Follow us on Google News
Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed
After almost a year since the infamous Oscar slap-gate incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock, the latter has finally broken his silence during his new Netflix SpecialChris Rock: Selective Outrage.During his special, the actor recalled the time when Will Smith slapped him on live television after Rock made a G.I. Joe joke, alluding to his wife’s shaved head.
And theMadagascaractor didn’t hold back during his set as he went on to blastThe Pursuit ofHappynessactor through his jokes for his deplorable outburst at the 94th Academy Awards.
Also read:“Sometimes I wasn’t kind. I wasn’t listening”: Chris Rock Scared of Being the “Daring Person” Long Before Will Smith Slapped the Sh*t Out of Him
Chris Rock didn’t hold back while taking shots at Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
Apart from blasting Will Smith through his jokes and callbacks to the infamous slapping incident, Chris Rock also went on to take a shot at Will Smith’s failed relationship with Jada Pinkett Smith. He continued that it wasn’t the joke that hurt smith but Jada Smith after she cheated on Smith with their son’s friend, August Alsina, and called them out for discussing this matter on the internet, referring to their 2020’sRed Table Talk. He said,
“Will Smith practices selective outrage. For everybody who doesn’t know, his wife was fcking her son’s friend. She hurt him way more than he hurt me. OK? I tried to call that man and give him my condolences, he didn’t pick up for me. Everybody called him a btch, and who did he hit? Me, he knows he could beat. That is some b*tch-a** shit!
Apart from taking shots at their entanglement issues, theMadagascaractor went on to admit that he used to admire Will Smith before his nonsensical outburst at the Oscars.
Also read:‘Jada saw Margot was young and hot and in shape’: Jada Smith Reportedly Body-Shamed Will Smith into Getting in Shape So That He Doesn’t Embarrass Her in Front of Margot Robbie
Chris Rock admitted that he used to admire Will Smith before the slapping incident
Apart from his blunt responses to the situation, Chris Rock also admitted that he previously admiredWill Smithfor the plethora of great projects that he had pumped out throughout his career. But theMadagascaractor didn’t shy away from taking another shot at the actor by jokingly stating that the only reason he watched Will Smith’sEmancipationwas to witness Smith getting beaten, referring to Smith’s character Peter getting whipped in the movie. He said,
“I love Will Smith, my whole life. He makes some great movies. I have rooted for Will Smith my whole life, I root for this motherf*cker. And now, I watch ‘Emancipation’ just to see him get whooped.”
Also read:“We just didn’t have any chemistry”: Jada Pinkett-Smith Claims She Lost Out The Matrix Role Because of Keanu Reeves After Will Smith Refused to Star in the $3B Worth Franchise
Following his new Netflix special, it seems that Chris Rock has emptied the whole barrel on Will Smith during the set and it will be interesting to see whether Smith, who has previously apologized to Rock, will respond to this or not.
Chris Rock: Selective Outrageis available to stream on Netflix.
Source:Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
Santanu Roy
Senior Writer
Articles Published :2539
Santanu Roy is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 2,000 articles under his belt. He has been pursuing a degree in Animation and possesses a deep love for the medium of animation. Having spent the better part of the last two years pumping out articles for FW, Santanu excels at covering movie analysis and news surrounding Pixar, DCU, DreamWorks, and Batman’s cinematic legacy.With psychological thrillers and intimate slice-of-life dramas ranking among his favorite genres, Santanu is a big admirer of Luca Guadagnino, Shane Black, Park Chan-wook, and Brad Bird.
