ICYMI: Funnyman Chris Rock has announced an extension of his “Ego Death World Tour” in the weeks following the Will Smith slap, and it includes a San Antonio date.
In his first comedy show after the slap, Chris Rock received several standing ovations from a sold-out crowd in Boston.At the March 27 Academy Awards, Rock was presenting the best documentary award and made jokes about several attendees, including Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.Pinkett Smith, who has spoken publicly about her hair loss condition, alopecia, had a closely shaved head similar to that of Demi Moore in the 1997 movie.
Smith strode from his front-row seat onto the stage and smacked Rock, stunning the comedian, the theater crowd and viewers at home. Many thought it was a planned gag set up by the show or the men themselves, but the seriousness of the situation set in after Smith returned to his seat and angrily twice shouted at Rock to “keep my wife’s name out your mouth.”Smith took the stage again less than an hour later to accept his Oscar, tearfully apologizing to the academy but notably omitting any mention of Rock.Smith later apologized to Rock on social media.
The motion picture academy has since banned him from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years.
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