Source: Kirill Bichutsky / Courtesy of Netflix
You knew it was going to happen. During his Netflix life show on Saturday night (March 4), Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, in Baltimore, Chris Rock pretty much eviscerated Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith with all the pent-up slander he could muster, but it’s not being universally applauded.
By now you know the story, after a flippant joke Rock told about his wife during the 2022 Oscars ceremony, Smith proceeded to walk onto the stage and smack fire out of the comedian. There were apologies, suspensions, debates, more apologies, but Rock never really went in depth about the incident.
Until last night.
Chris Rock roasts Meghan Markle:
"That s**t she went through was not racism. It was just some was in-law s**t!" pic.twitter.com/qLTgTSFK3M
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 5, 2023
Rock had a whole set with some potent, and a-ight, jokes (we predict coming for Meghan Markle ain’t gonna fly), but you knew most people were waiting to here what he had to say about that. And he didn’t disappoint.
“I got smacked at the f*cking Oscars by this motherf*cker. And people like, did it hurt? It still hurts,” said Rock said. “I got ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears.”
But Rock saved the most fiery stuff for Jada, who he said “started this sh*t.”
#ChrisRock continues to clown #WillSmith and #JadaPinkett about their entanglement situation in his new #Netflix special and said everyone in the world was calling Will a b*tch because everyone knew she was f**king around
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— No Jumper (@nojumper) March 5, 2023
“Everybody in here has been cheated on,” said Rock, referencing the Smith’s infamous Red Table Talk where they discussed Jada’s entanglement with August Alsina. “None of us have ever been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television.” After mentioning how everyone was calling Smith a b*tch after that moment, Rock added, “Everybody, and who’s he hit? Me. A ni**a he knows he could beat. That is some bitch ass sh*t.”
However, although he got his full roast on, there are people who don’t think he did much to help the situation and are quite critical of his performance. For instance, he still called Pinkett-Smith out of her name and plenty of people are taking note of potential misogynoir.
chris rock really said he didn’t fight back cuz he has parents lmao. so I guess it implies that will doesn’t, which sounds like the fatherless black child trope which sounds like a white person.
— Lawrence Burney (@TrueLaurels) March 5, 2023
Another recurring criticism is Rock telling people to be careful of what they say in front of white people, but he sure had know problem going in on Black people in front of them himself.
See more reactions in the gallery. Tell us what you think in the comments.
Chris Rock just slapped Will Smith the right way on stage. pic.twitter.com/eHAWXQlIso
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) March 5, 2023
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You know when you beat someone up and you think they forgot then a year later they pull up behind you and sucker punch you? Lol that’s what Chris Rock just did to Will Smith
— Michael Blackson (@MichaelBlackson) March 5, 2023
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The most Chris Rock thing about all of this is him screaming that you don’t fight in front of white people but not even considering what it means to make jokes about a BW and her hair in front of white people
— David Dennis Jr. (@DavidDTSS) March 5, 2023
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Good morning: Chris Rock stood in front of a mostly white audience & made slavery jokes in front of them. Oh he did this in the hometown of the black woman he insulted in front of the world at the Oscars. If you’re black & applauding this, get help.
— Sons of Killmonger & Disciple of Dark Brandon (@2Strong2Silence) March 5, 2023
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in all of this no one can articulate what Jada did to Chris Rock. And yet, white people and men have felt so comfortable degrading her for a year. why? https://t.co/pYzcpeaNQ1
— Shaynizzle (@shaynizzl) March 5, 2023
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Y’all hate women deep down to your soul, it’s bizarre. Jada, to this day, ain’t said shit to/about Chris but y’all have made her the “deserving” focus of his and your ire.
You’re living your rejected incel dreams out through Chris Rock and y’all need to see the lady. Foreal. https://t.co/khFdpmjAmD
— Kristy Yamacoochie (@brownandbella) March 5, 2023
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‘Maybe Chris Rock’s mother should have raised him to not let white peoples say the N-word in front of him then too
— TV Fanatic
(@TvKhaleesi) March 5, 2023
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Nigga look like somebodys momma half way house facebook picture..
Last time Chris Rock said something funny. Gerald Levert was alive. pic.twitter.com/y8I8ELYCX8
— CHUCK INGLISH said it. (@Chuckisdope) March 5, 2023
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Twitter: Chris Rock needs to do a stand-up and address that shit mann!
*Chris Rock does stand up addressing the shit
Twitter: Why Chris doin stand up addressing the shit? That's old news and toxic
— It Takes a Nation of Millions to hold me, Slak
(@Slakonbothsides) March 5, 2023
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And there it is. Chris Rock revealing exactly what people who were upset with Will were really mad at…it was in front of white people https://t.co/Vrj7I2RMJA
— Lady Whistledown in the Hood (@colorfullstory) March 5, 2023
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I didn’t watch that Chris Rock special and I’m not going to.
But absolutely nothing being reported today surprises me.
Nothing. pic.twitter.com/wLy8M5Dr6c
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) March 5, 2023
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Chris Rock said “you don’t fight in front of white people”, but had no issue calling a black woman a bitch in front of white people, negatively commenting on black women’s hair in front of white people, or letting white people use the N-word around him smh yo
— TYE (@WhosTYE) March 5, 2023
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Chris Rock makes comedy for white people who have a Black friend.
— It’s Murdaaauuugghhh (@Kyla_Lacey) March 5, 2023
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Chris Rock called Jada Pinkett Smith a bitch and said Meghan Markle played the race card.
Punching down on Black women. Clownery https://t.co/PVPSeGKMWO
— 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 (@exavierpope) March 5, 2023
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Chris Rock punching down on Black women AGAIN is unsurprising and the support he is getting for it is even less so. Very telling he doesn't feel comfortable fighting in front of
folks, but he profits & relishes in denigrating and humiliating Black women.
https://t.co/OJQEHqHRd9
— Reecie @BlackWomenViews (@ReecieColbert) March 5, 2023
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folks, but he profits & relishes in denigrating and humiliating Black women. 