Three days after he was attacked by Will Smith at the Oscars, Chris Rock made his first public appearance at the opening show of his Ego Death World Tour in Boston.Coming out on stage at about 8 PM EDT, Rock was greeted by the sold-out crowd at the packed Wilbur theater with a standing ovation that lasted 4-5 minutes as fans stood up, sat down and then stood up again to applaud him, sources said.
He did not mention the incident at the start of his standup.We will have a detailed coverage of Rock’s show later tonight from Mike Fleming, Jr.
who is in the theater.In one of the most shocking moments in Academy Awards history, Oscar nominee (and eventual winner) Smith walked on stage and slapped presenter Rock after the comedian had directed a joke at Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.Smith subsequently addressed the incident in his Best Actor acceptance speech, in which he apologized to the Academy and his fellow nominees but not to Rock.
Smith followed up with a written apology to Rock on Instagram on Monday, while Rock had remained silent until tonight.In an intriguing confluence of events, shortly before Rock took the stage in Boston, the Academy’s Board of Governors convened an emergency meeting to discuss Smith’s standing in the organization in the wake of the incident.
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