Chris Rock’s mother, Rose Rock has finally opened up about the infamous incident that took place at the 2022 Oscars. Chris Rock had joked about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hairstyle and husband Will Smith went on stage and slapped the comedian. Smith then shouted profanities after he returned to his seat. Rose Rock spoke of the impact of the slap on her family, the minimal punishment given to Smith, who is also a celebrity, as well as his impersonal apology on social media.
Rose Rock, who is an author and motivational speaker, spoke to WIS TV. She told the South Carolina based TV station that she initially thought that it was staged until Will Smith shouted obscenities at her son Chris Rock. She added that she told someone that “when Will slapped Chris, he slapped all of us, but he really slapped me.” She believed that when someone “hurt” her child, he had “hurt” her.
When asked about what she could have said to Smith she mentioned that she would have asked him what in the world he was thinking about as she looked at the potential repercussions of the slap including her son falling and Smith leaving in handcuffs.
She also felt that Smith’s apology on Instagram sounded as if it was written by “his people.” She believed that the apology should have been personal and that he should have reached out to Chris.
Although the celebrity comedian’s mother was against the Oscar award being taken away from Will Smith, as advocated by some, she called his ten-year ban on attending the Oscars “kind of funny” as they had boycotted the award ceremony “a year they weren’t even invited.”
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Rose also expressed her sympathy for Questlove whose win for Best Documentary was overshadowed by the slapping event. The documentary producer had also expressed a similar sentiment, earlier.
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Rose Rock said that her son, comedian Chris Rock was “doing well” and was “still processing” the incident that took place at the Oscars 2022. Meanwhile, celebrity Will Smith landed in Mumbai, on Saturday, to meet a spiritual guide Sadhguru, whose original name is Jaggi Vasudev.
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