BOSTON, March 30 (Reuters) – Comic Chris Rock, in his first public feedback since he was slapped within the face by actor Will Smith on the Oscars on Sunday, stated he’s “nonetheless processing” the incident that made headlines all over the world.
“How was YOUR weekend?” Rock requested on Wednesday evening of a sold-out crowd at Boston’s Wilbur Theatre. He made it clear from the onset he didn’t plan to deal with the Oscars incident at size.
“I am nonetheless processing what occurred, so sooner or later I will discuss that shit,” Rock informed the group. “It’s going to be critical. It’s going to be humorous, however proper now I’ll inform some jokes.”
Rock, 57, obtained a standing ovation from the Boston crowd.
“Let me be all misty and shit,” he stated, with tears in his eyes. “I haven’t got a bunch of shit to say about that, so should you got here right here for that…’ he stated, and paused. “I had written an entire present earlier than this weekend.”
Maybe Rock’s greatest revelation was his plan to get a vasectomy subsequent week. He joked that he made his choice after seeing 78-year-old actor Robert De Niro drop off his 11-year-old daughter in school.
“I’ve already seen Hannah Montana as soon as and that was sufficient,” Rock quipped.
At Sunday’s Academy Awards, Rock was on stage to current the trophy for greatest documentary. He made a joke about Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith, that referenced the 1997 movie “G.I. Jane” by which actress Demi Moore shaved her head. It was unclear whether or not Rock was conscious that Pinkett Smith has a situation that causes hair loss.
Will Smith strode onto the stage and slapped Rock earlier than profitable greatest actor lower than an hour later. The actor apologized to Rock and the academy in a press release on Monday.
Throughout his 80-minute set in Boston, Rock by no means talked about Smith. As an alternative, he launched right into a stream of profanity-laced barbs directed at Nice Britain’s royal household, Meghan Markle, former U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Subaru, Lululemon and even his oldest daughter Lola.
“He got here out swinging, however not about Will Smith,” stated Ramsay Fretz, a 32-year-old Boston actual property agent who sat within the balcony. “It is good to see somebody equally assault all people.”
After the slap that reverberated all over the world, TickPick, a web-based market for occasions, stated it offered extra tickets in a single day to Rock’s “Ego Loss of life” tour than it did prior to now month mixed.
Balcony seat tickets with a face worth of $61 fetched practically $1,000 after Smith slapped Rock in entrance of practically 17 million tv viewers tuned into the Oscars.
Some attendees in Boston have been disillusioned that Rock kept away from verbally retaliating in opposition to Smith.
“You understand, it was the elephant within the room,” stated viewers member Jay Dee. “Everybody was ready for the ‘aha’ second that did not come.”
Reporting by Tim McLaughlin and Lisa Richwine, further reporting by Eric Cox; enhancing by Jane Wardell
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