Chris Rock spoke briefly about the Oscars slap on Wednesday’s show in Boston. He noted that he needed time to “process” the attack as his disappointed fans said they wanted more.
The comic (57 years old) took the Wilbur Theatre stage and asked, “How was your weekend?”
This rhetorical question was a huge hit with the audience, who occasionally questioned the Emmy-winning comedian over Will Smith’s onscreen strikes.
Rock, however, warned the crowd that it would continue as scheduled.
‘I don’t have like a bunch of s*** to say about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I had like a whole show I wrote before… this weekend…’ he said to more laughs. “And I am still sort of processing what occurred.
‘So at some time I’ll talk about that s***… and it’ll be serious. It’ll be funny,’ he said before an audience member shouted, ‘F*** Will!’
Rock said, “I’m going to tell some jokes,” and later revealed that he hadn’t spoken with “anyone” since that incident. This was in reference to Smith’s reconciliation.
However, some of the more than 3,000 people who attended the event paid as much as $1,000 for tickets. They were disappointed that the comedian did not address this topic.
Fox News: One person said that they want their money back. He didn’t spend $400 for nothing.
Chris Rock briefly spoke about the Oscars’ slap this weekend during Wednesday’s show at Boston’s Wilbur Theatre before moving to his usual set
He said, “I wanted to like a whole play I wrote before…this weekend …’,” and he laughed. “And I am still processing what happened.”
After Jada Pinkett Smith’s joke, Will Smith got on stage with Chris Rock and slapped him. Smith refused to go, according to the Academy on Wednesday.
Rock made a decision not to address the controversy directly. Some of his fans stated their disappointment, one saying to Fox News that he didn’t have $400 for nothing.
Actor Will Smith appeared on the live Academy Awards broadcast Sunday and hit Rock. Rock joked about Smith’s wife.
Smith won the Best Actor Award shortly thereafter. He received a standing ovation and then went up for his statuette.
Rock’s Wednesday Night Show audience member stated that Rock didn’t touch on a lot of previous material. It’s OK. It’s OK. It was a bit expensive for tickets. Very average. But we expected much more.
Some others said that they could tell from his body language, that he was unsure how to deal with the controversy.
Dave Henriquez (48-year-old Newton musician) said that he saw Henriquez immediately and his mood was shocked. “I understood that it was heavy on his mind.”
Erin Ryan was a Newton teacher who, at 33, felt Rock should perform, and not merely make a stand about one incident.
Many were happy with the set of the comedian, even though they wanted to see the controversy resolved.
It was a great success. The event was well-attended and the atmosphere was exciting. A man outside of the theatre told Reuters that he enjoyed being there. It was like the elephant in the living room. Everybody was hoping for that A-HA moment, but it didn’t happen.
One man stated, “It was great fun. The whole thing was quite funny. He was full of energy. His love was infectious and he showed it to us.
Kathryn WestHines, 50, is a Malden, Massachusetts-based palates instructor. She said that she left with more respect for Rock. She said that she thought the event was “amazing, classy” and added that Rock wasn’t going let “what happened on Sunday” ruin his shining shine.
Rock avoided the topic again during his second set, but he seemed to confirm that Smith has not spoken to him since being hit in the jaw live on television.
Rock stated, “I have not spoken to anybody, despite everything you’ve heard,”
A couple of audience members shouted “Will Smith” twice during the initial show. This prompted a loud chorus of boos.
Fans who attended Wednesday’s broadcast said they liked it, and that Rock kept to the script he had written prior to the Oscars. One fan stated after the show, “We weren’t there just for that.”
DailyMail.com witnessed one man being taken out of the building by security guards after the heckling.
Multiple security guards escorted the man out of the theatre after he was identified as the victim.
Rock responded to the disturbance by saying, “Is this how it’s going to turn out?”
Later Rock spoke out about his personal life and said that, ‘excepting for some odd things, it’s pretty good now.
Everyone laughed knowing what these “weird items” were.
Rock looked unaffected as he performed his high-energy routine. The crowd was roaring with laughter as Rock joked about everything, from obese people at Disney Parks to the decision to have his vasectomy following seeing Robert De Niro, 78, walking around in a stroller with a child.
He made fun of how much he spent on women and then wryly suggested his ex-wife to the audience as a divorce lawyer. She won him half her fortune without her even telling a single joke.
Many supported Smith, claiming that Smith was not in order as he marched on stage to hit Rock because he joked about his wife’s alopecia. Rock arrives at Wilbur Theatre, Wednesday.
His comments about the Oscar slap were brief and to the point during his sell-out performance. This was the first show he has performed since the famous incident.
Rock took to the podium shortly after Smith refused to leave Oscars, after being approached by Academy of Motion Pictures heads.
According to the Academy, he refused to follow the directives of Dawn Hudson and David Rubin for president and CEO respectively, and that he was in violation of their conduct code.
The Academy announced Wednesday that it was launching ‘disciplinary proceedings’ against Smith and said Smith had ignored their requests to him leave his chair. Rock also received an apology.
TMZ reported that Smith was asked by David Rubin and Dawn Hudson to go.
According to two sources, Hudson and Rubin were furious at Smith and that there was a lot of shouting and heated conversation backstage afterward with Smith’s reps.
Dawn Hudson, CEO of Academy asked Smith, and David Rubin the president, to leave. Smith did not respond to their requests.
Smith was able to get through a turbulent night with a party, celebrating the most important achievement of his professional life: the Best Actor award at the Oscars
According to one source, the Academy officials are ‘apoplectic.
According to their statement, the Board of Governors initiated disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Smith in light of his violations of the Academy’s Standards of Conduct. These include inappropriate physical contact with others and aggressive or threatening behavior.
‘Mr. Smith refused to go on the ceremony. [but]However, we recognize that the circumstances could have been handled differently.
Smith will be notified 15 days in advance of the vote and given an opportunity for written responses.
The Academy could take actions at the April 18th board meeting, which is scheduled to include suspension, expulsion or any other sanction permitted under the Bylaws, Standards of Conduct.
Smith, in his acceptance speech apologized for not apologizing to Rock.
Smith laughed at the initial attack and posted on Instagram Sunday night: “You cannot invite people from Philly, Baltimore or anywhere else!”
Smith posted an Instagram apology 24 hours later, stating that he was sorry to Rock.
He claimed that his behaviour was unacceptable and unexcusable, and made him feel ’embarrassed.
“I would like public apology to you Chris,” he wrote.
“I was not in line, and I was wrong. It is embarrassing that my actions did not portray the man I aspire to become.
“There is no place in the world for violence, in love or kindness.”
The moments after Smith’s slap have been captured on video and show Jada Pinkett Smith, an actress, laughing in her seat.
New video posted to TikTok was shot from the floor of the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, from a vantage point directly behind the table where Smith and Pinkett Smith were seated
TikTok uploaded the video on Sunday from the Dolby Theatre’s Hollywood floor. The camera was located directly behind Smith and Pinkett Smith at the table.
Though her face cannot be seen clearly, Pinkett-Smith appears to laugh in the immediate aftermath of the slap, as Rock reacts by saying: ‘Wow, Will Smith just smacked the s**t out of me.’
The actress, 50, glances briefly at her husband as he shouts for the first time: ‘Keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth.’
Rock insists on her attention, but she doesn’t lose sight of her. Pinkett Smith appears to laugh again, as Rock declares: “The greatest television night ever.”