Chris Rock continues to be ready to listen to from Will Smith, in keeping with a brand new report.
The comic, 58, not too long ago ripped into Smith, 54, and the notorious slap assault on the 2022 Oscars in his “Selective Outrage” comedy show on Netflix, however it appears Rock nonetheless hasn’t obtained a private, formal apology from the actor.
“Chris by no means obtained a one-on-one personal apology from Will, solely the general public one which actually meant nothing,” a supply instructed the Daily Mail not too long ago.
Following the smackdown final March, the “Emancipation” star launched a sequence of teary-eyed apology statements, expressing his remorse over his actions.
“I want to publicly apologize to you, Chris,” Smith mentioned. “I used to be out of line and I used to be fallacious. I’m embarrassed and my actions weren’t indicative of the person I need to be.”
Smith then posted a video in July of that very same yr, saying that he reached out to Rock, and “the message that got here again is that he’s not ready to talk.”
“So I’ll say to you, Chris, I apologize to you,” Smith sighed. “My habits was unacceptable, and I’m right here everytime you’re prepared to speak. I’m human and I made a mistake and I’m attempting not to consider myself as a chunk of s- -t.”
“Selective Outrage” debuted on March 4, simply days earlier than this year’s Academy Awards are set to air. “Netflix determined when to run this, not Chris,” the supply instructed Every day Mail, stating that the timing is solely coincidental.
Nevertheless, the insider famous that Rock’s resolution to speak concerning the scandal on his Netflix present has nothing to do with vengeance. “Chris needed to get this out as soon as and for all and be completed with it. This was very cathartic to him,” they defined.
Elsewhere in his stand-up present, the “Everyone Hates Chris” producer took jabs at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, calling out their anger over the royal household’s alleged racism.
“It’s the royal household,” he joked on the particular. “You didn’t Google these motherf- -kers? What the f- -k is she speaking about ‘she didn’t know’?! That’s like marrying into the Budweiser household and going, ‘They drink quite a bit.’”
The insider instructed the Every day Mail that Rock “isn’t racist in any respect. Nothing may very well be farther from the reality.”
They asserted that Rock is a “black man, making jokes about different black folks from a black particular person’s perspective. He has nothing however love for black folks — and all folks.”
The Submit has reached out to each Smith and Rock’s reps.
