The Latest Breaking News from Chris Rock

Rock, 58, spoke about the incident in his Netflix special Selective Outrage

Chris Rock finally hit back at Will Smith on Saturday in a brutal stand-up routine, a year after the actor slapped him in front of a global TV audience for the Oscars. The comedian came out swinging, accusing the Hollywood star of "selective outrage" when he reacted to a jibe…

LOS ANGELES — When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during the 2022 Oscars ceremony, many members of the live audience and TV viewers at home thought it was a joke — until they realized, to their horror, that it wasn’t.

Comedian lays into victimhood, Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband during his new standup show, saying ‘she hurt him way more than he hurt me’

“You will never see me on Oprah or Gayle, crying,” Rock told a large global audience. “I took that hit like Paquiao.”

Chris Rock uses his new comedy special to speak at length for the first time about being slapped by Will Smith.

‘I’m not a victim, baby,’ the comedian says, also commenting on Jada Pinkett Smith, trans people and ‘selective outrage.’

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A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock is poised to finally have his say

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His performance will be Netflix’s first ever live event