He had remained much more silent than his attacker for almost a year.
Not anymore, Chris Rock will deliver all his thoughts on the slap Will Smith gave him on the stage of the 2022 Oscars in front of the whole world, March 4 live on Netflix.
The platform will broadcast the comedian's new single on stage live.
Entitled
Selective outrage
, which could be translated as "selective indignation", the show, which will take place this Saturday in Baltimore, should explain why Chris Rock did not react after the affront, caused by a joke in bad taste from the comedian on the baldness of Will Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
According to gossip magazine PageSix, Chris Rock is also set to address the height difference between himself and the
Men In Black
star and confess what the real reason is that Will Smith lost control and doesn't hold him in high esteem. .
Whether the slap will be a streak or part of his show remains to be seen.
As part of his current tour, Chris Rock devotes about five minutes to it.
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The altercation did not at all bruise the reputation of Chris Rock.
According to the calculations of the
Wall Street Journal,
his tour filled a hundred dates, including in England, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
His one-man shows brought in around $700,000 a night.
The last time he spent so much time on the road was in 2017.
Conversely, Will Smith remains banned from Hollywood.
Persona non grata at the Oscars for several years to come.
Even in the case of an appointment.
The Academy of Oscars had been widely criticized for letting the comedian sit down and come to collect his Oscar for best actor a few moments later for his performance in
The Williams Method
.
He camped there the father and authoritative trainer of the tennis players Serena and Venus Williams.
The actor's slavery film
Emancipation
, uploaded by Apple TV+, had low-key promotion.
The opportunity for Will Smith to deliver yet another mea culpa.
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