Chris Rock spoke about his past experiences with bullying and letting people "walk all over him" in a podcast earlier this year.
The comedian, 57, was left stunned on Sunday when he was slapped live on air at the Oscars by Will Smith after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair.
Appearing on the Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade podcast in January, he spoke about how being bullied as a child had affected him as an adult.