Chris Rock’s Brother Tony Rock Lashes Out At Will Smith On Stage: You Hit My Brother Because Your B*tch Gave You A Side-Eye?! [VIDEO]
Chris Rock’s Brother Tony Rock Lashes Out At Will Smith On Stage: You Hit My Brother Because Your B*tch Gave You A Side-Eye?! [VIDEO]
Chris Rock’s brother Tony Rock is continues to defend his brother over the Will Smith slapping incident.
During his stand-up comedy show on Friday (Apri1), Tony, spoke directly about the incident.
He came out on the stage to Tupac, telling the audience
“If you think you gonna walk up on this stage, this ain’t the motherf—ing Oscars. And if you walk your a— up here, you ain’t nominated for s—t but these motherf—ing hands.
He added,
“Oh, we going to pop the rest of the year. Every time you see me do a show, pop!”
Watch the clip below.
? Brother Tony Rock sends shots at Will & Jada on stage. #chrisrock #willsmith pic.twitter.com/hFLFT7u6GH
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He later spoke directly about the Oscars incident telling attendees,
“I didn’t want to start the show like that! You gonna hit my motherf—ing brother because your b—h gave you a side-eye?”
As previously reported, during the Oscars, Rock made a joke Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who has a shaved head (the actress has alopecia).
Will Smith just punched Chris Rock and told him "keep my wife's name out of your f***ing mouth" pic.twitter.com/YK5aQqv89t
— BACKUP ACCOUNT (@JasmineBrandTHE) March 28, 2022
While on Rock was still on stage, Smith walked up and slapped Rock. He then walked back to his seat and shouted at the comedian to keep his wife’s name out of his
“f*cking mouth.”
Later in the show, while accepting the Oscar for best actor for his performance in King Richard, Smith apologized to the Academy and fellow nominees. At the time, he did not apologize to Rock.
The following day, he apologized to Rock on Instagram.
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Smith’s mother also did an interview following the incident, noting that she had never seen that side of her son.
#WillSmith's mother speaks about son's first Oscar, stage confrontation pic.twitter.com/g4kpcXJAAS
— BACKUP ACCOUNT (@JasmineBrandTHE) March 29, 2022
Later in the week, the producer of the 2022 Oscars telecast, Will Packer, spoke out about the incident.
Oscars Producer #WillPacker Says Says LAPD Was Prepared to Arrest #WillSmith: They said, ‘We will go get him’. (? @abcnews) pic.twitter.com/C9A1U2vnd5
— BACKUP ACCOUNT (@JasmineBrandTHE) April 1, 2022
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