Chris Rock claims he turned down a full interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The ‘Top 5’ star was beaten by Will Smith at the Oscars this year after he shared a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, the ‘King Richard’ actor’s wife, but he told fans at one over the weekend Stand-up comedy performance in Phoenix, Arizona that he doesn’t “cry”. [his] heart out” in public about the incident.
Viewer January Harrison told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “During the evening he described turning down an offer to go to Oprah’s to do an interview and even a Super Bowl commercial with Will Smith himself.
“He said, ‘You’re not going to see me in an interview crying my heart out. I will not be a victim.’
“I think we all wondered if he would speak up about this incident or not.”
Several viewers also revealed that Chris said he was asked to host next year’s Oscars but turned down the offer.
A source said: “Chris Rock said he had been asked to host next year’s Academy Awards at his Sunday night show at the Arizona Financial Theater and that he turned down the offer. He also turned it down.
“Chris joked that going back to the Oscars would be like going back to the crime scene, saying that it would be akin to asking Nicole Brown Simpson to go back to the Italian restaurant where she left her glasses.”
A viewer asked him to “talk” about the slap, and he referenced Smith’s role as Muhammad Ali in 2001’s Ali.
He added: “He’s taller than me. The state of Nevada would not sanction a fight between me and Will Smith.”
The ‘Men in Black’ slapped Chris in the face in less than an hour before he accepted his statuette for best actor for his role in ‘King Richard’ at the Oscars in March.
Last month, he apologized and publicly addressed the comic while claiming he was “mentally and emotionally hurt” by the incident.
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