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About a year ago, Burglar was fired at the Oscars, which went viral because it aired live. There, actor Will Smith fired comedian Chris Rock after the latter made a joke on stage where Will Smith’s wife was the target.
The joke was about Jada Pinkett Smith and her hair loss, but she struggles with baldness. Will Smith, who has since explained that he got called particularly badly that night, then burst onto the stage and berated the comedian, saying the following words: “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth.”
Chris Rock didn’t comment much on the incident, preferably only in short jokes when he appeared. So far.
On Saturday, a comedy special with Chris Rock aired live on Netflix. There, he let everything wander.
There, he surprised many when he fired some solid punches at Jada, but until now people have generally assumed there was ill will between him and Will.
Chris Rock has said Jada tried to stop him from presenting at the 2016 Oscars. Why, many may wonder. Now because Will Smith wasn’t nominated for Best Actor.
“A few years ago his wife (Jada) said I had to stop doing the Oscars. I shouldn’t be a presenter because her husband wasn’t nominated for the movie Heilahristing (e. Concussion). And then he gives me a concussion.”
It was actually Jada who called the prank, which led to the attack.
Chris also said that people usually say words can hurt, but these people have probably never been bullied.
Chris also said he thought Will Smith was suffering from well-chosen tantrums and that the outburst probably had more to do with Will and Jada’s relationship struggles than his jokes.
“She hurt him more than he hurt me.”
Rock explained that he didn’t react badly to the thug at the time because he was raised with a rule: “Don’t throw tantrums in front of white people.”

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