Comedian Chris Rock has labeled Will Smith’s apology video as ‘hostage video’.
Comedian Chris Rock talked about actor Will Smith’s apology video during his European stand-up tour. He and Dave Chappelle are currently on their European tour. The comedian recently performed at London’s O2 Arena and the duo talked about their respective onstage incidents.
While Rock was slapped by actor Will Smith during the Oscar 2022 ceremony, Chappelle was attacked by an audience member at Hollywood Bowl. Smith later uploaded an apology video on Instagram. Rock reacted to the video for the first time at O2 Arena on Saturday. According to sources, during his lengthy set on stage, Chris Rock talked about Will Smith’s apology video and tagged it as ‘hostage video’.
He said, “F**k your hostage video.” Rock further called the actor Suge Smith, making a reference to former Death Row Records music executive Suge Knight, who was imprisoned for voluntary manslaughter. The comedian, who was attacked on stage in May, said that post the traumatic incident, he is weary about performing on stage because he can no longer tell if someone in the audience will be hostile.
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Dave added, “That was some scary s**t.” The comedian also said that he would not know how to react if Smith had slapped him during Oscars. Chappelle ended his set by requesting the audience to be themselves unlike Will Smith, who he said, ‘did an impression of a perfect man for 30 years’. The comedian added, “I just hope he doesn’t put that mask back on.”
Smith-Rock fiasco
For those unversed with the entire ordeal, it occurred after Chris Rock, the award show presenter, started poking fun at Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett, and her alopecia. At the time, he branded her GI Jane 2, in response to her baldhead, and simultaneously incited an enraged reaction by the actor who could be heard saying, on live television, “Keep my wife’s name out of your [expletive] mouth”.
