Almost a year after the infamous Oscars slap, comedian Chris Rock is finally addressing what happened in his live Netflix special, “Selective Outrage.” After an hour of new material, the come…
After an hour of new material, the comedian finally dove into what thousands of audience members had been waiting to hear, callinga “bitch” around seven times. “You all know what happened to me, getting smacked by Shug Smith, everybody knows, everybody fucking knows,” Rock said. “I got smacked like a year ago… And people are like ‘Did it hurt?’ ItBut despite all the pressure from the press Rock is adamant that you won’t see him dissecting it on a talk show.
He then switched tone, “I love Will Smith, my whole life… he makes great movies. I rooted for Will Smith my whole life,” Rock said. “And now I watch ‘Emancipation’ just so I could watch him get whooped.” “They say, ‘words hurt.'” Rock joked. “You gotta watch what you say because ‘words hurt.’ Anybody who says ‘words hurt’ has never been punched in the face. Words hurt when you write them on a brick.” The comedian then illustrated exactly who he was talking about, “the kind of people who play Michael Jackson songs but won’t play R. Kelly,” Rock said. “Same crime, one of them just got better songs.
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