Comedian Chris Rock is reportedly planning to address the infamous slap during last year’s Oscars through a Netflix special that will stream just a week before the 2023 Academy Awards.
During the 94th Oscars in 2022, Will Smith got on stage and slapped Rock, who was hosting the show, for a joke Rock made about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Over the past year, Rock has talked about the incident on brief occasions. During his recent “Chris Rock Ego Death World Tour,” Rock sprinkled in a few jokes about the slap at a handful of gigs, but mostly stayed away from the subject, Page Six reported….