It looks like Will Smith will need to do a lot more than an apology video to earn Chris Rock&#8217;s forgiveness. Earlier this year, Smith issued a<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/tyrese-praises-will-smith-as-his-hero-following-video-about-chris-rock-oscars-slap-news.155661.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> video apology</a> to Chris Rock and his family following <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/will-smith-smacks-chris-rock-for-cracking-joke-about-jada-pinkett-smiths-shaved-head-at-the-oscars-news.149689.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the infamous Oscars slap</a>. He explained that he was wrong and revealed that he attempted to reach out to Rock on several occasions, which have been declined.
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/userfiles/46/05/690546_fead7273a900c72f05d3fffd0c40e97d.jpg" alt="Chris Rock Calls Will Smith's Public Apology &quot;A Hostage Video&quot;"><figcaption>Will Smith appears to slap Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
In a recent stand-up set in London alongside Dave Chappelle, Rock continued to slam &#8220;<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/chris-rock-compares-will-smith-to-suge-knight-while-joking-about-oscars-slap-news.155694.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Suge Smith</a>&#8221; for his apology video, per Deadline. &#8220;Fuck your hostage video,&#8221; he reportedly said on the stage. “Yes, that shit hurt. He played Ali,” Rock continued in reference to Smith&#8217;s role in the 2001 biographic film on Muhammed Ali. “I can’t even play <a href="/tags/floyd-mayweather" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Floyd Mayweather</a>.”
On a separate evening, Chappelle&#8217;s <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/chris-rock-and-dave-chappelle-discuss-will-smith-slap-scary-sh-news.157275.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">reported having said,</a> &#8220;A lot of people forget who Will Smith is. Will did the impression of a perfect person for 30 years, and he ripped his mask off and showed us he was as ugly as the rest of us.&#8221;
While the Oscars moment seems to have provided Rock with some solid material for his stand-up sets, Smith appears to be trying to ease his way into the public eye. Over the past few weeks, he&#8217;s returned to Instagram where he&#8217;s uploaded new content.
Should Chris Rock forgive Will Smith already? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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