Chris Rock eviscerates Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith: ‘She hurt him way more than he hurt me’
Chris Rock didn’t hold back Saturday night in the final 10 minutes of his live Netflix special “Selective Outrage,” taking aim at Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith almost a year after the infamous Oscars slap.
“You all know what happened to me, getting smacked by Shug Smith, everybody knows, everybody (expletive) knows,” Rock said. “I got smacked like a year ago… People are like ‘Did it hurt?’ It still hurts. I got ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears. But I’m not a victim, baby. You’ll never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying. … I took that hit like (Manny) Pacquiao.”
The comedian revealed the title of the 60-minute show was inspired by the slap.
“Will Smith practices Selective Outrage.” Rock said. “Everybody knows I had nothing to do with that (expletive). I didn’t have any ‘entanglements.’”
“Entanglements” was a reference to the “Red Table” talk between Smith and his wife.
“His wife was (expletive) her son’s friend. I normally wouldn’t not talk about this (expletive). … I have no idea why two talented people would do something that (expletive) lowdown. We’ve all been cheated on. None of us has ever been interviewed by the person who cheated on us on television. … Why the (expletive) would you do that (expletive)? …
“She hurt him way more than he hurt me. Everybody in the world called him a (expletive). I tried to call the (expletive). I tried to call that man and give him my condolences. He didn’t pick up for me.”
Rock also joked about the size difference between he and Smith.
“Will Smith is a big dude,” he said. “I am not. Will Smith is shirtless in his movies. If you see me in a movie getting open heart surgery, I got on a sweater. Will Smith played Muhammad Ali, you think I auditioned for that? I played Pookie in ‘New Jack City.’ I played a piece of corn. Even in animated movies this (expletive) is bigger I’m a zebra, he’s a shark.”
He said many wanted to know why he didn’t retaliate after he was slapped by Smith.
Well, in addition to the size difference, he said, “because I got parents. I was raised. And you know what my parents taught me. Don’t fight in front of white people.”
Rock hit on other topics in the first 50 minutes of the show, including addiction, abortion, racism and “wokeness.”
Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.