Chris Rock’s mother breaks the silence

It’s been several weeks since the 94th Academy Awards last March, but the memory of Will Smith violently slapping Chris Rock on stage is still vivid. While the comedian had just made a joke about the haircut of Jada Pinkett-Smith who suffered from alopecia, Will Smith stood up, walked with a sure step up to Chris Rock and attacked him in front of a floor of dumbfounded stars and thousands of cameras. A scene unpublished who did the world Tour and aroused many reactions, some supporting his momentum, others condemning his gesture. The next day, the actor apologized to Chris Rock on his social networks and resigned a few days later from the Academy of Oscars, from which he was banned for 10 years anyway.

Chris Rock’s mom reacts to Will Smith’s slap

To think that this story did not harm Chris Rock’s family would be a mistake. For the first time, the mother of the actor and comedian spoke in an interview with News. Rose Rock explained that she was watching the ceremony on TV at the time and first thought of a staginguntil Will Smith starts to be vulgar. Back in his place, the actor had indeed shouted at Chris Rock: “ Don’t say my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth “. For her, it is cold shower. ” When you hurt one of my children, you hurt me too. When Will slapped Chris, he slapped all of us, he slapped me. When you hurt my child, you hurt me “. And to lament: No one heard Chris’ speech. No one was able to be in the moment because everyone was sitting in awe, wondering what just happened. “. Rose Rock says to herself all the same proud of his son who continued his speech on stage after this attack and explains that he is recovering gradually.

Awarded that same evening for his role in The Williams MethodWill Smith had gone up to collect his Oscar in a heavy atmosphere. ” I wouldn’t take away his award and I don’t see how they could have let him out without disrupting the evening, believes Rose Rock. But I feel really bad that he never apologized. I mean his team wrote an article saying “I apologize to Chris Rock”, but when something personal happens like this, we reach out, we do it personally… “, she concluded.

The reaction of Chris Rock’s brother

In early April, Kenny Rock, Chris Rock’s little brother told the Los Angeles Times that ” the joke was funny. She wasn’t hilarious, but I know if he had known that Jada (Pinkett-Smith) had alopecia, he wouldn’t have made that joke. But he didn’t know that. Kenny Rock had also confided how seeing these images had been difficult : “ It eats me to watch these pictures over and over again because I see a loved one being attacked and there is nothing I can do about it. “.