Comic Chris Rock has lastly responded to the Oscars slap, throughout his stand-up, “Selective Outrage,” at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre, which streamed stay on Netflix this weekend.
“I’m going to attempt to do a present tonight with out offending no one. I’m going to strive my finest since you by no means know who may get triggered,” Rock stated throughout his opening. “Individuals at all times say phrases damage. Anyone who says phrases damage has by no means been punched within the face.”
After this reference to the slap heard world wide, Rock held all of his jokes concerning the incident till the tip of the present.
“You all know what occurred to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith,” Rock stated. “It nonetheless hurts. I obtained ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears. However I’m not a sufferer, child. You’ll by no means see me on Oprah or Gayle crying … I took that hit like Pacquiao.”
Rock opined that Smith’s violent response to his joke had extra to do with one thing that Will Smith is coping with.
“His spouse was [having sex with] her son’s pal. I usually wouldn’t speak about this. … However for some purpose, [they] put that … on the web,” Rock stated, referencing Jada Pinkett Smith’s “entanglement” with singer August Alsina. “She damage him far more than he damage me.”
But Rock doesn’t seem to carry any unwell will towards Smith.
“I like Will Smith, my entire life,” Rock stated. “I’ve rooted for Will Smith my entire life … now I watch ‘Emancipation’ simply to see him get whupped.”
“‘How come you didn’t do nothing again that evening?’” Rock stated individuals have requested him. “As a result of I obtained mother and father. what my mother and father taught me? Don’t combat in entrance of White individuals.”
Rock’s standup lasted simply over an hour. He touched on a number of subjects reminiscent of “woke” and “cancel tradition.”
“I’ve no downside with the wokeness. I’ve no downside with it in any respect. I’m all for social justice. I’m all for marginalized individuals getting their rights. The factor I’ve an issue with is the selective outrage,” Rock stated. “ what I’m speaking about. One individual does one thing, they get canceled. Anyone else does the very same factor, nothing. what I’m speaking about … the type of people that play Michael Jackson songs however received’t play R. Kelly. Identical crime, one in every of them simply has higher songs.”
Rock additionally spoke about opioids, Meghan Markle, in addition to abortion. He additionally talked about O.J. Simpson and the Kardashians. He shared a private story about his daughter getting expelled from an elite highschool, and he talked concerning the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, and far more.
