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Jada Pinkett Smith doesn’t want to be a part of Chris Rock’s narrative.
Speaking to People, a source close to the actress reacted to the comedian’s recent “Selective Outrage” comedy special, in which he addresses the infamous Oscars slap.
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“Jada has had no part in all of this other than being heckled,” the source said. “Chris is obsessed with her and that’s been going on for almost 30 years.”
They added, “Look where he chose to film his Netflix special. Her hometown [of Baltimore]. Obsessed.”
At last year’s Academy Awards, Rock joked about Pinkett Smith’s closely shorn hairstyle, a result of her alopecia, which prompted her husband Will Smith to walk up onstage and slap the host live during the broadcast.
In his Netflix comedy special, Rock discusses some of his history with the Smiths and the Oscars, including their stance against the awards in 2016 in support of the #OscarsSoWhite campaign.
At the time, many had called out the Oscars for not nominating or rewarding enough Black performers, including Will, who had failed to secure a Best Actor nod for his performance in “Concussion”.
“Years ago, his wife said I should quit the Oscars. I shouldn’t host ’cause her man didn’t get nominated for ‘Concussion’. And then he gives me a f**king concussion,” Rock joked.
But the source pushed back on Rock’s assertions, saying, “Back in 2016 she helped start a movement with the Academy Awards by questioning why there are so few Black members, and Chris took it to this?”
They added, “She never asked Chris to not host the Oscars ever. She publicly said in a Facebook post at the time Chris would be a great Oscars host and is perfect
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The slap heard (and seen) around the world is still causing shock waves nearly one year later. Chris Rock spent the summer touring with his famous friends, and he worked out all the kinks in his routine before debuting his latest special, "Selective Outrage," where he addressed the Will Smith Oscars slap. The 58-year-old comedian took aim once again at Jada Pinkett Smith, but this time criticizing her 2016 "entanglement" with Smith family friend August Alsina.
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 is denying a report that he watched Chris Rock‘s comedy special and found it “funny.”
August Alsina — the singer and reality TV star who 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 Will Smith slapping him at last year's 94th annual Academy Awards.On Saturday, the 58-year-old comedian performed his stand-up special in Baltimore, Maryland, 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.
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.
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith make up one of the most famous and long-lasting relationships in Hollywood, but the road hasn't been a conventional one. They've been married for 25 years, and have both been remarkably open about both the struggles and the triumphs of their strong union over the years.But their relationship was recently thrust into the spotlight again, when Chris Rock hit back at them — particularly Jada's entanglement scandal with August Alsina — during his live Netflix special in which he addressed Smith shockingly slapping him at the 2022 Oscars.
Will Smith is always going to have the support of his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. A year after the star slapped Chris Rock at the 94th annual Academy Awards, a source tells ET, the couple has been on a journey that has made them closer than ever.«Will and Jada have been on a journey of healing over the last year and have put a lot of effort into their relationship,» the source says. «Will took time off to focus on his mental state.
being slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars, with “Selective Outrage,” his live Netflix comedy special. In it, Rock speculated that Smith smacked him not just over his joke about Pinkett Smith’s baldness (comparing the actress, who has alopecia, to “G.I. Jane”), but because Smith was unleashing built-up anger over her affair with Alsina.“Everybody in the world called him a bitch,” Rock said of Smith.
Jada Pinkett Smith wants nothing to do with the ongoing feud between her husband Will Smith and comedian Chris Rock.
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.
Baltimore Banner’s Leslie Gray Streeter called Rock out in a column posted Sunday, saying that Rock “contradicted himself when he ended his show last night saying that he hadn’t hit Smith back last year because he was raised ‘not to fight in front of white people.’”“Isn’t that what you’re doing, my dude, while also joking about rooting for Massa to beat Smith’s character in ‘Emancipation’?” Streeter said, referring to Smith’s 2022 historical slave drama from director Antoine Fuqua. “Didn’t you come to a Black woman’s city to call her out of her name to extend a fight and collect a check in front of a paying audience in the theater and across the world?”It wasn’t until the end of the one-hour Netflix special that Rock addressed the elephant in the room and finally lashed out with a year’s worth of resentment.“She started that s—-,” he said of Pinkett Smith’s comments that he should quit hosting the Oscars after he joked in 2016 about the Smith’s boycott of the ceremony when Will Smith wasn’t nominated for his performance in “Concussion.”Rock said that the slap heard around the world had nothing to do with him, noting that it erupted from Smith’s frustration over his own relationship with his wife.
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.
Finding the humor. Chris Rock had a few choice words while reflecting on Will Smith‘s infamous slap during his Netflix stand-up special Selective Outrage — and he made sure to involve Jada Pinkett Smith in the drama.
, and with his standup special , the is finally ready to talk all about it. The first-of-its-kind live-streamed Netflix event, which aired on Saturday night, was heavily hyped as Rock’s rebuttal to 2022 Academy Awards meltdown. It’s been nearly a year since Smith interrupted Rock’s presentation of best documentary feature by storming the stage and striking him across the face in response to a joke directed at Smith’s wife, .