{"id":63924,"date":"2022-09-02T14:56:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T14:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dave-chappelle-and-chris-rock-blast-ugly-will-smith\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T14:56:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T14:56:56","slug":"dave-chappelle-and-chris-rock-blast-ugly-will-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dave-chappelle-and-chris-rock-blast-ugly-will-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock blast &#8216;ugly&#8217; Will Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>They managed to turn their onstage attacks into \u201cpunch\u201d-lines. <\/p>\n<p>Comedy icons Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock demonstrated the power of \u201cstanding up\u201d to violence after cracking wise about the respective times they got attacked onstage this year.  They dropped their assault-based sets during the Liverpool, UK, leg of their current European stand-up tour, Deadline reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid that s \u2013 \u2013 t hurt?\u201d  Rock, 57, who went first, asked the audience regarding getting slapped by Will Smith at this year&#8217;s Oscars.  \u201cGoddam right.  .  .  the motherf \u2013 \u2013 ker hit me over a bulls \u2013 \u2013 t joke, the nicest joke I ever told.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy-winning comedian was referring to the now-infamous incident at the 2022 Academy Awards in March, when Smith, who won Best Actor for \u201cKing Richard\u201d later that evening, smacked Rock for making a bald wisecrack about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia.  In light of the incident, Rock says he declined to host the 2023 Oscars. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>From left to right: Chris Rock, Kevin Hart and Dave Chappelle.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter\/Kevin Hart<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8216;Will did the impression of a perfect person for 30 years, and he ripped his mask off and showed us.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><cite>Chappelle on the &#8216;very strange choice&#8217; Will Smith made at the Oscars<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>, it appears that the comic didn&#8217;t let the televised attack derail his career too badly: During the recent set, Rock claimed that he returned to work the day after getting Hitch-slapped.  And, despite getting assaulted, the \u201cGrown Ups\u201d star insisted that he&#8217;s no victim, declaring that, unfortunately in the US, people achieve success through infamy, excellence or by claiming victim status. <\/p>\n<p>The comic then handed the mike off to Chappelle, 49, who started riffing about his own onstage assault in Los Angeles in May, calling it some \u201cscary s \u2013 \u2013 t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cChappelle&#8217;s Show\u201d creator also joked that Rock had one-uppped him that night by strolling on stage and quipping: \u201cWas that Will Smith?\u201d  with regards to his attacker, who said he was inspired by the Hitch-slap. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/dave-chris-46.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dave Chappelle looks on during the 2022 NBA All-Star Game at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on February 20, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio.\" class=\"wp-image-23714655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/dave-chris-46.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/dave-chris-46.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/dave-chris-46.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Dave Chappelle looks on during the 2022 NBA All-Star Game at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Feb.  20, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chappelle then turned his attention to the Rock attack.  \u201cA lot of people forget who Will Smith is,\u201d the mirth merchant said, referring to the \u201cMen In Black\u201d star&#8217;s rough-and-tumble upbringing in West Philadelphia, the Telegraph reported.  \u201cThen 10 minutes before he was about to get the biggest award .  .  .  he acted like he was back in Philadelphia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chappelle added that Smith&#8217;s attack on Rock was a particularly \u201cvery strange choice\u201d given his longtime pal&#8217;s track record. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill did the impression of a perfect person for 30 years, and he ripped his mask off and showed us he was as ugly as the rest of us,\u201d the comic said.  \u201cWhatever the consequences are .  .  .  I hope he does n&#8217;t put his mask back on again, and he lets his real face breathe. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;I see myself in both men.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/chris-rock-will-smith-24.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Will Smith appears to slap Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theater on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. \" class=\"wp-image-23714668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/chris-rock-will-smith-24.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/chris-rock-will-smith-24.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/chris-rock-will-smith-24.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Will Smith (right) appears to slap Chris Rock onstage during the 94th annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater on March 27 in Hollywood, California. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The show marks several months since Chappelle&#8217;s own attack, in which he was tackled onstage by Isaiah Lee, 23, during a comedy show at the Hollywood Bowl. <\/p>\n<p>Lee, who was armed with a knife that appeared to be a handgun, was initially arrested for felony assault with a deadly weapon.  He later had his charges downgraded to misdemeanor battery.<\/p>\n<p>He told The Post in an exclusive jailhouse interview that he was \u201ctriggered\u201d by Chappelle&#8217;s highly publicized jokes about the LGBTQ community and homelessness while he insisted he never wanted to harm the funnyman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI identify as bisexual .  .  .  and I wanted him to know what he said was triggering,\u201d Lee said from the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles.  \u201cI wanted him to know that next time, he should consider first running his material by people it could affect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee pleaded not guilty to the attack, and remains locked up at the LA County Twin Towers Jail on $1 million bail total for this case and another.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They managed to turn their onstage attacks into \u201cpunch\u201d-lines. Comedy icons Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock demonstrated the power of \u201cstanding up\u201d to violence after cracking wise about the respective times they got attacked onstage this year. They dropped their assault-based sets during the Liverpool, UK, leg of their current European stand-up tour, Deadline reported. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dave-chappelle-and-chris-rock-blast-ugly-will-smith\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock blast &#8216;ugly&#8217; Will Smith<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[1038,2885,5797,109,7847,3229,46,7848],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65043,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dave-chappelle-says-will-smith-was-wearing-a-mask-until-oscars-slap\/","url_meta":{"origin":63924,"position":0},"title":"Dave Chappelle Says Will Smith Was Wearing a &#8216;Mask&#8217; Until Oscars Slap","date":"September 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Dave Chappelle says Will Smith spent 30 years pretending to be the \"perfect person.\" But when Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Chappelle says his mask was \"ripped\" off. 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