Almost a year after Will Smith’s sensational punch on the night of the 2022 Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Chris Rock breaks the silence and returns to talk about…
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Almost a year after Will Smith’s sensational punch on the night of the 2022 Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Chris Rock breaks the silence and returns to speak about what happened. During Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, a new live format airing on Netflix, he reportedly said Smith was practicing “selective outrage” (referring to the live show’s title) and that the fist had more, according to reports from the BBC has more to do with the conflicted relationships between him and his wife, Jade Pinkett, than with his wit.
cheating wife
“His wife was having an affair with his son’s boyfriend. OK… normally I wouldn’t mention it. But for some reason they did it on the internet. I have no idea why two talented people did this. We’ve all been scammed, everyone here has been scammed, although none of us have ever been interviewed by the person who scammed us on TV,” Rock said. “She hurt him a lot more than he hurt me,” she added. In fact, Pinkett and Smith have never hidden the fact that they’ve had various relationship issues over the years. In July 2020, during an episode of her Red Table Talk, she admitted that she had a relationship with singer August Alsina about ten years ago. Just as there have always been rumors of alleged adventures between Smith and some colleagues. However, the two then decided to become an open couple.
What happened to the Oscars?
The trigger on Oscar night was a comment by the presenter on the radical haircut of Pinkett, who was suffering from alopecia. And actor Smith didn’t take it well. Rock reveals today that this blow wasn’t exactly easy: “It hurt me. People say ‘words hurt,’ but whoever says that has probably never been slapped in the face.” And he adds that if Will Smith “is a great man,” he’s not. “Smith doesn’t wear a shirt in his films. If you see me in one of my shots having open-heart surgery, I’m still wearing a sweater!” joked the then-Oscar host. But at the same time, he says he took the hit: “I immediately felt like (Manny) Pacquiao,” one of the strongest boxers of all time.
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