Chris Rock carried out a shock set at Comedy Cellar Tuesday night time however kicked it off by telling the viewers that he wouldn’t discuss concerning the Will Smith slap.
“He actually solely addressed it because the the gang was going wild for his shock look, and he obtained on stage and mentioned, ‘Decrease your expectations. I’m not going to handle that s–t,’” an viewers spy tells Web page Six completely.
The spy additionally says that Rock joked he was workshopping materials as a result of “all of the sudden folks cared about his early exhibits.”
Sam Morril, Julie Gold and Yamaneika Saunders additionally carried out on the New York Metropolis membership.
Rock, 57, has declined to handle Smith, 53, slapping him on the 2022 Oscars since launching his comedy tour in Boston final week.
“I had an entire present earlier than this weekend,” he mentioned of the incident. “I’m nonetheless processing.”
The “All the way down to Earth” star instructed attendees he would tackle it sooner or later, “however proper now I’m going to inform some jokes.”
In the meantime, Rock’s brother Kenny opened up concerning the emotional toll the slap has taken on him.
“It eats at me watching it over and over since you’ve seen a cherished one being attacked and there’s nothing you are able to do about it,” Kenny, 42, told the Los Angeles Times.
“Each time I’m watching the movies, it’s like a rendition that simply retains going time and again in my head. My brother was no risk to him and also you simply had no respect for him at that second. You simply belittled him in entrance of thousands and thousands of folks that watch the present,” he mentioned.
Smith slapped Rock for evaluating his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith’s baldness to Demi Moore’s character in “G.I. Jane.” Kenny believes Rock didn’t notice that Pinkett Smith’s hair, which she shaved final summer time, was attributable to alopecia.
“The joke was humorous. It wasn’t hilarious humorous, however I do know that if he knew that she had alopecia … he wouldn’t make a joke about that. However he didn’t know,” Kenny added.
