Comic Chris Rock has lastly responded to the Oscars slap, throughout his stand-up, “Selective Outrage,” at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre, which streamed dwell on Netflix this weekend.  

“I’m going to attempt to do a present tonight with out offending no one. I’m going to strive my finest since you by no means know who would possibly get triggered,” Rock stated throughout his opening. “Folks all the time say phrases harm. Anyone who says phrases harm has by no means been punched within the face.”

After this reference to the slap heard around the globe, Rock held all of his jokes concerning the incident till the top of the present.  

“You all know what occurred to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith,” Rock stated. “It nonetheless hurts. I obtained ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears. However I’m not a sufferer, child. You’ll by no means see me on Oprah or Gayle crying … I took that hit like Pacquiao.”

Rock opined that Smith’s violent response to his joke had extra to do with one thing that Will Smith is coping with.  

“His spouse was [having sex with] her son’s good friend. I usually wouldn’t speak about this. … However for some cause, [they] put that … on the web,” Rock stated, referencing Jada Pinkett Smith’s “entanglement” with singer August Alsina. “She harm him far more than he harm me.” 

But Rock doesn’t seem to carry any ailing will towards Smith. 

“I like Will Smith, my entire life,” Rock stated. “I’ve rooted for Will Smith my entire life … now I watch ‘Emancipation’ simply to see him get whupped.”

“‘How come you didn’t do nothing again that evening?’” Rock stated folks have requested him. “As a result of I obtained mother and father. You realize what my mother and father taught me? Don’t battle in entrance of White folks.”

Rock’s standup lasted simply over an hour. He touched on a number of subjects comparable to “woke” and “cancel tradition.” 

​​“I’ve no drawback with the wokeness. I’ve no drawback with it in any respect. I’m all for social justice. I’m all for marginalized folks getting their rights. The factor I’ve an issue with is the selective outrage,” Rock stated. “You realize what I’m speaking about. One particular person does one thing, they get canceled. Any person else does the very same factor, nothing. You realize what I’m speaking about … the type of people that play Michael Jackson songs however received’t play R. Kelly. Identical crime, considered one of them simply has higher songs.”

Rock additionally spoke about opioids, Meghan Markle, in addition to abortion. He additionally talked about O.J. Simpson and the Kardashians. He shared a private story about his daughter getting expelled from an elite highschool, and he talked concerning the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, and way more.