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“He Played Muhammad Ali I Played Pookie in New Jack City”: Chris Rock Unleashes on Will Smith in Netflix Special a Year After Oscars Slapgate

Published 03/05/2023, 6:30 AM EST

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It has been almost a year since Chris Rock ran into an altercation with Will Smith at the Oscars. After almost a year, Chris Rock on his Netflix special joked about the incident while wittingly criticizing both Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. Though following Will Smith’s demand, Rock this time kept the former’s “wife’s name” out of his mouth.

Facing the audience, Chirs Rock declared that he was not a victim and that he took Will Smith’s slap like Manny Pacquiao in boxing. And right at this, Rock commented on the size difference between him and Smith. “We aren’t the same size, OK? We are not. This guy does movies with his shirt off; you’ve never seen me do a movie with my shirt off. He played Muhammad Ali; I played Pookie in New Jack City,” joked Chirs Rock on his Netflix special.

Chirs Rock addresses the “selective outrage” of Will Smith and refers to Jada Pinkett Smith’s “entanglement” with August Alsina

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The altercation at the Oscars overshadowed the biggest achievement of Will Smith’s life. However, it was recently discovered that the altercation was not the most viewed incident at an Awards show. Anyway, on his Netflix special, Rock declared that Will Smith practiced “selective outrage”. Rock brought into question Smith remaining silent about his wife’s relationship with August Alsina. “Will Smith practices selective outrage. He practices selective outrage,” said Rock.

“Because everyone knows what the f–k happened. Everybody that really knows, knows that I had nothing to do with that s**t. I didn’t have any “entanglements,” he added referring to Jada Pinkett Smith‘s relationship with August Alsina which Pinkett Smith branded as an “entanglement”.

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“Now, I normally would not talk about this s**t, but for some reason, these n***as put this s**t on the Internet. I have no idea why two talented people would do something that f**king low down,” Rock continued. In his opinion, everyone in life has been a victim of cheating. “We’ve all been cheated on; everybody in here’s been cheated on,” added Rock.

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“None of us have ever been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television. None of us! … She hurt him more than he hurt me, OK?” commented Chris Rock referring to Will Smith’s relationship with his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a postgraduate student of English literature. A diligent journalist; he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.
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