Will Smith references infamous Chris Rock Oscars slap in new freestyle
The actor, 56, rapped about his infamous altercation with Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars in a freestyle while appearing on DJ Charlie Sloth's 'Fire in the Booth' last week.
'If you talking crazy out your face up on the stage and disrespect me on the stage, expect me on the stage,' Smith sang.
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7 Will Smith on 'Fire in the Booth.'
7 Will Smith raps about the infamous slap.
He continued, 'Jokers dish it out, cry foul when it's time to take it/ City full of real ones, wasn't raised to fake it.'
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Smith also referenced the viral incident in his 'Based on a True Story' album that came out in March.
7 Chris Rock and Will Smith at the 2022 Academy Awards.
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'Took a lot, I'm back on top, y'all gon' have to get acclimatеd/ Won't stop, my s–t's still hot even though I won't get nominatеd/ Personal life with my wife, mind your business, it's complicated,' he sang in the track 'You Lookin' for Me?'
At the 94th Academy Awards, Smith assaulted Rock, 60, on stage after the comedian poked fun at Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who was sitting in the audience with him.
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7 Jada Pinkett-Smith, Chris Rock and Will Smith during Nickelodeon's 18th Annual Kids Choice Awards in 2005.
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''G.I. Jane II' — can't wait to see it,' Rock told Pinkett Smith, 53, referencing her shaved head, a result of the hair-loss condition alopecia.
Smith then stormed the stage and slapped Rock across the face. When he returned to his seat, Smith shouted back: 'Keep my wife's name out of your f–king mouth!'
7 Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards.
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The 'King Richard' star — who won the Oscar for Best Actor that same night — was banned from the Motion Picture Academy for 10 years over his conduct, but was allowed to keep his award.
He made a public apology to Rock a few months later.
'There is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment,' he said in a video. 'There's no part of me that thinks that's the optimal way to handle a feeling of disrespect or insults.'
7 Will Smith yells at Chris Rock after the slap.
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'I'm human and I made a mistake and I'm trying not to think of myself as a piece of s–t,' Smith added.
Rock, for his part, joked about the incident in his Netflix stand-up show 'Selective Outrage' in March 2023.
7 Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett Smith at the 2012 Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards.
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'Everybody knows, yes it happened, I got slapped a year ago — I got smacked by this motherf–ker. And people are like, 'Did it hurt?' It still hurts. I've got 'Summertime' ringing in my ears,' he said at the time, referring to Smith's 1991 hip-hop hit with DJ Jazzy Jeff.
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'I am not a victim. You will never see me on Oprah [Winfrey] or Gayle [King] crying,' Rock stated. 'Never going to happen … I took that hit like [boxer Manny] Pacquiao. I took it like motherf–king Pacquiao. Did it hurt? Yeah motherf–ker, it hurt.'
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