Will Smith is allegedly holding some grudges against Chris Rock after their shocking exchange at the 2022 Oscars Awards.
An alleged insider is said to have told In Touch Weekly on Jan. 20 that Smith is not over the Oscars night incident whatsoever.
The outlet reported that its unnamed source said Smith “will never forgive Chris for ruining his life, even though he’s managed to pick up the pieces in the last year or so.”
It’s unclear why Will Smith would still be upset, considering he’s the one who got the better of Rock that evening.
This incident, as we know, happened when Chris Rock hosted the 2022 Oscars. During the event, he joked about her bald hairstyle, comparing it to Demi Moore’s character in “G.I. Jane.”
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One might say a joke was expensive, but various angles showed Jada reacting by apparently laughing and rolling her eyes at the remark.
Moments later, Will Smith stormed the stage, slapped Rock in the face, and returned to his seat, shouting for Rock to “keep [his] wife’s name out [his] f-cking mouth.”
It was a bittersweet night for Smith. Though he received the Academy Award for Best Actor that evening, his actions led to him being banned by the Academy from attending the awards for the next 10 years.
Despite the events of the night, the two entertainers have gone on with their careers, with Smith going on to star in the fourth installment and box office hit, “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” alongside Martin Lawrence.
A film that grossed a whopping $404.2 million worldwide.
It was also reported that Will is working on a sequel to his 2007 film, I Am Legend,” and working on a comeback to his music career with plans to release a new album.
Rock has also been working too. In the fall of 2024, he released an animated version of his series “Everybody Hates Chris,” which was slightly based on his childhood.
Rock has brought up nightly incidents multiple times in some of his stand-up comedy shows.
Even though months after the slap, it was reported that Chris is still haunted by what happened on that Oscars stage,” and he suffers from PTSD.
So just like Will Smith, Chris Rock might also never recover or forgive Will for that slap.”
