The mother of comedian Chris Rock spoke out about a month after actor Will Smith slapped him at the Academy Awards, saying the incident was embarrassing for his family.
“[Smith] started using obscenities,” Rose Rock told South Carolina media outlet WIS-TV. “When he slapped Chris, he slapped all of us. He really slapped me.”
After Rock presented the award category, “No one was able to just be in the moment because everyone was sitting there like, ‘What just happened?’” Rose Rock added.
During the incident, Rock, who was presenting an award, make a joke about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, prompting her husband to walk on the stage, approach Rock, and slap him.  Rock declined to press charges, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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