Never in my life have I seen a man squaring up with another man be such a big deal… can we let this go? Now, Chris doesn’t ever have to let it go.. but as a public, I can’t be the only one tired of talking about this.
It’s award season, and people are anticipating the Oscars following last year’s controversy involving Will Smith and Chris Rock. Rock’s Netflix special, Selective Outrage, was recently released to amplify the interest. As expected, Rock unleashed on Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett, who was at the center of the slap heard around the world last year. As far as the public knows, Smith and Rock have yet to chat about their falling out. People Mag claims to have spoken with a source with inside knowledge about how Smith is navigating this time.
The person told the outlet that Smith felt terrible about what occurred. “He’s tried unsuccessfully to make amends in the best way he could with Chris,” the source claims. “But beyond that, family is important to him and [Smith] leaned on them. It all has helped him look inside and mature. He is better but still remorseful. Will listened to those who tried to help him and feels that he has become a better person.”
In Selective Outrage, Rock didn’t hold back. “Y’all know what happened to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith. It still hurts. I got ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears,” he said. “But I’m not a victim, baby. You’ll never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying. You will never see it. Never gonna happen. … No, I took that hit like Pacquiao.”
He then went on to take verbal shots at Jada by mentioning her “entanglement” controversy with August Alsina. “His wife was f***ing her son’s friend,” he said. “Now, I normally would not talk about this sh*t, but for some reason, these n*ggas put this sh*t on the internet. I have no idea why two talented people would do something that f*cking low down. We’ve all been cheated on, everybody in here’s been cheated on. None of us has ever been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television.” He further stated, ” She hurt him way more than he hurt me. … Everybody called him a b**ch, and who’s he hit? Me! A n***a he knows he can beat. That is some b**ch a** sh*t.”
Ahead of its release, there were rumors that he tested Smith-centered material during his stand-up shows. There was a report that Rock was said to have joked that he only watched Emancipation, a film about an enslaved man, to see Smith get whipped. Check out a clip of Rock’s special below and let us know if you’re as tired of hearing about this as we are. Was it really that big of a deal? Are you forgiving someone who slapped you in front of millions?
Chris rock is not holding back about Will Smith and Jada . This is just too much. pic.twitter.com/RTxjIsflgq
— Don Salmon (@dijoni) March 5, 2023
