Chris Rock may have been ad-libbing the “G.I. Jane” joke that set off Will Smith.
The comedian’s glib comment about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head at the Oscars landed him with a swift slap from her husband Will Smith, but despite conspiracy theories, all signs point to the ceremony-stopping smack being an in-the-moment reaction, not a planned sketch gone wrong.
Instead, sources told Rolling Stone that Rock’s joke had not come up during rehearsals earlier in the week.
