The chief executive for the Oscars organisation has said it is “great” that Chris Rock “spoke his truth” in a recent Netflix special, in which he addressed Will Smith's infamous slap. Bill Kramer said the organisation was “better prepared” to deal with unanticipated events at Sunday’s show, and was “ready to move forward” from the 2022 incident.
At the 94th Academy Awards Smith took to the stage and slapped the comedian after he made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss. In his TV special on Netflix, Rock spoke directly about the incident, calling Smith “a bitch” and saying he had taken the hit “like (Manny) Pacquiao” – the former professional boxer.
He also accused Pinkett Smith of being behind the long-running dispute between them, saying she had hurt her husband “way more than he hurt me” by having an affair with rapper August Alsina. Entitled Selective Outrage, Rock’s stand-up special was released last Saturday (March 4).
