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Although tickets to his comedy shows have skyrocketed, Chris Rock isn’t ready to discuss the infamous Oscars slap from Will Smith. While performing a surprise set at the Comedy Cellar on Tuesday night, the stand up noted he wouldn’t be talking about Will and the moment that shocked the world. “He literally only addressed it as the the crowd was going wild for his surprise appearance, and he got on stage and said, ‘Lower your expectations. I’m not going to address that s–t,’” an audience member told Page Six.

Will Smith continues to face down some of the troubling consequences of the “slap seen around the world.”

Regrouping. The Academy Board of Governors has moved up their timeline regarding its meeting about Will Smith’s actions after he slapped Chris Rock during the 94th annual Academy Awards last month.

Bill Bailey believes Chris Rock and Will Smith were both wrong for their actions after the controversial Oscars bust-up. During the live broadcast, the King Richard actor, 53, stormed on stage and smacked Chris, 57, across the face for joking about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair – the actress suffers from alopecia but sources say Chris was unaware of her condition.  During Wednesday’s This Morning, presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary asked the former Strictly Come Dancing winner if he felt ‘pressure’ to censor his material following the Academy Awards incident.

Chris Rock isn’t ready to talk about the 2022 Oscars.

Steve Coogan has shared his thoughts about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, describing the incident as 'appalling arrogance.' The Middleton-born film and TV actor and comedian said the altercation was the 'epitome of all that’s twisted and horrible about Hollywood' in a conversation on BBC's Loose Ends show.

Chris Rock was spotted in New York City on Tuesday amid a break in his current comedy tour. The comedian made a surprise appearance at the Comedy Cellar alongside Sam Morril, Judy Gold and Yamaneika Saunders, according to Page Six. Rock declined to talk about his Oscars drama with Will Smith.

Billy Crystal called Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards "an assault." The nine-time Oscars host spoke about the "disturbing incident" during an appearance on "Back on the Record" with Bob Costas on HBO Max. Smith slapped Rock in the face on stage after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's bald head. "It was a most disturbing incident, for sure," Crystal told Costas.

Facing the future. After receiving major backlash for slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith is worried about what will happen to his career from here.

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis has become the latest star to respond to Will Smith’s viral slap of Chris Rock at last month’s Oscars.Last month, Smith struck the comedian on-stage during the Academy Awards ceremony following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Following numerous apologies over the incident, Smith resigned from the Academy and described his actions as “shocking, painful, and inexcusable”.Asked by Howard Stern what he thought of the incident, Kiedis originally replied that “too much has been said already.”The band’s guitarist John Frusciante then stepped in, saying: “We love Chris Rock and I’ll stand forward and say he should not have been slapped.” Rock inducted the band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.Kiedis then did give his take though, telling the host: “I love comedy.

Just like the rest of us, Chris Rock is still reeling from when Will Smith slapped him at the Oscars. In fact, the 57-year-old comedian doesn’t think he’ll ever be able to accept the Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air star’s apology. “He can’t imagine forgiving Will, being friends with him. It is just a very weird thing to fully envelope,” a source close to Chris EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife.

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North East has taken social media by storm with a recent and topical submission for his school's annual Easter Egg competition. Will Nolan who lives in Fellgate decided to go for gold this year with a completely unique idea, in which he has recreated an iconic scene from the most recent Oscars ceremony. The 94th Academy Awards left people talking long after it's live screening, when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock for an off the cuff joke about his wife Jada's hair loss.

Chris Rock, 57, looked quite somber during his latest outing in New York City. The comedian was photographed walking outside with a serious look on his face and his hands in his pockets, just over a week after Will Smith, 53, shockingly slapped him while on stage at the 2022 Academy Awards. He wore a black jacket with cargo pants and colorful sneakers during the stroll and added sunglasses and a pair of headphones around his neck.

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, two stars already attached at the hip in their longstanding marriage, have reportedly only grown closer in the week since Smith’s viral smacking of Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards. According to a new report, the pair is apparently not letting the incident or criticism get between them. "They stick together through thick and thin," a source told Us Weekly on Tuesday.

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Jada Pinkett Smith wants to "move on" from Will Smith's Oscars smack. The 50-year-old actress - who suffers from hair-loss condition alopecia - was the butt of a joke made by comedian Chris Rock at the 94th Annual Academy Awards towards the end of last month, which resulted in husband Will,53, striking Chris across the face and is now reportedly ready to forget about the controversial moment. A source said: "Jada wants to just move on.

Jason Momoa has addressed rumours that he is dating Kate Beckinsale after the pair were photographed together during an Oscars after-party. On 27 March, the Aquaman star, 42, and Beckinsale, 48, were seen together at Jay Z’s Oscars after-party, during which they were photographed standing close while the Underworld star wore Momoa’s jacket. At the time, the photographs sparked rumours that Momoa, who recently announced that he and Lisa Bonet would be ending their marriage after five years and more than a decade together, and Beckinsale were dating.

Chris Rock’s brother Kenny has criticised the Academy for its lack of action following Will Smith‘s actions at this year’s Oscars show.Last month, the actor struck the comedian on-stage during the Academy Awards ceremony following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Following numerous apologies over the incident, Smith resigned from the Academy and described his actions as “shocking, painful, and inexcusable”.“It eats at me watching it over and over again because you’ve seen a loved one being attacked and there’s nothing you can do about it,” Kenny, an actor and entrepreneur, told The Los Angeles Times in a story published yesterday (April 4).“Every time I’m watching the videos, it’s like a rendition that just keeps going over and over in my head.

The March 28 episode of “The View,” which featured co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Sara Haines breaking down the infamous Will Smith Oscar slap, was the talk show’s top telecast in all key target demographics in more than a year, ABC announced on Tuesday.Goldberg, who is on the board of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, but was not at the Oscars herself, stated that while she advocated for sanctions against the Best Actor winner, she thought Smith should keep his statuette. “We’re not gonna let the Academy take that award from him,” she said.“The View” averaged 2.727 million Total Viewers, 308,000 Women 25-54 and 225,000 Women 18-49, during the week of March 28, 2022, based on live + same day data from Nielsen Media Research.The talk show turned in across-the-board gains from the previous week: Total Viewers (+24% – 2.727 million vs. 2.203 million), Women 25-54 (+34% – 308,000 vs.

Amy Schumer continues to share her thoughts on the controversy caused during the 2022 Academy Awards, following the off-script joke that created the conflict between Chris Rock and Will Smith, the comedian is now revealing the joke she ‘wasn’t allowed’ to make at the ceremony.During her recent stand-up comedy act in Las Vegas, Schumer, who previously revealed she was “still triggered and traumatized” by the Oscars slap, told the audience some of the jokes labeled too controversial for the show, including a joke about Joe Rogan, James Franco, and one about the fatal shooting involving Alec Baldwin on the set of ‘Rust.’“Don’t Look Up’ is the name of a movie? More like don’t look down the barrel of Alec Baldwin’s shotgun,” Schumer said, “I wasn’t allowed to say any of that, but you can just come up and [slap] someone.”And while the comedian described the slap as “disturbing,” explaining that she was “still in shock and stunned and sad,” and “waiting for this sickening feeling to go away from what we all witnessed,” online users shared their thoughts on what was described as an “insensitive” and “tasteless” joke, following the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.“It’s not funny to joke about someone being killed by a prop gun,” one person wrote, while another one commented, “How do you think hearing this makes Halyna Hutchins’ grieving family feel?”

Striking while the iron’s hot. Less than two weeks after Will Smith’s Oscars scandal, August Alsina dropped a new song that alludes to his “entanglement” with the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Alec Baldwin is the latest star to comment on the Oscars slap moment.

conversation with TheWrap that the Academy did not have the equivalent of a shareholders meeting and should more regularly consider member proposals. In his statement in response on Tuesday, Shamberg continued to slam the declining relevance of the Oscars in the 21st century and the show’s declining ratings over the last decade (March’s 94th Academy Awards rebounded 69% from an all-time low in 2020).“Academy management needs to be held accountable to the members.

Not worried. After Will Smith received major backlash for slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Whoopi Goldberg compared the Academy Award winner’s future to Louis C.K. and Kanye West‘s recent Grammy wins.

Nothing to it! Jason Momoa is clarifying his relationship status after he was spotted offering his jacket to Kate Beckinsale outside of the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty.

Whoopi Goldberg is confident that Will Smith's career "will be fine" after the actor slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars. During The View on Monday, the Sister Act star and her co-hosts discussed a report suggesting that development on the Oscar winner's upcoming movies, including Netflix's Fast and Loose, has been paused following the controversy on 27 March. Goldberg, who is a member of the Academy's Board of Governors and a former Oscar host, said that she believes his career will make a comeback.

The bidding war had reportedly reached £10 million before both platforms pulled out. READ MORE: BBC The Split: What happened at the end of series two? A source told The Sun: "Netflix and Apple+ have quietly removed their bids for a Will Smith biopic and will instead relocate the funds and develop original ideas from new black actors.

This year’s Oscars ceremony turned into a media circus after Will Smith slapped guest presenter Chris Rock for making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith‘s hair, alluding to the actress making a sequel to the Ridley Scott film “G.I. Jane.” Since then, Smith has made multiple apologies and even resigned his membership in The Academy.