Outrage wasn’t the only thing “selective” about Chris Rock’s latest Netflix special. Selective outrage.
On March 4, the 58-year-old comedian released a special on Netflix, the streamer’s first global live event.
Chris joked about everything from cancellation culture to the Kardashians to his relationship with his kids. And, notably, in this special, he fully addresses the infamous 2022 Oscar slap for the first time.
To be honest, none of the special guest jokes stood out as unique until Chris reminded us that this was actually a live event by giving his biggest joke of the night.
He originally shouted, “Many years ago his wife said I should give up Oscar; I don’t have to host because her person wasn’t nominated Emancipation, the biggest piece of shit!” And then he admitted that he was wrong. “No, no EmancipationI screwed up the joke.”
Chris then corrected himself, referring to the alleged conversation that ignited this feud: “She started this shit. She said that I, a goddamn grown man, should quit my job because, “My husband was not nominated for Concussion.'”
In accordance with Entertainment tonight, Will responded to the special. A source close to ET said, “Will is confused and hurt by what Chris said about him and his family on his Netflix special. He didn’t watch it, but people told him what Chris said.”
Hopefully, after this year’s Oscars in 2023, we can finally put the slap behind us and move on to other issues.
And besides, I’m more upset when Chris said in the Netflix special that he played Zebra Madagascar (true), and Will played a shark Shark Story (false). No, I didn’t. Jack Black was Lenny the shark and Will was a weak fish named Oscar.
Netflix should have fixed this bug.