Tyler Perry: It’s ‘Difficult’ Being Friends With Both Chris Rock and Will Smith After ‘Painful’ Oscars Slap
usmagazine.comNot everyone has recovered from Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars – and their mutual friend Tyler Perry is shedding light on balancing a friendship between both men.“There’s a difference between comforting and deescalating, that’s No.
1. And I left early to get to Chris to make sure he was OK. Being friends with both of them has been very difficult,” the 52-year-old director said during a Q&A Tribeca Film Festival, per reports.Perry was in the audience when Smith, 53, hit Rock, 57, after the comedian made a G.I.
Jane joke about the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia, in March.“I was there, close up.
I left early to go check on Chris because it was wrong in no uncertain terms, and I made sure I said that to Will. And I’ll tell you, when we walked over to him, he was devastated,” Perry recalled. “He couldn’t believe what happened.
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