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There were, of course, Will Smith jokes in Chris Rock's new Netflix show. Here's what he said about the 2022 Oscars slap, plus all of the other highlights.

During the closing segment, Rock also responded to the vocal minority of people who bashed him for not retaliating in the moment. “Will Smith played Muhammad Ali in a movie. “Now, I watch Emancipation, just to see him get whupped.” “She hurt him way more than he hurt me,“ Rock said. Coming out to Baby Keem’s “Family Ties,” dressed in all white and commanding the stage with signature aplomb, Rock was clearly charged up. The comic also drew attention to the size disparity between himself and Smith, who is known for playing muscular action stars.

The father of tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams has broken his silence to defend Will Smith who smacked Chris Rock in the face at last year's ...

Yes it happened, I got smacked like a year ago." He said: "You all know what happened to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith. Matter of fact, I appreciate Mr Smith," he told Good Morning Britain.

One year after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, the comic has responded in the best way he knows how: through a comedy special. Sandy Kenyon has the ...

"What makes it such a good move is that he's in complete control of the narrative. He's got the mic. It did overwhelm everything that came before, which is a shame." He's in control. "It was kind of unnerving, disturbing. It's his stage," Murphy said.

Almost a year later, Chris Rock is still seething about 'The Slap' and he told an audience how much he now despises Will and Jada Pinkett Smith.

I also loved his observation that the January 6, riots were "white men trying to overthrow the government...that they (already) run." Parts of the special seemed calibrated to tweak stereotypically liberal sensibilities, with Rock insisting, "Anybody that says 'Words hurt,' has never been punched in the face." For an hour, Rock held forth on an array of topics, some of which felt like they could have come from a special years ago – including jokes about the Kardashians, O.J. It was a dramatic end to a standup special that often felt less groundbreaking than the hype surrounding it suggested. On why the power of women's beauty gives them dominance over men: "Beyonce is so fine, that if she worked at Burger King, she could still marry Jay-Z. "I'm not a victim, baby...you will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying," the comic said. One reason Smith may have been able to rebuild his image somewhat, is because Rock wasn't speaking publicly about the incident — so the guy who was slapped wasn't giving his perspective. "It still hurts." Eventually, he got the punchline out: "She said a grown a-- man should quit his job because [her husband] didn't get nominated for Concussion. Rock also said he was once a huge fan of Smith's, but the slap had him watching the actor's movies, like his Civil War-era drama Emancipation, much differently. A n---- he knows he can beat [up]." "They called his wife a predator...And who's he hit?

The comedian said he "took that hit like Pacquiao."

He added that he was "still kind of processing what happened." Genius." "I did not have any entanglements," said Rock. "You've got to give it to the tech companies for inventing something that existed for decades," said Chieng. "Don't fight in front of white people." "And you know what my parents taught me?" "Now I watch 'Emancipation' just to see him get whooped." "I played Pookie in 'New Jack City.'" "You will never see me do a movie with my shirt off. "The last thing I need is another mad rapper." Everybody knows," Rock said. "Anybody who says words hurt hasn't been punched in the face."

In "Selective Outrage," comedian Chris Rock speaks for the first time about Will Smith's slap at the Oscars. Netflix earns big buzz with foray into live ...

“From a business perspective, Netflix is likely hoping to attract new subscribers or retain ones at risk of churning in a competitive streaming market,” she says. Expect to see a lot of chatter long after the live show has aired,” Ong says. [more live programming](https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonifitzgerald/2023/01/12/netflix-snags-the-sag-awards-are-sports-the-streamers-next-target/?sh=26ed47e41451) at all the streamers, including Netflix—sports, live events, music, festivals, etc. Online, people dissected Rock’s routine, which built up to addressing the Smith slap and ended once he’d said his piece. which means that the industry's poster child of innovation is actually going back in time to drive appointment viewing.” It drives differentiation, reaches broad audiences, and provides valuable IP [intellectual property] for their libraries,” says Linda Ong, CEO and founder of CULTIQUE, a strategic cultural advisory.

The comedian made the comment during his live-streamed Netflix special Chris Rock: Selective Outrage.

“I loved Will Smith. I don’t need that smoke.” My whole life, I loved Will Smith. Everybody that really knows, knows that I have nothing to do with that shit. I have rooted for Will Smith my whole life. I tried to call him to give him my condolences, he didn’t pick up for me. Will Smith played Muhammad Ali in a movie, you think I auditioned for that part. Rock said: “She started this shit. She said that me, a grown ass man, should quit his job because her husband didn’t get nominated for Concussion, and then he gives me a concussion. “But I’m not a victim baby, you’ll never see me on Oprah crying. He said: “You all know what happened to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith. Yes it happened, I got smacked like a year ago.

Chris Rock's new Netflix comedy special sees the comedian take a series of jabs at his Oscars nemesis Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith - including ...

"Due to the transformation from their marriage to (a) life partnership that they have spoken on several times, and not involving romanticism, he gave me his blessing. I devoted myself to it, I gave my full self to it," he claimed. "Jada, I love you. I tried to call him to give him my condolences, he didn’t pick up for me. I really felt like we could be over.” “She hurt him way more than he hurt me.

A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock finally gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up special, streamed live on ...

“You will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying. The academy board of governors banned Smith from the Oscars and all other academy events for a decade. In the aftermath of last year’s events, Smith resigned his membership to the film academy. You will never see it. Rock, performing in all white and with a Prince medallion around his neck, immediately touched on last year’s Oscars while riffing on “wokeness”, hypersensitivity and what he called “selective outrage”. But an hour into his set, Rock closed the special with a torrent of material about the infamous Academy Awards moment.

Comedian Chris Rock has finally publicly addressed the infamous Will Smith slap incident, in his new Netflix special Selective Outrage.

Because I was raised!" "I got parents! I got Summertime ringing in my ears", a call back to Smith's 1991 single release. And I loved Men In Black!" It still hurts!" "Did it hurt?

A year after Will Smith slapped him at the Oscars, Rock responded fiercely in a new stand-up special, Netflix's first experiment in live entertainment.

Describing his jokes about Smith’s wife at the ceremony in 2016, he put it bluntly: “She started it. Here, he offers his theory on Will Smith, which is essentially that the slap was an act of displacement, shifting his anger from his wife cheating on him and broadcasting it onto Rock. The way his fury became directed at Pinkett Smith makes you wonder if this was also a kind of displacement. “She hurt him way more than he hurt me,” Rock said, using his considerable powers of description to describe the humiliation of Smith in a manner that seemed designed to do it again. There’s a comic nastiness to Rock’s insults, some of which is studied, but other times appeared to be the product of his own bottled-up anger. But here, he follows one of his most polished and funny jokes, comparing the dating prospects of Jay-Z and Beyoncé if they weren’t stars but worked at Burger King, with a long, sustained section on the Oscars that closes the show. Through a combination of razzle dazzle and Rolodex spinning, the streaming service packaged this special more like a major sporting event than a special, a star-studded warm-up act to the Oscars next week. “And now,” he added, pausing before referencing the new movie in which Smith plays an enslaved man, “I watch ‘Emancipation’ just to see him get whooped.” His jokes about Meghan Markle are very funny, mocking her surprise that the royal family is racist, terming them its originators, the “Sugarhill Gang of racism.” It messed up his momentum, but the trade-off might have been worth it, since the flub added an electric spontaneity and unpredictability that was a drawing card. HBO Max releasing that in the last week was its own counterprogramming. Normally, such an error would have been edited out, but since this was the first live global event in the history of Netflix, Rock could only stop, call attention to it and tell the joke again.

Chris Rock has slammed Will Smith over the Oscars slap, joking he “took that hit like Pacquiao”. The comedian made the comment during his Netflix special ...

“I loved Will Smith. I don’t need that smoke.” My whole life, I loved Will Smith. Everybody that really knows, knows that I have nothing to do with that shit. I tried to call him to give him my condolences, he didn’t pick up for me. I have rooted for Will Smith my whole life. Will Smith played Muhammad Ali in a movie, you think I auditioned for that part. Rock said: “She started this shit. She said that me, a grown ass man, should quit his job because her husband didn’t get nominated for Concussion, and then he gives me a concussion. “But I’m not a victim baby, you’ll never see me on Oprah crying. He said: “You all know what happened to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith. Yes it happened, I got smacked like a year ago.

Rock ended his big Netflix special Selective Outrage by insisting that Jada Pinkett Smith is worse than the Oscars slap.

Rock then explained why he didn’t do anything back to Smith that night at the Oscars: “Cause I got parents. [Will Smith slapping him](https://www.avclub.com/chris-rock-will-smith-jada-pinkett-smith-oscars-slap-1848710405), but he made it clear that any problems he has are not with Will Smith; they’re with Jada Pinkett Smith. “Everybody in the world called him a bitch… [as everyone assumed](https://www.avclub.com/here-are-the-will-smith-jokes-chris-rock-is-testing-for-1850186515), the comedian used a good chunk of it to talk about getting slapped by Will Smith onstage at the 2022 Oscars. Simpson, Meghan Markle (he joked about the royal family being the original racists, but still came around to that being her fault), and the Kardashians. He also noted that he’s so pro-abortion that he’s paid for more abortions than any woman in the room.

Almost a year later, Chris Rock is still seething about 'The Slap' and he told an audience how much he now despises Will and Jada Pinkett Smith.

I also loved his observation that the January 6, riots were "white men trying to overthrow the government...that they (already) run." Parts of the special seemed calibrated to tweak stereotypically liberal sensibilities, with Rock insisting, "Anybody that says 'Words hurt,' has never been punched in the face." For an hour, Rock held forth on an array of topics, some of which felt like they could have come from a special years ago – including jokes about the Kardashians, O.J. It was a dramatic end to a standup special that often felt less groundbreaking than the hype surrounding it suggested. On why the power of women's beauty gives them dominance over men: "Beyonce is so fine, that if she worked at Burger King, she could still marry Jay-Z. "I'm not a victim, baby...you will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying," the comic said. One reason Smith may have been able to rebuild his image somewhat, is because Rock wasn't speaking publicly about the incident — so the guy who was slapped wasn't giving his perspective. "It still hurts." Eventually, he got the punchline out: "She said a grown a-- man should quit his job because [her husband] didn't get nominated for Concussion. Rock also said he was once a huge fan of Smith's, but the slap had him watching the actor's movies, like his Civil War-era drama Emancipation, much differently. A n---- he knows he can beat [up]." "They called his wife a predator...And who's he hit?

A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock finally gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up special, streamed live on ...

“You will never see me do a movie with my shirt off. “You will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying. Rock said the reason why he did not physically retaliate at the Oscars was because “I got parents.” He added that he was “still kind of processing what happened”. “I love Will Smith,” added Rock. “I did not have any entanglements,” said Rock. You will never see it. “I’m a not a victim, baby,” said Rock. “He played Muhammad Ali,” added Rock. “I’m not dissing Snoop,” said Rock. “We used to want love, now we just want likes,” said Rock. “You never know who might get triggered,” said Rock.

There were, of course, slap jokes in Rock's new show last night. Here's what he said, plus other highlights.

During the closing segment, Rock also responded to the vocal minority of people who bashed him for not retaliating in the moment. “Now, I watch Emancipation, just to see him get whupped.” “Will Smith played Muhammad Ali in a movie. “She hurt him way more than he hurt me,“ Rock said. Coming out to Baby Keem’s “Family Ties,” dressed in all white and commanding the stage with signature aplomb, Rock was clearly charged up. The comic also drew attention to the size disparity between himself and Smith, who is known for playing muscular action stars.

Chris Rock's Netflix comedy special 'Selective Outrage' aired live on March 3. Here are all the jokes he made about Will Smith and the 2022 Oscars slap.

“None of us have ever been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television.” He added that he tried to call Smith to express his condolences during a time when everyone was calling him a bitch. The comedian claimed that he has rooted for Smith his whole life, but now watches [Emancipation](https://www.vulture.com/2022/11/will-smith-emancipation-trailer-release-date.html) and finds himself “rooting for massa” to hit Smith, who plays an escaped slave. According to Rock, no one was picking on Jada, who he feels actually “started this shit.” She previously called for a boycott of the 2016 Oscars due to a lack of diversity among nominees, which Rock characterized as her telling him to quit his job because her husband wasn’t nominated for his role in Concussion. [“entanglement”](http://www.vulture.com/2022/04/will-smith-jada-pinkett-smith-august-alsina-timeline.html) situation involving [August Alsina](https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/jada-pinkett-smith-august-alsina-red-table-talk.html) that was [dissected on Red Table Talk](https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/will-jada-pinkett-smith-red-table-talk-celebrity-relationships.html). “I got [‘Summertime’](https://www.vulture.com/2016/08/will-smith-sings-summertime.html) ringing in my ears.” Still, he insisted that he’s not a “victim” and will never cry on TV about it, adding that he “took that hit like [boxer Manny] Pacquiao.” The stand-up comedian has been testing material about Will Smith’s infamous slap out on tour for a while now, but his live [Netflix special Selective Outrage](http://www.vulture.com/article/chris-rock-selective-outrage-netflix-how-to-watch.html) was a chance to get those jokes in front of a wider audience.

Chris Rock took aim at Meghan Markle during his Netflix comedy special, accusing her of "trying to be a victim."

After the Winfrey episode aired, I was like 'Didn't she hit the light-skin lottery?'" They're the original racists. They invented colonialism," Rock said. "Everybody trying to be a victim," Rock said. In a first for Netflix, the special aired live on the platform.

Janina Gavankar, one of Meghan Markle's best friends, was at the live taping for Chris Rock's Netflix show – and watched as he skewered the Duchess of ...

Like, didn’t she hit the light-skinned lottery?” Rock said to launch into his diatribe, before calling the royal family the “OGs of racism.” “Though their ‘recollections may vary,’ ours don’t because we lived through it with them,” Gavankar said, quoting directly from the Palace’s statement. They invented colonialism,” he said on stage, adding, “They invested in slavery like it was ‘Shark Tank.’” Gavankar was a guest at the Sussexes wedding in May 2018. “She’s complaining, I’m like, ‘What the f–k is she talking about? The comic joked that Markle was just dealing with some “in-law s—t.”

Chris Rock earned some laughs at the expense of Meghan Markle and the royals over the weekend.

He also pointed out Smith's size difference compared to himself, before poking fun at the actor over the headline-making "entanglement" drama he had with wife Jada, and the They're the Sugarhill Gang of racism. [interview with ](https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-oprah-interview-conversations-how-dark-archie-skin-color-would-be/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://people.com/tag/oprah-winfrey/) in 2021 when she claimed that there were "concerns and conversations about how dark" her son Archie's skin would be "when he's born." "Like, didn't she hit the light-skinned lottery," Rock asked. They're the OGs of racism. "I got smacked at the f---ing Oscars by this m----f---er. Still, Rock wasn't afraid to label the family racist himself in his new special, when he argued that Meghan was "acting all dumb like she didn't know nothing. the two things are different," Harry, 38, continued. "Because she's complaining, I'm like, 'What the f--- is she talking about? "Because they accept everybody. "Sometimes it's just some in-law s---," Rock said on the special of Meghan. After mentioning Meghan specifically, he said that she "seems like a nice lady, just complaining."

The 58-year-old comedian on Saturday night performed his first stand-up special since last year's Oscars.

“You’ve got to give it to the tech companies for inventing something that existed for decades,” said Chieng. He added that he was “still kind of processing what happened.” Rock said the reason why he didn’t physically retaliate at the Oscars was because “I got parents.” “I did not have any entanglements,” said Rock. The academy board of governors [banned Smith from the Oscars](https://apnews.com/article/will-smith-oscars-ban-664346ac2d2441939764f35be2d8026b) and all other academy events for a decade. “How was your weekend?” he asked the crowd. Netflix added pre- and post-show bookends of star-studded live programming with, as host comedian Ronny Chieng said, “every comedy legend who owes Netflix a favor.” Bono lent a opening introduction. The comedian on Saturday referenced Pinkett Smith’s earlier confessions of having an “entanglement” with another man while married. If I’m in a movie getting open-heart surgery, I got on a sweater.” Rock, who also riffed on how he’d respond if his father transitioned to a woman (he would support him, Rock said), made clear “Selective Outrage” was not going to be just a Will Smith show. I got ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears.” Everybody knows,” Rock said.

A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock finally gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up special, streamed live on ...

The academy board of governors [banned Smith from the Oscars](https://apnews.com/article/will-smith-oscars-ban-664346ac2d2441939764f35be2d8026b) and all other academy events for a decade. “You’ve got to give it to the tech companies for inventing something that existed for decades,” said Chieng. He added that he was “still kind of processing what happened.” [the March 12 Oscars,](https://apnews.com/hub/academy-awards) where the slap is sure to revisited by this year’s host, Jimmy Kimmel. Rock said the reason why he didn’t physically retaliate at the Oscars was because “I got parents.” “I did not have any entanglements,” said Rock. “How was your weekend?” he asked the crowd. Netflix added pre- and post-show bookends of star-studded live programming with, as host comedian Ronny Chieng said, “every comedy legend who owes Netflix a favor.” Bono lent a opening introduction. The comedian on Saturday referenced Pinkett Smith’s earlier confessions of having an “entanglement” with another man while married. Rock, who also riffed on how he’d respond if his father transitioned to a woman (he would support him, Rock said), made clear “Selective Outrage” was not going to be just a Will Smith show. If I’m in a movie getting open-heart surgery, I got on a sweater.” I got ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears.”

A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock finally gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up special, streamed live on ...

“You will never see me do a movie with my shirt off. “You will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying. Rock said the reason why he did not physically retaliate at the Oscars was because “I got parents.” He added that he was “still kind of processing what happened”. “I love Will Smith,” added Rock. “I did not have any entanglements,” said Rock. You will never see it. “I’m a not a victim, baby,” said Rock. “He played Muhammad Ali,” added Rock. “I’m not dissing Snoop,” said Rock. “We used to want love, now we just want likes,” said Rock. “You never know who might get triggered,” said Rock.

In his live Netflix comedy special over the weekend, Chris Rock finally addressed the Will Smith Oscars slap drama. He told the audience...

He said, "I got parents! A ni**a he know he can beat, that is some bi**h a** sh*t." View this post on Instagram

A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock finally gave his rebuttal during his stand-up special, streamed live on Netflix.

Rock, performing in all white and with a Prince medallion around his neck, immediately touched on last year’s Oscars while riffing on "wokeness", hypersensitivity and what he called "selective outrage". Chris Rock: Selective Outrage streamed live from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore in the US, marked Netflix’s first foray into live streaming. A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock finally gave his rebuttal during his stand-up special, streamed live on Netflix.

It may have taken him a year, but Chris Rock has finally addressed the infamous slap that he received from Will Smith at last year's Oscars.

They’re the Sugarhill Gang of racism." Don’t fight in front of white people." "I got ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears." "Will Smith played Muhammad Ali in a movie. He added: "Everybody in the world called him a bitch. "I got smacked like a year ago…

You'll laugh even as you're offended by Chris Rock's live Netflix special 'Selective Outrage.'

Whether or not you buy his theories about how men are, or women are, or what makes a good relationship, or what ails the country, or even accept the premises from which he draws his conclusions, and whether or not this was his finest hour (and eight minutes) of television, Rock remains worth listening to, because there’s nothing casual about what he does, and most important, he knows how to craft and sell a joke. Where “Tamborine” found the comic in a relatively intimate setting with the audience nearly at his feet, engaging in a more modulated, reflective style of delivery, “Selective Outrage” came across as a rough-edged bid to regain old fire; he pumped up the volume, prowled the stage, charging his text with repeated words and phrases like a revival preacher, both to hammer out a point and to make music. When Rock finally got to the Slap, in the special’s last minutes, he certainly leaned into it. And as in a sporting event, there was an element of unpredictability to “Selective Outrage,” even of danger, the possibility that the comedian would have to be carried off the field, figuratively speaking. Some of his targets were strangely inessential: Going after Meghan Markle for not understanding that she’d encounter racism among the royal family, felt mean and like a waste of breath, and the Kardashians, even if super-glued into popular culture, are the day before yesterday’s news. This is Rock’s sixth special, and that the previous five were produced in the usual manner has proved no impediment to his career.

Actress Janina Gavankar, a longtime friend of Meghan Markle, was present at the live taping of Chris Rock's Netflix show on Saturday night, ...

Rock imitated Markle's voice, saying she was "acting all dumb" like she didn't know anything. During his set, Rock mocked Markle's 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview, where she claimed an unknown royal had raised "concerns" about "how dark" their baby might be before their son, Archie, was born. Gavankar had reportedly been to previous shows where Rock had made similar comments about Markle and the royals, so she knew what to expect.

'Did it hurt?' It still hurts!'Nearly a year to the day it happened (as the Oscars are right aro...

"Because I got parents. "I got ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears." "Will Smith played Muhammad Ali in a movie. Unsurprisingly, Will Smith has not publicly responded to the comments Chris Rock made in this explosive comedy special. Meanwhile Will is still facing the consequences of that faithful night. "Will Smith is significantly bigger than me.