Chris Rock Cuts Off Anti-Will Smith Heckler at Boston Comedy Show: ‘No, No, No, No, No’
thewrap.comsaid. “I’m still kind of processing what happened. So, at some point I’ll talk about that s—. And it will be serious and funny.”At Thursday’s show, Rock stayed true to that promise, but did stop a fan from heckling Will Smith.
According to PEOPLE, an audience member yelled “F— Will Smith.” In response, Rock promptly cut it off, saying “No, no, no, no, no.”Rock has continued to avoid saying much about the incident beyond his Wednesday night comments but, in the aftermath of Smith’s actions toward the comedian, it was revealed that Rock would not be pressing charges.According to Oscars producer Will Packer, he lobbied for Smith not to be removed from the show specifically because Rock said he didn’t want to take any action.“I immediately went to the Academy leadership that was on site and I said, ‘Chris Rock doesn’t want that,’” Packer told GMA. “I said, ‘Rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse.’ That was Chris’ energy.
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