Chris Rock Breaks Silence On Will Smith's Oscars Slap

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Chris Rock has broken his silence on the much talked-about incident that occurred at the Academy Awards this past Sunday, in which Will Smith walked on stage and slapped Rock in the face. Rock was on stage presenting the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature when he made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith. The joke did not land well by any means, and Smith reacted by leaving his seat, approaching Rock, and slapping him in the face. Smith then went back to his seat and shouted loudly at Rock, telling him, "Keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth!"

Since the incident occurred, many celebrities have spoken out with their opinions on the matter. Oscars co-host Amy Schumer explained that she was still in shock after what went down, Jim Carrey expressed that he was "sickened" by the whole ordeal, and Adam Sandler voiced his support for Rock after the incident. Smith's mom has even addressed the slap, saying she's never seen him act that way before. However, Rock himself hasn't spoken on it, until now.

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Variety reports that Rock has now addressed the event for the first time since it happened. At his comedy show in Boston on Wednesday night, Rock reportedly addressed the incident right at the start of the show, explaining that he's still trying to process it at the moment, but will discuss it further at some point. Read the quote from Rock down below:

“I don’t have a bunch of shit about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I have a whole show I wrote before this weekend. I’m still kind of processing what happened. So, at some point I’ll talk about that shit. And it will be serious and funny.”

While Rock's response was brief, it is