an «entanglement» with Jada Pinkett Smith — has not watched Chris Rock's recent live Netflix comedy special, despite a report to the contrary.In response to a report by, which cites a source who claims Alsina found Rock's stand-up special «funny,» a rep for Alsina tells ET, «This is a lie.»«Mr. Alsina has not seen Chris Rock’s special at all, as he’s been busy on tour,» the rep continued.Rock's live Netflix special marked the first time the comedy legend addressed the infamous Will Smith slap at the 94th annual Academy Awards last year.On Saturday, the 58-year-old comedian performed his  stand-up special in Baltimore, live on Netflix, where he addressed the incident involving Smith. As part of his set, Rock also addressed the rumors of an affair between Pinkett Smith and Alsina — which she once notably referred to as an «entanglement»  — while she and Smith were separated.«Everybody knows that had nothing to do with me.

Chris Rock‘s new stand-up show Selective Outrage recently made history by becoming Netflix‘s first live-streamed event.The performance was broadcast from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 4 (March 5 in the UK), and also featured before and post-shows with guest stars.In his new set, Rock addresses everything from “non racist yoga pants” and spoiling his kids, to the Kardashians and his well-publicised altercation with Will Smith at last year’s Oscars.Having aired live over the weekend, the event is now available to stream on Netflix. However, the before and post-shows are not available on the service.The half-hour pre-show, titled The Show Before The Show, was hosted by Ronny Chieng (The Daily Show, M3GAN) and guests included Arsenio Hall, Leslie Jones and Deon Cole.The post-show, similarly titled The Show After The Show, was hosted by Spade and Dana Carvey, with guests including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, JB Smoove and Arsenio Hall.In Rock’s set, the comedian spoke in detail for the first time about about the incident at last year’s Oscars, in which Will Smith walked onto the stage and slapped him after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith.Addressing his run-in with Smith, Rock said: “Everybody knows it happened.

Jada Pinkett Smith wants nothing to do with the ongoing feud between her husband Will Smith and comedian Chris Rock.

Jada Pinkett Smith doesn’t want to be a part of Chris Rock’s narrative.

Chris Rock has reportedly been 'obsessed' with Jada Pinkett Smith for decades after brutally taking shots at her and husband Will Smith during his Netflix special.

Will Smith had good reason not to tune in to Chris Rock's Netflix special over the weekend.Rock's comedy special streamed live Saturday evening from Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre, where the 58-year-old comedian took aim at Smith and the Oscars slap one year after the headline-making scandal. During the special, Rock directly called out the Emancipation star, speculating that Smith's attack was about him «practicing selective outrage.» Rock also referenced cheating rumors that surfaced in 2020 for Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, among other inciting topics.“Will is embarrassed and hurt by what Chris said about him and his family in his Netflix special.

Chris Rock returned to the stage for his hotly anticipated live Netflix special, , on Saturday, and many of his friends and admirers in the comedy world showered him with praise ahead of the live event.ET was on the carpet at the stand-up show and live viewing event at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood, California, on Saturday, and spoke with a few of the comedy legends who came out to the big show.«This is like the Super Bowl of comedy,» Arsenio Hall shared, referring to the groundbreaking live-streaming set Rock delivered on Netflix. star Deon Cole shared similar sentiments about the special, explaining, «This is something that has never been done before, and this is something that's gonna change the game for comedy... This is a historic moment.»«It feels, for some reason to me, a little bit like a heavyweight fight,» Dana Carvey shared. «If feels anticipatory.

With the anniversary of the slap heard around the world right around the corner, Chris Rock couldn’t help but go off about what went down between him and Will Smith at last year’s Oscars during his new comedy special.

Chris Rock has slammed Will Smith over the Oscars slap, joking he “took that hit like Pacquiao”.The comedian made the comment during his Netflix special Chris Rock: Selective Outrage at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, which was the company’s first foray into live streaming.The 58-year-old kicked off his stand-up special joking: “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.” Rock’s material immediately dovetailed into the 2022 Oscars, joking about “wokeness”, hypersensitivity and what he called “selective outrage”, after Hollywood actor Smith stormed the stage and slapped him.

Comedian Chris Rock called out Meghan Markle during his new Netflix special "Selective Outrage" for her racism allegations against the royal family, saying they were the "original racists." He said that everybody was "trying to be a victim" and added Markle was doing a lot of "complaining."  "Going on Oprah, ‘I didn’t know, I had no idea how racist they were,'" Rock began, noting Markle's infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey. "It's the royal family! You didn't Google these motherf-----? What the f--- is she talking about, she didn't know? It's the royal family! They're the original racists!'"  He joked that it was like "marrying into the Budweiser family" and saying, "they drink a lot!" "Some of that s--- she went through was not racism," Rock said.

Chris Rock has criticised Meghan Markle for her claims about the Royal Family being racist towards her.Earlier today (March 5) Rock performed his Selective Outrage stand-up show at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre, which was streamed live on Netflix.During the show, he discussed how “everyone is trying to be the victim, including people who know goddamn well they’re not victims” before he asked “who is this girl Meghan Markle?”. He added she “seems like a nice lady – just complaining. Like, didn’t she hit the light-skinned lottery? And she’s still going off complaining?”Rock then brought up Markle’s 2021 interview with Oprah, during which she and her husband, Prince Harry described how someone within the household at Buckingham Palace had asked about how dark the skin tone of their baby son Archie would be.He said Markle was “acting all dumb like she didn’t know nothing.