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(CNN) --
Chris Rock finally tackled the Oscars slap in the face and made Netflix history Saturday by marking the platform's first global live-streaming event.
"I'm going to try to do a show tonight without offending anybody. I'm going to try my best because you never know who you might provoke," Rock said as he opened his show from Baltimore.
"People always say words hurt...anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face."
After that quick apparent reference to Will Smith slapping him onstage at last year's Oscars, Rock saved his jokes about the incident for the last ten minutes of the act.
"Everyone knows what happened to me, getting slapped by Suge Smith," Rock said.
"It still hurts. I've got 'Summertime' ringing in my ears. But I'm not a victim, honey. You'll never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying... I took that hit like Pacquiao."
Listen to Chris Rock speak on his show about the incident with Will Smith 2:25
Rock suggested that Smith's response to his Oscars joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, was more about their relationship than about him.
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"I love Will Smith, all my life," Rock said.
"I've supported Will Smith all my life... now I watch 'Emancipation' only to see him get beat up."
Smith plays an enslaved man in the period drama "Emancipation."
"'How come you didn't do anything that night?'" Rock commented that people have asked him.
"Because I have parents. Do you know what my parents taught me? Don't fight in front of white people."
Under the title "Chris Rock: Selective Outrage" ('selective outrage' in Spanish), the comedian addressed a wide range of topics in the first 50 minutes of the special, including addiction, abortion, racism in the United States, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, the Kardashian family and 'wokeness
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"I don't have a problem with social awakening. I don't have a problem. I'm for social justice. I'm for marginalized people getting their rights. It's the selective outrage that bothers me," Rock said.
"You know what I'm talking about. If a person does something, they get kicked out. If someone else does the exact same thing, nothing. You know what I'm talking about... the kind of people who put on Michael Jackson songs but don't put on R . Kelly. Same crime, only one of them has better songs."
"Chris Rock: Selective Outrange" marked Netflix's first live streaming event.
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Addressing the division of the country, Rock said, "America is in a horrible state right now."
"We've got it worse than Ukraine. Yeah, I said that. You know why? Because Ukraine is united and America is clearly divided," Rock joked.
"If the Russians came here right now, half the country would say, 'Let's listen to them.' We're in bad shape right now."
Rock also delved into his romantic life, saying that when he realized his pillowcases were dirty, he realized how much women do for men.
"I try to date women my own age, who are 10 to 15 years younger than me," he said.
"Don't hate the player, hate the game. I didn't get rich or stay in shape to talk about Anita Baker. I'm trying to fuck Doja Cat."
Chris Rock at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theater for his live Netflix special this Saturday.
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The performance was Rock's sixth standup special and his second for Netflix after 2018's "Tamborine," directed by Bo Burnham.
A pre-show event kicked off with comedian Ronny Chieng live from Los Angeles, where he told the crowd: "We could have prerecorded all of this and no one would have cared, but we're doing this for a noble cause: to finally end television. In fact, if you listen closely you can hear
baby boomers
canceling the latest cable subscription packages."
There was also an after-show special featuring comedians Arsenio Hall, Dana Carvey, David Spade, Yvone Orji and many more.
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