We knew, the moment it happened, that the ramifications of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars<\/u> would extend out for a period of time, but I’m not sure any of us could have predicted how long the conversations regarding The Slap would last. Rock declined to address the matter<\/u> at his standup events, leaving the door open for everyone from Ricky Gervais to Shaquille O’Neal to weight in on what happened\u2026 and what happens next. Well, following a call from Will Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, for Chris Rock and Smith to “talk this out and reconcile,”<\/u> the former SNL star and mainstream comic has let his feelings be known. Basically, Smith shouldn’t be sitting by his phone.<\/p>\n
While Chris Rock remains silent on the matter – at least in the public eye – a source close to Rock told ET Online<\/u> the following:<\/p>\n