Chris Rock talks about Will Smith a year later: ‘I’m not a victim’

“Did it hurt? It still hurts, I can hear the explosion, but I’m not a victim. You’ll never see me cry for Oprah (Winfrey) or Gayl (King), that never will.” (Boxer Manny ) I got hit like Pacquiao,” he said.

Smith’s attack on The Rock forever marked the 83rd Oscar Gala. Chris Rock performed at the Dolby Theater to present the Best Documentary Award and shared it with Ridley Scott’s Lieutenant O’Neil, joking about Pinkett-Smith’s shaven head, who publicly admitted to suffering from alopecia . .

After Pinkett-Smith closed her eyes for a moment in anger, her husband got up from his chair and stepped on stage to punch Rock in the face.

“A lot of people have asked me, why didn’t you do anything that night? “Because I have a family and they taught me not to fight for white people,” he said.

Of the 70 minutes of the performance, which took place Saturday night in Baltimore and was part of a tour of the comedian in several cities, Rock spent the last 8 minutes battling the actor and his wife.

He’s admitted that he’s loved Smith all his life and “made some great movies,” but now enjoys watching “Emancipation” (an Apple TV movie based on the true story of a slave born on a farm runaway in Louisiana). ) “to see how they beat him”.

In August, it was revealed that Rock who gave a similar performance to last night has turned down an offer from the Hollywood Academy to present this year’s Oscars, which will be held in Los Angeles on March 12.

While Rock hasn’t directly disclosed the incident, he’s added some suggestive comments to many of the movies he’s starred in in recent months.