The never-ending aftermath of the Will Smith/Chris Rock Oscars saga continues, only this time itโs centered around Rock and Dave Chappelleโs latest comments in regard to Smithโs 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, โFuck your hostage video.โ He then continued to refer to the King Richard star as โSuge Smith.โ The comedian also reiterated the fact that he wasnโt a victim but that the slap hurt, naturally.
โYes, that shit hurt,โ he said. โHe played Ali. I canโt even play Floyd Mayweather.โ
Chappelle also joined in on the jokes, encouraging audiences to be themselvesโunlike Smithโwhom Chappelle said did an โimpression of a perfect person for 30 yearsโ before showing the world his true colors on Oscars night.
โWill 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 โWhatever the consequences areโฆ I hope he doesnโt 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 โdistastefulโ joke he made last week, comparing coming back to the Oscars to โasking Nicole Brown Simpson to go back to the restaurant where she left her eyeglasses before being killed.โ
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