Chris Rock Shuts Down ‘F**okay Will Smith’ Heckler at Comedy Present
Chris Rock is taking the excessive highway.
After breaking his silence concerning the Oscars, the comic was again in Boston for the second sold-out night time of his stand-up comedy tour.
He started his set by as soon as once more addressing Sunday’s Academy Awards the place he was slapped within the face by Will Smith after making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair.
One viewers member tried to interrupt the present by yelling out, “F**okay Will Smith!” however Rock wasn’t having it and instantly shut it down.
“No, no, no, no, no…” he repeatedly mentioned till the heckler stopped.
In accordance with the New York Put up, safety was eradicating hecklers on the Wilbur Theater, whether or not they supported Chris or not.
“All we did was work together and reply to the comic,” mentioned one fan who was kicked out. “They’re so afraid that somebody goes to say one thing that they kicked us out earlier than we might.”
The night time earlier than, Rock returned to the stage the place he addressed the headline-making incident for the primary time.
“I don’t have a bunch of shit about what occurred, so for those who got here to listen to that, I’ve an entire present I wrote earlier than this weekend,” he informed the gang. “I’m nonetheless sort of processing what occurred. So, in some unspecified time in the future I’ll speak about that shit. And will probably be critical and humorous.”
Throughout that present, hecklers additionally expressed anti-Smith sentiments, however Rock ignored the feedback and continued along with his hour-long set.
Will Packer, who produced the Oscars, appeared on “Good Morning America” Friday the place he recalled the night’s occasions. He mentioned that LAPD was able to arrest Smith till Rock declined to press costs.
“They have been laying out the choices, and as they have been speaking, Chris was being very dismissive of these choices,” recalled Packer. “He was like, ‘No, I’m advantageous.’ He was like, ‘No, no, no.’ Even to the purpose the place I mentioned, ‘Rock, allow them to end.’”