‘Fuck Your Hostage Video’: Chris Rock Responds to Will Smith’s Apology Video

Smith posted the nearly six-minute-long video addressing Rock back in July.

The never-ending aftermath of the Will Smith/Chris Rock Oscars saga continues, only this time itโ€™s centered around Rock and Dave Chappelleโ€™s latest comments in regard to Smithโ€™s apology video posted back in July.

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Per Deadline, during a tour stop in London, Rock directly responded to the content for the first time, saying, โ€œFuck your hostage video.โ€ He then continued to refer to the King Richard star as โ€œSuge Smith.โ€ The comedian also reiterated the fact that he wasnโ€™t a victim but that the slap hurt, naturally.

โ€œYes, that shit hurt,โ€ he said. โ€œHe played Ali. I canโ€™t even play Floyd Mayweather.โ€

Chappelle also joined in on the jokes, encouraging audiences to be themselvesโ€”unlike Smithโ€”whom Chappelle said did an โ€œimpression of a perfect person for 30 yearsโ€ before showing the world his true colors on Oscars night.

โ€œWill did the impression of a perfect person for 30 years, and he ripped his mask off and showed us he was as ugly as the rest of us,โ€ he said โ€œWhatever the consequences areโ€ฆ I hope he doesnโ€™t put his mask back on again and lets his real face breathe. I see myself in both men.โ€

Both comedians will continue to tour in the UK before bringing their set back to the U.S. at the end of this month. As previously reported by The Root, this news comes just after Rock was blasted by the family of Nicole Brown Simpson for a โ€œdistastefulโ€ joke he made last week, comparing coming back to the Oscars to โ€œasking Nicole Brown Simpson to go back to the restaurant where she left her eyeglasses before being killed.โ€

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