Chris Rock’s Mother Calls Out Will Smith’s Oscars Ban: ‘You Don’t Even Go Each Yr’

Chris Rock’s mother, Rose Rock, is sharing her ideas on Will Smith slapping her son on the 2022 Oscars ceremony one month faraway from the second.

Rock, an writer and motivational speaker, informed WIS that the comic is doing effectively however “nonetheless processing” the incident that led Smith to resign from the Academy. The group has since introduced that Smith, who gained finest actor for his efficiency in King Richard, is banned from all occasions, together with the Oscars ceremonies, for the subsequent 10 years.

“I informed somebody, when Will slapped Chris, he slapped all of us, however he actually slapped me,” Rose Rock stated. “While you damage my youngster, you damage me.”

When requested what she would say to Smith, Rock replied, “I do not know what I’d say apart from, ‘What on this planet had been you pondering?’ Since you did a slap, however so many issues may have occurred. Chris may have stepped again and fallen. You actually may have gotten taken out in handcuffs. You didn’t assume. You reacted to your spouse supplying you with the side-eye, and also you went up, and also you made her day as a result of she was shocked laughing when it occurred.”

Concerning the 10-year ban, she stated, “What does that imply? You don’t even go yearly.” Rock, who identified that she didn’t assume the Academy ought to have taken away Smith’s Oscar, went on to say she was “actually, actually proud” of how her son reacted within the second.

She added that she didn’t assume the apology Smith posted to his Instagram account on the day after the ceremony felt real. “I really feel actually dangerous that he by no means apologized,” Rock stated. “His folks wrote up a chunk and stated, ‘I apologize to Chris Rock,’ however one thing like that’s private. You attain out.”

Smith’s slap adopted Chris Rock making a joke about his spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith, having a shaved head. The comic has largely remained mum because the Oscars.

Earlier this month, Chris’ brother Kenny Rock informed the Los Angeles Occasions that he didn’t discover Smith’s apology to be real.

This text initially appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.