It’s been nearly a year since a throwaway joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s lack of hair led Chris Rock’s face to meet the palm of Will Smith’s hand on live television in the middle of the Academy Awards. “The Slap,” as it was immediately known, became the biggest news story for at least a week and has had lingering effects in Hollywood, from Smith’s career to the “crisis team” that has been hired for this year’s Oscars.
And yet, Rock himself has never spoken about it publicly. Until now.
In Saturday night’s new stand-up special Selective Outrage—the first live event to stream on Netflix—the comedian finally addressed his feelings about what happened on his terms, with jokes.
With a star-studded pre-show event hosted by The Daily Show’s Ronny Chieng and a post-show wrap-up hosted by Rock’s SNL castmates Dana Carvey and David Spade, Netflix hyped up the special like an old school fight night, albeit one with only a single boxer in the ring.
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