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Chris Rock is a savvy businessman. The way he handled The Slap (Slapgate) by Will Smith at last year’s Oscars ceremony is masterful. He performed live on Netflix Saturday night in a show titled “Selective Outrage” and this is the vehicle he used to let the world know his thoughts now on The Slap.
I watched the show because, like a lot of people, I was curious about what Rock was going to say about Will Smith. The show lasted a little more than an hour. I’ve seen many performances by him throughout his career and I find him to be a good stand-up comedian. I will say that this show didn’t have much material that seemed to be fresh or new. A lot of his bits were about cancel culture, victims who have no business crying victimhood (like Meghan Markle), being single, abortion, and raising two daughters. It was the Will Smith stuff that people tuned in for and he left it for the very last.
Rock blamed Jada Pinkett Smith for the attack. He talked about how she cheated on Smith. Jada Pinkett Smith has a Facebook Watch show “Red Table Talk” and Will Smith was a guest who she interviewed about her infidelity. That’s right. Pinkett Smith brought on her husband to talk about her infidelity with him on her Facebook show. It’s all so weird, which Rock pointed out.
“We all been cheated on. Everybody have been cheated on. None of us have ever been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television,” he said. “She hurt him way more than he hurt me.”
“Everybody in the world called him a b—-,” he added. “I tried to call the motherf—– and give him my condolences; he ain’t pick up for me.
