Comedians Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle not too long ago carried out at London’s O2 Arena and the 2 talked about their respective occasions. While The Rock was slapped by actor Will Smith through the Oscar 2022 ceremony, Chappell was attacked by an viewers member on the Hollywood Bowl.
Smith later uploaded an apology video to Instagram. The Rock reacted to the video for the primary time on the O2 Arena on Saturday.
According to Deadline, throughout his lengthy set on stage, Chris Rock talked about Will Smith’s apology video And tagged it as ‘hostage video’. He mentioned, “F**k your hostage video.” The Rock additional referred to as out actor Suge Smith, referencing former Death Row Records music govt Suge Knight, who had been imprisoned for voluntary manslaughter.
After The Rock, Dave Chappelle took the stage. The comic, who attacked the stage in May, mentioned that after the traumatic incident, he was uninterested in acting on stage as a result of he might now not inform whether or not somebody within the viewers could be hostile. Dave mentioned, “That was some scary s**t.” The comic additionally mentioned that he would not know learn how to react if Smith slapped him through the Oscars.
Chappell ended his set by requesting the viewers to be reverse Will Smith, whom he mentioned “left the mark of a perfect man for 30 years”. “I hope he doesn’t put that mask back on,” the comic mentioned.
Will Smith uploaded an apology video in July depicting his conduct. He started by addressing the assorted questions followers might have for him. The actor started by answering the query – “Why didn’t you apologize to Chris Rock in the acceptance speech?” In his reply, Smith mentioned that he reached out to Rock, who was not “ready to talk”. The Men in Black star mentioned, “I’ll tell you, Chris, I apologize to you. My behavior was unacceptable and I’m here whenever you’re ready to talk.”
Chris Rock made enjoyable of Will Smith’s spouse Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss, unaware that she suffered from alopecia. This enraged Smith, who went as much as the Oscars stage and slapped The Rock. In the apologetic video, Smith additionally mentioned that his actions “tarnished” his Oscar win. “To all my fellow candidates, it’s a community. It’s like, I won because you voted for me and it breaks my heart that it’s stolen and your moment is ruined,” he mentioned.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
